Xiaoyu Wang            
                                
              Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering            
                  
          Researcher
          
Department of Mechanical Engineering
        Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
              Research interests
              
                                                Research interests:
Design and analysis of complex mechanical systems
Modeling, simulation, optimization and control of robotic systems
Computer-aided engineering
Engineering of medical instruments and devices
Biomechanics of musculoskeletal systems
Biomechanics of spinal instrumentation
Research units (member):
NSERC/Medtronic Industrial Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics Machine Design Section of Department of Mechanical Engineering
Publications
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        Pillot, C., Wang, X., Mallinos, A., Ritzman, T. F., Floccari, L. V., Schwend, R. M., & Aubin, C.-É. (2025). Biomechanical analysis of 3D correction and bone-screw forces as a function of rod insertion sequence and orientation relative to the sagittal plane in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis instrumentation. Clinical Biomechanics, 128, 106618 (9 pages).
Wang, X., Imbleau-Chagnon, G., Caouette, C., Larson, A. N., & Aubin, C.-É. (2025). Biomechanical modeling and assessment of patient positioning to facilitate spinal deformity instrumentation. Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, 1-10.
Shaw, K. A., O. Sullivan, M., Wang, X., & Aubin, C.-É. (2025). Biomechanical Principles of Spinal Deformity Correction in the Thoracolumbar Spine. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Mallinos, A., Pillot, C., Wang, X., Ritzman, T. F., Floccari, L. V., Schwend, R. M., & Aubin, C.-É. (2025). Increased differential rod contouring reduces the effectiveness of surgical correction in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine Deformity, 14 pages.
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          Supervision at Polytechnique
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                  Master's Thesis (2)- Cammarata, M. (2013). Facteurs biomécaniques de risques de la cyphose jonctionnelle proximale  [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal]. 
- Desrochers-Perrault, F. (2013). Analyse biomécanique d'instrumentations du rachis scoliotique avec vis iliaques  [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal]. 
 
- Cammarata, M. (2013). Facteurs biomécaniques de risques de la cyphose jonctionnelle proximale  [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal]. 
 
     
         
                      