Research interests and affiliations
Expertise
- Product development (needs analysis, design, manufacturing processes, CAD modeling, documentation and project management).
- Multidisciplinary teams in projects.
- Project based learning in engineering.
Activities
President, Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG, 2023-2024).
Chair in engineering teaching and learning, project based learning (2018-2024).
Vice-president, Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG, 2022-2023)
Co-director North-American region and council member, CDIO (2015-2022)
Co-founder Polyfab Normand-Brais (www.polyfab.polymtl.ca). Fablab dedicated to let students build their ideas.
Co-founder multidisciplinary projects (École Polytechnique - Industrial design school of Université de Montréal - Business school HEC Montréal).
Integration of manufactured delivrables by students for all integrator projects 1 and 4 in mechanical engineering.
- Chaire en apprentissage par projets, Chairholder
Publications
Teaching
Coordonnator integrator projects 1, introduction to engineering (MEC1110 et AER1110).
Coordonnator integrator projects 4, capstone (MEC4000 et AER4875).
Professor integrator project 1, MEC1110.
Professor integrator project 4, MEC4000.
Involved in multidisciplinary project with Polytechnique (mechanical, electrical , chemical, physics, industrial engineering), Industrial design school of UdeM and HEC Montréal business school, since 2006.
Professor Introduction to materials (DIN1310) ans Strength of materials (DIN1330) at industrial design school of the Université de Montréal, 2003 to 2013.
Press review about Daniel Spooner



