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Prototype Wheel for Lunar Rover

Mechanical Engineering Researcher Peter Radziszewski and several of his students have developed a distinctive chainmail and particle-filled wheel ― the iRing ― for the Canadian Space Agency. The wheel, a prototype for a new lunar rover being built by the agency and the Ottawa-based Neptec Design Group, has undergone successful tests at the CSA’s Mars Emulation Terrain in St-Hubert, Quebec. Learn more at:

Extrait de l’émission Découverte sur les ondes de Radio-Canada (Français)

Discovery Channel Video (English)

McGill University Video (English)

Vidéo de Radio-Canada (Français)

Broadband Technology

Broadband communications is a major area of research at McGill Engineering. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department scientists such as David Plant, Tho Le-Ngoc and Mark Coates work on the cutting edge of machine to machine communication, high-speed internet technologies and wireless communications. Learn more at:

http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/science-technology/broadband-technology/

Fibre Optic Research

How can 20th-century fibre optics handle the connectivity needs of the 21st-century? Professor David Plant’s laboratory in our Faculty’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is in a global race to meet the demands of high-definition video. Learn more at:

http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/science-technology/fibre-optic-research/