Research

A priori determination of thermal-mechanical deformation of an industrial robot arm; adaptive, thermal-mechanical fi nite element analysis; materials in biomedical engineering.

Application

Thermal-mechanical deformation in a robot linkage; tet-to-hex application for Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics.

Activities

• Commissioner of Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• Fellow and President-Elect of Canadian Academy of Engineering

Conference Publications

Pranchalee Poonyapak, J. Moyra J. McDill, and M. John D. Hayes, “Experimental Error in Measuring Temperature-Induced Deformation in A Single-Link System,” 7th Int. Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danuabe Region, Sep 2008.

Pranchalee Poonyapak, J. Moyra J. McDill, and M. John D. Hayes, “Improving Robot Efficiency to Reduce Energy Consumption,” ICWES14, Jul 2008.

J.M.J. McDill, “The Leading Edge – Women in the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences,” ICWES14, Jul 2008.

P. Poonyapak, M.J.D. Hayes, and J.M.J. McDill, “Investigation of Temperature-Induced Dimensional Distortion in a Mechanical System,” 12th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM 2007), Jun 2007.

J.M.J. McDill, “Membership Profiles in the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Science,” WEPAN, Jun 2007.

Books

Moyra McDill (2007), When Cancer Entered Our Family: How We Lived, Laughed, Cried and Survived, Novalis.