Biography

Title

• Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 2020
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, 2023
• Chair Holder, Research Chair in Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies, TransMedTech Institute, 2020

Laboratory

POLAR (Polytechnique Lab for Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies) 

• Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020) in Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019) in Biomedical Engineering, McGill University/Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Ph.D. (2013-2017) in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Master’s (2010-2013) in Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Bachelor’s (2004-2009) in Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Isfahan, Iran

• Neuromuscular control and neuromechanics of human joints
• Identification of biological systems
• Biomechatronics, medical robotics
• Virtual reality for rehabilitation
• Applied artificial intelligence

• Neuromuscular control
• Identification of biological systems
• Biomechatronics
• Medical robotics
• Robotic surgery
• Exoskeletons of the upper and lower limbs
• Virtual reality
• Artificial intelligence

Career Summary

After holding various positions in the robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector of Quebec for almost four years, Prof. Mohebbi returned to the university as a postdoctoral researcher until 2020. As a postdoctoral scholarship holder at McGill University and then at Harvard University, his research activities were concentrated in various fields of biomedical engineering, neuromuscular control, and AI.

Since 2020, he is a professor in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal and chairholder of the research chair in assistance and rehabilitation technologies, co-founded by the Montreal TransmedTech (ITMT) Institute, the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine and the Technopôle en réadaptation pédiatrique du CHU Sainte-Justine.

Awards and Distinctions

• MITACS Globalink Postdoctoral Scholarship, Quebec, Canada, 2019
• FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellowship, Quebec, Canada, 2019
• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canada, 2018
• TransMedTech Inst. Postdoctoral Scholarship, Polytechnique Montreal, 2018
• Biomedical Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship, McGill University, 2017
• Best Paper Award - Int'l Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 2017), 2017
• GRSTB Research Fellowship - Polytechnique Montreal, 2016
• NSERC Engage Grant - Polytechnique Montreal, 2016
• Student Delegates Award - 2015 CCToMM Symposium on Mechatronics, 2015
• Doctoral Differential Fee Remission Award - Polytechnique Montreal, 2013
• Doctoral Fellowship and Graduate Excellence Award - York University, 2012
• Doctoral Tuition Remission Award - Concordia University, 2012

Presentations

1. R. M. de Andrade, B. L. Pugliese, A. Mohebbi, P. Bonato (2024, septembre). An Adaptive Oscillators-Based Approach to Achieve Transparent Control of a Six DoF Lower-Limb Exoskeleton. In 2024 20th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
2. A. Ghiasi-Noughaby, P. Amiri, R.E. Kearney, A. Mohebbi (2024, juillet). Identification of the Human Postural Sway Response to Visual Inputs. In 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
3. R. M. Andrade, S. Sapienza, A. Mohebbi, E. E. Fabara, P. Bonato (2023, octobre). Experimental evaluation of a transparent operation mode for a lower-limb exoskeleton designed for children with cerebral palsy. In 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 6062-6067). IEEE.
4. A. Behidj, S. Achiche, A. Mohebbi (2023, juillet). Upper-Limb Rehabilitation of Patients with Neuromotor Deficits Using Impedance-Based Control of a 6-DOF Robot. In 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
5. A. Mohebbi, P. Amiri, R.E. Kearney (2020, juillet). Contributions of vision in human postural control: a virtual reality-based study. In 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 3347-3350). IEEE.

Publications

1. O. Lecompte, S. Achiche, A. Mohebbi (2024). A Review of Proprioceptive Feedback Strategies for Upper-Limb Myoelectric Prostheses. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.
2. N. Jasimi Zindashti, Z. Rahmati, A. Mohebbi, S. Behzadipour (2024). A neuromechanical model characterizing the motor planning and posture control in the voluntary lean in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 21(1), 25.
3. R. M Andrade, S. Sapienza, A. Mohebbi, E. E. Fabara, P. Bonato (2023). Overground walking with a transparent exoskeleton shows changes in spatiotemporal gait parameters. IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 12, 182-193.
4. A. Gesta, S. Achiche, A. Mohebbi (2023). Design considerations for the development of lower limb pediatric exoskeletons: a literature review. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 5(4), 768-779.
5. R. M. Andrade, S. Sapienza, A. Mohebbi, E. E. Fabara, P. Bonato (2023). Transparent Control in Overground Walking Exoskeleton Reveals Interesting Changing in Subject’s Stepping Frequency. IEEE J. Transl. Eng. Health Med, 12, 182-193.
6. A. Parent, G. Letellier, J. Lachapelle, P. Marois, J. Larochelle, A. Mohebbi, L. Ballaz, (2022). Arm-free overground walking with partial body weight support in children with cerebral palsy: A case study. Gait & Posture, 97, S139-S140.
7. P. Gopal, A. Gesta, A. Mohebbi (2022). A systematic study on electromyography-based hand gesture recognition for assistive robots using deep learning and machine learning models. Sensors, 22(10), 3650.
8. A. Mohebbi, P. Amiri, R.E. Kearney (2022). Identification of human balance control responses to visual inputs using virtual reality. Journal of neurophysiology, 127(4), 1159-1170.
9. A. Mohebbi (2020). Human-robot interaction in rehabilitation and assistance: a review. Current Robotics Reports, 1(3), 131-144.
10. P. Amiri, A. Mohebbi, R.E. Kearney, ”Experimental Methods to Study Human Postural Control.” Journal of Visualized Experiments (2019), ISSN: 1940-087X, LCCN: 2007216071, OCLC: 122906325.