Quanser
Gilbert Lai is an accomplished R&D Manager at Quanser, overseeing a multidisciplinary team focused on systems and industrial engineering to enhance the company's Product Life Cycle. With extensive experience in project management and technical leadership, Gilbert has managed projects related to advanced research solutions in autonomous vehicle research and robotics, including the development of the QDrone series. Prior roles include consulting and engineering positions at Honeywell Aerospace, Maplesoft, and a private corporation specializing in modeling, simulation, and control design. In addition to hands-on engineering experience, Gilbert serves as a sessional faculty member at McMaster University, sharing expertise in emerging technologies for engineering innovation. Gilbert holds a PhD, MASc, and BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and the University of Alberta, respectively.
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Quanser was founded in 1989 responding to the need for desktop hardware platforms optimized for teaching and research in engineering education. Quanser is now the global leader in the design and manufacture of refined products, solutions and complete labs that have transformed the way educators teach the theory, application, and implementation of control, robotics, and mechatronics. Over 2,500 universities and institutions rely on Quanser labs and solutions to help them attract, educate and graduate a new generation of engineering leaders – expanding their presence and reputation on the global academic scene. The Quanser approach of innovation, collaboration, and education has produced a number of notable technology firsts that pioneered many critical contemporary trends: - Efficient validation platform for control research and the commercial realization of the inverted pendulum - High-performance, real-time control on common microcomputers - Research-focused quadcopter, preceding the drone revolution by a decade - Generalized haptic platform for force-feedback telerobotics - Intelligent, affordable robotic therapy platform for stroke patient rehabilitation - Mobile-first knowledge platform optimized for engineering content