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I.S.E. Research and Development

UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIONS
IRIS PROJECTS
ISE PAPERS
TRANSCRIPTS
RECENT RESEARCH AWARDS

UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIONS

>ISE and ISER have been involved in a number of university collaborations in the past 25 years.  We have contributed to students and projects at:

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Simon Fraser Univeristy (SFU)
University of British Columbia (UBC)
University of New Brunswick (UNB)
University of Victoria (UVIC)

>ISE has been involved in projects with >The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)>. IRIS is a network of top Canadian researchers who collaborate on projects that focus on the essential elements of an intelligent system - the ability to perceive, reason and act.  ISE has been involved in the following IRIS projects:

Intelligent Tools for Diagnosis, Surgery and Measurement of Resulting Patient Outcomes (SAL)  
Core Issues in Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Communication (HAY)
Computer-Assisted Machine Operation (LAW)
Reality-based Modeling and Simulation of Physical Systems in Virtual Environments (PAI)
Collaborative Perceptual Robotic Systems (LIT)
Virtual Environments: 3D Representations to task planning and execution (POU)
Intelligent Systems for Precision Manufacturing (STE)

>The ISE-built ROPOS remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was shown on a > PBS broadcast of NOVA's Volcanoes of the Deep March 30, 1999.  >If you missed it, the transcript and ordering information can be found here.

May, 2000:
ISE president Dr. James McFarlane has been awarded the 2000 Joseph F. Engelberger Award for Technological Development.  The Engelberger Awards, the robotics industry's most prestigious honor named after the "father of robotics", recognize outstanding individuals from all over the world for achievements in the field of robotics.

Joseph F. Engelberger presenting award to Dr. McFarlane
(photo courtesy of Heather Angus, Manufacturing Automation Magazine)

Dr. McFarlane was honored for his leadership and outstanding technical contributions at ISE, especially the excellent work on developing unmanned, teleoperated robots, control systems, manipulators, telemetry, and user interface controls.

The award was presented to Dr. McFarlane by Joseph F. Engelberger and the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) during the International Symposium on Robotics, held May 14-17 in Montreal, Canada. 

October, 1999:
ISER Vice President James Ferguson and Simon Fraser University's Dr. John Bird have been awarded the 1999 Business and Education Partnership Award from the Science Council of British Columbia (SCBC).  Dr. Bird is the Director of SFU's Underwater Research Laboratory, which, together with ISER, have produced products for the scientific research community, the military, and for the commercial underwater survey industry.  These include sonar, positioning systems, and autonomous underwater vehicles.

The award was presented to Mr. Ferguson and Dr. Bird at the 1999 BC Science and Technology Awards Dinner, which took place on October 18, 1999. 

May, 1999:
ISE & ISE Research are the recipients of BC Advanced Systems Institute's (ASI) 1999 Technology Partnership Award for their outstanding collaborations with British Columbia Universities.  ISE/ISER was awarded "for the outstanding collaborations with British Columbia Universities, which over the years, have helped the companies achieve their technical and product goals. Interactions with BC universities have helped ISE and ISER develop new technologies for underwater vehicles - and helped ISE develop new technologies for terrestrial robots."

The award was presented to ISE on May 11, 1999 by Len Zapalowski, Chairman of the Board of BCASI, and Brent J. Sauder, Executive Director of BCASI.