Vincent Levandier

Vincent is a Master of Engineering student at the School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Originally from Montreal, he completed his undergraduate studies at McGill University with a BEng in bioengineering in the biological materials and biomechanics stream. He is an alum of the Engineers in Scrubs (EiS) program at UBC where he developed a surgical simulator to assist in training medical practitioners to treat postpartum hemorrhage and is currently conducting research at the Implantable Biosensing Laboratory (IBL) supervised by Dr. Babak Shadgan.

Education

  • MEng – Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2023-present)
  • BEng – Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2019-2023)

Awards

  • Beverly and Arthur Mendel Family Scholarship, McGill University, 2022
  • John Howard Ambrose Scholarship, McGill University, 2022
  • Dean’s Honour List, McGill University, 2022

Current Projects

  • Quantifying Consistency in Tissue Oxygenation across Anatomical Landmarks in Healthy Individuals using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Interests

Biomechanics, wearable devices, prosthetics, medical imaging, skiing, soccer, film

Publications

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