Rate My Professor Luc Mongeau

Luc Mongeau is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, where he has served since 2006. He holds the positions of Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished James McGill Professor. He also serves as an Associate Member in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Mongeau earned a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal, followed by a Ph.D. in Acoustics from Pennsylvania State University in 1991. He completed postdoctoral research at AT&T Bell Laboratories before joining the faculty at Purdue University in 1993.

His research focuses on biomechanics, particularly the aerodynamics and biomechanics of voice production, multi-scale modeling of vocal fold tissues, and tissue engineering of the human vocal folds using hydrogel scaffolds and bioreactors. Additional interests include aeroacoustics, computational aeroacoustics, flow-induced sound and vibrations, and related areas such as vibrations, acoustics, and fluid-structure interaction. Mongeau has led or contributed to projects funded by the National Institutes of Health on vocal fold implants and cellular models, as well as industry collaborations on numerical simulations. Selected publications include works on vocal fold tissue regeneration, fracture toughness, bioreactor systems, and computational methods in aeroacoustics, appearing in journals such as Advanced Healthcare Materials, Journal of Voice, Tissue Engineering, and others from 2016 onward. He teaches courses including Engineering Acoustics and various mechanics and design classes in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum.