Ian Phillips

Ian Phillips is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Biophotonics group. He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in September 2023. His doctoral thesis focused on improving colonoscopy by tracking endoscope motion, visualizing blood vessel structures and characterizing extended field of view cameras. In his research, Ian has used visible and infrared cameras, micro-CT and x-rays.

Ian also collaborates with McMaster's Additive Manufacturing Group. He has provided his experience with optics, image processing and visualization to their multi-disciplinary research.

From September 2017 until August 2018, Ian completed an internship at L3Harris WESCAM working in their Electro-optics Engineering team.

He holds a bachelor's degree (B. Eng.) in Engineering Physics; which he received from from McMaster University in 2014.

• Ian H. D. Phillips, David Armstrong and Qiyin Fang, “A Real-Time Endoscope Motion Tracker,” IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 10:1-9, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/JTEHM.2022.3214148. This paper is Open Access.

• M. Yakout, I. Phillips, M. A. Elbestawi, and Q. Fang, “In-situ monitoring and detection of spatter agglomeration and delamination during laser-based powder bed fusion of Invar 36,” Optics & Laser Technology, vol. 136, p. 106741, Apr. 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106741.

NSERC USRA Summer 2014: Undergraduate Researcher (Eng Phys)
Continue working on the Endoscopic Catheter Tip Orientation & Position Tracker project started last term in Eng Phys 3G03.

September 2014 - August 2016: Biomedical Engineering Masters Candidate
Working on the larger GI project under the direction of Dr. Sahli (Post-Doctoral Fellow) and Dr. Fang.

Jan. 7, 2016 – Oral Presentation
Phillips, I.H.D., Sahli, S., Fang, Q., Petrik, S., Boursalie, S., and Wagstaff, B. (2016) Improving Endoscopy for Lower GI Cancer. 5th Annual McMaster Biomedical Engineering Symposium.

June 16, 2016 – Oral Presentation and Poster Presentation
Phillips, I.H.D., Sahli, S., Wang, R.C.C., Armstrong, D., Deen, M.J., and Fang, Q. (2016) Panoramic Endoscopic Imaging for Colonoscopy Applications. MDA Space Vision and Advanced Robotics (SVAR) 2016.

September 2016 - August 2017: Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate Year 1
Working on GI project.

September 2017 - August 2018: Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate 12 Month Internship
Working at L3 Wescam.

September 2018 - August 2023: Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate Year 2-6
Working on GI project.

June 6, 2019 – Oral Presentation and Demonstration
Phillips, I.H.D., Armstrong D., and Fang, Q. (2019) Real Time Endoscope Insertion Length and Orientation Tracker. MDA Space Vision and Advanced Robotics (SVAR) 2019.

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