Mr. Edgar Martinez-Soberanes BSc, MSc
PhD student Department of Mechanical EngineeringI am a Mechatronic Engineer with experience in advanced design and applied engineering in interdisciplinary problems. I have a bachelor in Mechatronics from the Universidad Panamericana and am originally from Mexico City and a Master's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. During my Master's studies, I gained experience in micro-fabrication and processes with micro-particles. Now, I am undertaking a Ph.D. degree at the University of Saskatchewan, studying canola dehulling. In the future, I would like to get involved in industrial and academic research to solve practical problems. I have a special interest in practical engineering problems that involve design methodologies and that required high innovation and conceptual abstraction. Besides my professional life, I enjoy playing basketball, travelling and reading.
- Address
- Room 2B64 Department of Mechanical Engineering
- College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
- 57 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9
Research Area(s)
- Seed Dehulling
- Engineering design
- Soft Robotics
- Control and Automation
Current Projects
Dehulling of Canola Seed for the Production of High-Quality Meals
Publications
Edgar Martinez-Soberanes (2016). An adaptable single-cell trapping device for a wide range of cell sizes [Master’s thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Canada]
Edgar Martinez-Soberanes, Rana Mustafa, and Martin Reaney (2020). Seeds Hulls Utilization. In “Food wastes and by-products”: nutraceutical & health potential”, Campos-Vega, R. Oomah, B. D., Vergara-Castañeda, H., A. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, New York.
Conference Presentations
Mechanical properties of rapeseed for an efficient dehulling method (Poster). 15th International Rapeseed Congress, Berlin, Germany, June 2019.
Shear stress as a principle for dehulling canola efficiency. Canadian Lipid & Bioresources Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, September 2018.
Dehulling canola: Single canola seeds under shear stress. (Poster). Emerging Technologies for Global Food Security Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, June 2018.
The design of an improved oilseed dehulling method. Canada – Korea Conference on Science and Technology, Montreal, Canada, August 2017.
Dehulling canola for the production of low fibre meals. 2nd International Conference on Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Vancouver, Canada, July 2017.
Honors and Awards
"Lego Education North America Award" at the Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference (RICC), Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2009 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Best Presentation Award (2nd Place). Canadian Lipid & Bioresources Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, September 2018.
2nd Place. Engineering Three Minute Thesis Competition. University of Saskatchewan, February 2020.
Honorific Mention (4th Place) U of S Three Minute Thesis Competition. University of Saskatchewan, March 2020.