Sylvain Martel, a former warship commander in the Canadian Navy, is a world renowned expert in biomedical engineering, having achieved several world premieres in mechatronics, electronics, cardiology, remote surgery, bacteriology and medical instrumentation. He has been in the spotlight for a number of years in the field of medical nanorobotics, as much for his 13 patents of invention than for his expert presentations at over 70 international conventions, his deep involvement in 18 learned societies, as a special reviewer for 15 prominent scientific journals, as scientific editor for 3 leading publishers, as author of 2 chapters in technical manuals (Micromechanical devices and Magnetotactical bacteria), as a studies' director for 60 bachelor of Engineering graduates each year, as well as for his Canada Research chair, his infrastructure research grants totalling to date $7.8 million, and his innovations.