Mechanical Systems and Design

Research in this area is in both the theoretical and experimental aspects of computer-aided design and manufacturing design for manufacturing, design optimization, model-based design, reliability, dynamic and control systems, mechanism and machine theory, robotics, and tribology.

Ongoing research projects include:

Accelerated Perturbation Techniques

Aerodynamic Shape Optimization for Morphing Aircraft UAVs

Automatically-Guided Wheelchair

Autonomous Intelligent Systems

Camera-Space Manipulation

Canonical Kinematics/Curvature Theory

Design and Kinematic Control of Dextrous Manipulator Systems

Dynamics of Locomotion

Flexibility and Performance

Force Transmission

Humanoid Design

Implicit Uncertainty Estimation in Multilevel Optimization

Lubrication with Emulsions

Manufacturing Applications of Coatings

Microcontroller-Based Data-Acquistion Systems

Multidisciplinary Design Automation and Optimization

Nanoscale Tribology

Point-and-Click Camera-Space Manipulation

Robotic Manipulator Performance Analysis

Stratified Control Systems

Topology Optimization in Biomechanics

Trust Region Meta-Model Management for the Optimal Design of a High Speed Supercavitating Vehicle

Uncertainty: Methodology and Applications in Engineering System Design

Unstable Rolling Dynamics and Shimmy

Vision-Based Robotic Control

 

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