Associate Professor
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Research Facilities: Vibration, Control, and Robotics Laboratory (ECS 215)
The mission of the lab is to conduct research and support teaching in the field of dynamics, vibration, control, and robotics. Specific facilities and equipment include:
- Test and Measurement: Multimeters, PCB 352C68
and PCB 352A21 accelerometers, Dytran accelerometer, and Kistler
9722A2000 impact hammer.
- Data Acquisition and Control: National Instruments PCI-6024E, PCI-6601, USB-9233 DAQcards, and Labview software, MATLAB xPC Target toolbox, Real-Time Workshop toolbox, and Robust Control toolbox, Quanser MultiQ-3 DAQcard, and WinCon software.
- Other Specialized Software: CUTPRO for machining process simulation and measurement, and AdvantEdge for optimization of metal cutting process.
- Plants: Quanser Inverted Pendulum, Seesaw, Active Mass Damper-1flr, and 2-DOF Robot Module, and Lynx 6 Robotic Arms.
Current Funded Research Projects
- Dynamics Analysis of
Vehicle-Guideway Interaction in a Maglev Cargo System
Principal Investigator: Bei Lu
Sponsor: CCDoTT
Dates: 10/2010 - 10/2011
Research Group
- Current Graduate Students
- Bun Buth (Thesis topic: Dynamic analysis of vehicle-guideway interaction in a maglev cargo system)
- Robert Hodel (Thesis topic: PID-based gain scheduling control of a prototype launch vehicles: simulation and experiment)
- Daniel Aleman (Project topic: Linear parameter-varying modeling of variable-speed winder turbines)
- Past Graduate Students
- Estuardo Iriarte (Spring 2011, Project: Robust control design for a nanosat launch vehicle)
- James Lin (Summer 2010, Project: Modernization of an industrial robotic arm)
- Victor Muro (Spring 2010, Project: Development of a portable remote sensing system for measurement of diesel emissions from passing diesel trucks)
- Osvaldo Lopez (Spring 2010, Project: State-feedback controller design and implementation on a building-like structure)
- Daniel Alvarez (December 2009, Thesis: Piloted simulation study comparing classical and robust flight control design methods)
- Nima Negahdauree (December 2009, Project: Evaluation of high-speed end-milling dynamic stability through audio signal measurement)
- Jordan Ryan (January 2008, Thesis: Experimental comparison of individual excitation of closely spaced modes using sine sweep and sine burst testing techniques)