You will find significant additional information in a Peterson's graduate guide . Directs and conducts research in robotics, the control of mechanical systems, and mathematical system theory. Research projects in the Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory are aimed at the design and implementation of sensor-driven control systems that involve closing feedback loops, using a variety of sensing technologies. Also interested in the nonlinear dynamics of complex mechanisms featuring multiply articulated and elastic components. Paul Barbone, Ph.D., Stanford.
Research focuses on aspects of dynamic fluid-structure interaction and ultrasonic medical imaging.
Analytical and numerical methods based on asymptotics and perturbation theory are used to describe basic interaction phenomena such as surface wave excitation and propagation and modal coupling. In medical ultrasound, these techniques are used to suggest practical means to overcome diffraction limitations in imaging. Thomas Bifano, Ph.D., North Carolina State. Research includes pioneering development of ultraprecise machines for ductile-regime microgrinding of brittle materials, resulting in the first published analytical models and empirical results describing this important process. Applications to production of strategically and commercially important components include ceramic space-based mirrors, ultrathin quartz wafers, and computer hard disk substrates.