Current topics include the identification of friction models based on surface physics, determination of standards for friction parameter identification in assembled machines, and the creation of novel adaptive and robust compensators for precise motion control. Emphasizes both basic research and prototype product development. Technology transfer to the marketplace occurs via licensing agreements with existing companies or spin-off ventures from the University. Sheryl Grace, Ph.D., Notre Dame. R. Glynn Holt, Ph.D., Mississippi.
Research focuses on physical acoustics.
Projects include rheology of foam, acoustic levitation, bubble and droplet dynamics, and sonoluminescence in space. Harley Johnson, Ph.D., Brown. J. Gregory McDaniel, Ph.D., Georgia Tech. Primary focus on the development of innovative models of structural acoustics and vibration phenomena, including wave propagation and reflection, damping mechanisms, acoustic radiation and scattering, and causality constraints. Research includes fundamental studies of multiphase fluid dynamics, focusing on the dynamics of gas bubbles, liquid drops, solid particles, biological cells, and polymer molecules suspended in viscous fluids.