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Research & Facilities - Research - Measurement, Sensing, & Control
Faculty: Dr. Gary Koopmann, Dr. Eric Marsh, Dr. Eric Mockensturm, Dr. Chris Rahn, Dr. Asok Ray, Dr. Gary Settles, Dr. Alok Sinha, Dr. Martin Trethewey, Dr. Qian Wang
Research Areas: Fuzzy Control Digital control systems, servo drive control, medical robotics, health and usage monitoring and life extending control of aircraft, rocket engines, and power plants; information-based maintenance of mechanical systems, active vibration isolation for microgravity environment, robust and on-line control of active magnetic bearings, simultaneous optimization of dynamic performance and structural durability, stochastic modeling of material degradation, nonlinear control of fatigue and fracture processes, life extending control of mechanical structures, noncontacting laser vibrometers, sorting food products with computer vision, automated tooling systems, vehicle powertrain control, model of clutch nonlinear dynamics via neural networks.
Machine Dynamics - Dr. Eric Marsh
"The Machine Dynamics Research Lab works with both industrial and US government labs to advance the limit of precision machine performance. The MDRL seeks to enhance performance by investigating and solving problem relating to the dynamics of machine structures."