Articles

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Undergraduate Engineers Develop Hydraulic Servo Control Systems Using Model-Based Design with Simulink, MATLAB Digest Academic Edition (2009)
In the past, control engineering was the exclusive province of computer and electrical engineers with...
 

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A Compensated Acoustic Actuator for Systems with Strong Dynamic Pressure Coupling (with C. J. Radcliffe), Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (1999)
This study improves the performance of a previously developed acoustic actuator in the presence of...
 

Conference Proceedings

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Use of Ultrasonic Sensors in the Development of an Electronic Travel Aid (with Chris Gearhart, Alex Herold, Brian Self, and Lynne Slivovsky), Proceedings of the IEEE Sensor Applications Symposium: New Orleans, LA (2009)
Ultrasonic sensors present one of the most cost-effective digital distance measurement systems available for mobile...
 

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Undergraduate Research: Experiences from a Three-Year Project (with Peter Schuster), Proceedings of International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2007 (2007)

There are significant benefits of research for the involved undergraduate student. These include exposure to...

 

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A Pre-Crash Simulator to Evaluate Vehicle Collision Prediction Algorithms (with Dana Desrosiers and Peter Schuster), Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automatic Control: Monterey, CA (2007)
This paper describes a software simulator for pre-crash collision predictions. The simulator is a surrogate...
 

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Developing a MATLAB/Simulink RTWT Based Hydraulic Servo Control Design Experiment, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Conference & Exposition: Honolulu, HI (2007)
While one of the stated goals of the Mechanical Engineering Controls course is to develop...
 

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Research in the Undergraduate Environment (with Peter Schuster), Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Chicago, IL (2006)

The benefits of research experiences for undergraduates are significant. For many faculty, these were the...

 

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Test Methods and Results for Sensors in a Pre-Crash Detection System (with Peter Schuster, John Carlin, Daniel Kawano, and William Thompson), Proceedings of the 2006 SAE World Congress (2006)
Automobile safety can be improved by anticipating a crash before it occurs and thereby providing...
 

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Evaluation of Cost Effective Sensor Combinations for a Vehicle Precrash Detection System (with John Carlin, Peter Schuster, William Thompson, and Daniel Kawano), Proceedings of the 2005 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition (2005)
The future of vehicle safety will benefit greatly from precrash detection -the ability of a...
 

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Focus on the Job in Hand: When USB 2.0 Technology is Employed in Test and Measurement Signal Analyzer Hardware, Life Can Become So Much More Simple (with Dave Galyardt and James Zhuge), Testing Technology International Magazine (2002)
 

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An Electronically Tunable Resonator for Noise Control (with C. J. Radcliffe), Proceedings of the 2001 Noise and Vibration Conference (2001)
Many engineering systems create unwanted noise that can be reduced by the careful application of...
 

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A New Portable, PC Based, USB Powered Dynamic Signal Analyzer (with George Ma, James Nieters, Justin Tang, and Caine Yu), Proceedings of the 2001 Noise and Vibration Conference (2001)
A new USB powered portable 4-channel real time Dynamic Signal Analyzer and its automotive applications...
 

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A Comparison of Two Actuators for a Semi-Active Helmholtz Resonator (with Clark J. Radcliffe), Proceedings of the 2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2000)
Two electro-mechanical actuators are examined for a semi-active Helmholtz resonator acoustic device. The device is...
 

Grants

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Transportation Research Board Transit Cooperative Research Program GDO# 06-050, College of Engineering Awards & Augmentations from 7/1/07-6/30/08 (2008)