Topical Advisory Panel
- Actuators for Land Transport Section
- Miniaturized and Micro Actuators Section
- Control Systems Section
Members
Interests: mechatronic systems; robotic hands and grippers; actuators; sensors for robots; control; system dynamics; modelling and simulation
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Interests: fault diagnosis; active vibration control of mechanical equipment
Interests: microprocessor systems; control systems; control of electrical machines; power electronics; high speed permanent magnet machines; sensors
Interests: haptic device; texture display; vibrotactile display
Interests: polymer MEMS; soft actuators; resonators; biomimetics; electro-mechanical transduction; piezolectrics; micromachining; flexible electronics
Interests: energy and thermal management of xEV; AI/ML application in electrified transportation; carbon-neutral fuel engines for electrified powertrain; waste heat utilization
Interests: LTCC modules; microwaves, microfluidics; sensors
Interests: pneumatics systems; soft actuators; static and dynamic modelling; nonlinear controls
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Interests: control systems design; soft Computing; embeded Electronics
2. Smart Structures Group, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Interests: modular construction; prefabrication; 3D printing; robotic construction; digital construction; net-zero; steel structures; RC structures; damping system; base isolation; vibration control; resilience; AI; VR; AR; smart structures; infrastructure; digital twin; SHM; structural dynamics; finite element method; earthquake engineering; smart materials
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Interests: soft actuators and soft robotics; computational intelligence; automatic control; system identification; bio-inspired computational methods; optimization
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Interests: electro-active polymers; soft robotics; artificial muscles; smart haptics; smart acoustics; smart windows; wearable sensors; stretchable thin-film electrodes; dielectric elastomers; electro-adhesion
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Interests: morphing wings; smart materials; noise and vibration control
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Interests: soft robotics; hydrogel actuators; 3D printing; responsive polymers; bio-inspired design; smart materials; self-assembly; polymer formulation; programmable shape change
Interests: railway engineering; modeling and simulation; vehicle engineering; autonomous vehicles; virtual coupling; intelligent transportation systems
Interests: smart materials and structures; piezoelectrics; sensors and actuators; structural health monitoring
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Interests: plasma actuators; dielectric barrier discharges; flow control actuation; coupled sensor-actuator systems; aerodynamics; fluid mechanics; heat transfer; renewable energies
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Interests: micro-manipulation; acoustics; microfluidics; biomedical microdevices; micro-actuators; transducers; ultrasound modulation
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Interests: mechanics of machines; compliant mechanisms; soft-mechatronics; variable stiffness actuators; force/torque sensors; cable-driven mechanisms; multibody dynamics; bio-mechanics; micro-mechanisms; micro electro-mechanical systems; energy-harvesting; robotics; surgical robotics; haptics; teleoperation; surgical robotic tools; sustainable design; mechanical intelligence; legged robots; exoskeletons
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Interests: design, modelling, and development of reconfigurable multi-purpose; assistive technologies, prosthetics; soft robotics applications in healthcare and food manufacturing
Interests: soft robotics; reconfigurable robotics; robot control; robotic manipulation and grasping
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Interests: smart material sensor and actuator; smart system and structure; active and semi-active control; vibration control; artificial intelligence; piezoelectric material; shape memory alloy; magnetorheological fluid
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Interests: intelligent connected vehicles; vehicle system dynamic; active safety control
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Interests: energetic modeling, control, energy efficiency analysis and the simulation of mechatronic systems; applications in the automotive, electrical machines and power electronics fields; collaborative robotics; energy efficiency improvement and human-robot safe interaction through virtual fixtures
Interests: connected and autonomous vehicles; vehicle dynamics and control; advanced driver assistance system
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