Publications
Cheong, J., Tadigadapa, S., and Rahn., C., “Fabrication and performance of a flextensional microactuator,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 15, pp. 1 – 9, 2005.
Zhao, H. and Rahn, C., “Stability of Damped Membranes and Plates with Distributed Inputs,” 2005 ACC, WeB07.2, Portland, OR, June 2005.
Clements, T., and Rahn, C., “Three-Dimensional Contact Imaging with an Actuated Whisker,” 2005 IROS, Edmonton, Canada, August 2005, pp. 1640 – 1645.
Rajamani, A., Grissom, M., Rahn, C., Ma, Y., and Zhang, Q., “Wound Roll Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Fabrication, Analysis and Experiments,” Proceedings of 2005 IROS, Edmonton, Canada, August 2005, pp. 2587 – 2592.
Zhao, H., and Rahn, C., “Iterative Learning Velocity and Tension Control for Axially Moving Materials,” ASME DETC2005-84700, Long Beach, CA, September 2005.
Cheong, J., Tadigadapa, S., and Rahn, C., “Dynamic Response of a Piezoelectric Flextensional Microactuator,” ASME DETC2005-84701, Long Beach, CA, September 2005.
Zhao, H., Rahn, C., and Canbolat, H., “Repetitive Control for an Electrostatic Microbridge,” ASME IMECE2005-80019, Orlando, FL, November 2005.
Cheong, J., Tadigadapa, S., and Rahn, C., 2004, Piezoelectric micro flextensional actuator, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #5344, 5344-14, San Jose, CA, Jan. 26 – 28, 2004.
Scholz, G., and Rahn, C., “Profile Sensing with an Actuated Whisker,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 124 – 127, February 2004.
Jiao, G., and Rahn, C., “Field Weakening for Radial Force Reduction in Brushless Permanent-Magnet DC Motors,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 40, Issue 5, pp. 3286 – 3292, 2004.
Pritts, M., and Rahn, C., “Design of an Artificial Muscle Continuum Robot,” ICRA 2004, pp. 4742 – 4746, New Orleans, LA, April 2004.
Stanney, K., and Rahn, C., “Response of a Tethered Aerostat to Simulated Turbulence,” ASME IMECE 2004-59166, Anaheim, CA, November 2004.
Docimo, A., and Rahn, C., “Nonlinear Dynamic Simulation and Stress Prediction for a Tethered Aerostat,” ASME IMECE 2004-59167, Anaheim, CA, November 2004.
Zhao, H., and Rahn, C., “On the Boundedness of Damped Strings and Beams with Boundary and Distributed Inputs,” CDC 2004, FrC01.4, Nassau, Bahamas, December 2004.
Liu, W., and Rahn, C., 2003, Fiber Reinforced Membrane Models of McKibben Actuators, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 70, No. 6, pp. 853-859, November 2003.
de Queiroz, M., and Rahn, C., 2002, Boundary control of vibration and noise in distributed parameter systems: an overview, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 19 - 38, 2002.
Li, C., and Rahn, C., 2002, Design of Continuous Backbone, Cable-Driven Robots, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 265 - 271, June 2002.
Nagarkatti, S., Zhang, F., Costic, B., Dawson, D., and Rahn, C., 2002, Speed Tracking and Transverse Vibration Control of an Axially Accelerating Web, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 16, No. 2/3, pp. 337 - 356, March/May 2002.
Scholz, G., and Rahn, C., 2002, Profile Sensing with an Actuated Whisker, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.
Jiao, G., and Rahn, C., 2002, Phase-Adjusted Sinusoidal Commutation for Radial Force Reduction in Brushless Permanent Magnet DC Motors, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.
Scholz, G., and Rahn, C., 2002, Profile Sensing with an Actuated Whisker, IMECE2002-33988, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17 - 22, 2002.
Reutzel, W., and Rahn, C., 2002, Adaptive Backstepping Control of an Artificial Muscle Actuator Driving and Inertial Load, IMECE2002-33540, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17 - 22, 2002.
Jiao, G., and Rahn, C., 2002, Current Waveform Optimization for Low Noise Permanent Magnet Motors, IMECE2002-33058, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17 - 22, 2002.
M. de Queiroz and C. Rahn, 2001, Boundary Control of Distributed Vibration and NoiseInvited Paper: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (February).
I. Gravagne, C. Rahn and I. Walker, 2001, Good Vibrations: A Vibration Damping Setpoint Controller for Continuum Robots, IEEE Int'l Conf. Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 2001, pp. 3877-3884.
Gravagne, I., Rahn, C., and Walker, I., 2001, Large Deflection Dynamics and Control for Planar Continuum Robots, DETC2001/VIB-21530, Proceedings of DETC'01, ASME 2001 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, 2001.
S. P. Nagarkatti, C. D. Rahn, D. M. Dawson and E. Zergeroglu, 2001, Observer-Based Modal Control of Flexible Systems Using Distributed Sensing, Proc. Of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, Dec. 2001, pp. 4268 - 4273.
C. Rahn, 2001, Mechatronic Control of Distributed Noise and Vibration: A Lyapunov ApproachSpringer, Berlin.
Rahn, C.D., 2001, Mechatronic Control of Distributed Noise and Vibration: A Lyapunov Approach.
Wu, R., Yu, J., Rahn, C., and Goswami, B., "Measurement of Yarn/Package Friction During Over-end Unwinding," Textile Research Journal, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. 321-327, April 2000.
Zhu, F., and Rahn, C., "Limit Cycle Prediction for Ballooning Strings," International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 373-383, May 2000.
S. Nagarkatti, F. Zhang, C. Rahn and D. Dawson, 2000, Tension and Speed Set-point Regulation for Axially Moving Materials, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, No. 3, pp. 445-453 (September).
C. Kopp, C. Rahn and F. Paul, 2000, Measuring Deformations of Limp Fabrics for Material Handling, Textile Research Journal, Vol. 70, No. 10, pp. 920 – 932 (October).
Y. Li and C. Rahn, 2000, Adaptive Vibration Isolation for Axially Moving Beams, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 5, No. 4 (December).
S. Nagarkatti, F. Zhang, B. Costic, D. Dawson and C. Rahn, 2000, Speed Tracking and Transverse Vibration Control of an Axially Accelerating Web, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (September).
C. Li and C. Rahn, 2000, Design of Continuous Backbone, Cable-Driven Robots, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (June).
S. Nagarkatti, C. Rahn, D. Dawson, E. Zergeroglu and A. Malatpure, 2000, Observer-Based Modal Control of Flexible Systems Using Distributed Sensing, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.
S. Nagarkatti, C. Rahn, D. Dawson and S. Singh, 2000, Adaptive Boundary Control for Noise Reduction in Finite Ducts, MECHATRONICS 2000, Atlanta, GA (September).
Y. Li, A. Malatpure and C. Rahn, 2000, Adaptive Noise Isolation in Finite Ducts, IMECE 2000, Orlando, FL, DE-Vol. 107, pp. 11-21 (September).
S. Nagarkatti, C. Rahn, D. Dawson, E. Zergeroglu and A. Malatpure, 2000, Modal Control of Flexible Systems Using Distributed Sensing, IMECE 2000, Orlando, FL, AD-Vol. 61 pp. 101-108 (September).
C. Li and C. Rahn, 2000, Nonlinear Kinematics of a Continuous Backbone, Cable-Driven Robot, SECTAM XX, Callaway Gardens, GA (April).
Shenoy, S., and Rahn, C., "Neural Adaptive Control for Positioning Fabric on a Frictional Surface," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 121, pp. 127-133, February 1999.
Kong, X., Rahn C., and Goswami, B., "Steady State Unwinding of Yarn from Cylindrical Packages," Textile Research Journal, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 292-306, March 1999.
Baicu, C., Rahn, C. D., and Dawson, D., "Exponentially Stabilizing Boundary Control of String-Mass Systems," Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 491-502, May 1999.
Rahn, C., Zhang, F., Joshi, S., and Dawson, D., "Asymptotically Stabilizing Angle Feedback for a Flexible Cable Gantry Crane," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 121, No. 3, pp. 563-656, September 1999.
Ertur, D., and Li, Y., Rahn, C., "Adaptive Vibration Isolation for Flexible Structures," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 121, No. 4, pp. 440-445, October 1999.
R. Fan, S. Singh and C. Rahn, 1999, Modal Analysis of Ballooning Strings with Small Sag1999 ASME 17th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Las Vegas, NV, DETC99/VIB-8135 (September).
S. Nagarkatti, F. Zhang, C. Rahn and D. Dawson, 1999, Tension and Speed Setpoint Regulation for Axially Moving Materials, 1999 ASME 17th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Las Vegas, NV, DETC99/MOVIC-8463 (September).
Baicu, C., Rahn, C., and Dawson, D., "Backstepping Boundary Control of Flexible Link Electrically Driven Gantry Robots," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 60-66, March 1998.
Zhu, F., Hall, K., and Rahn, C. D., "Steady State Response and Stability of Ballooning Strings in Air," International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 33-46, 1998.
Renshaw, A., Rahn, C., Wickert, J., and Mote, C. D., Jr., "Energy and Conserved Functionals for Axially Moving Materials," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 120(2), pp. 634-636, 1998.
Zhu, F., and Rahn, C., "Stability Analysis of a Circularly Towed Cable-Body System," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 217(3), pp. 435-452, 29 October 1998.
Canbolat, H., Dawson, D., Rahn, C., and Vedagarbha, P., "Boundary Control of a Cantilevered Flexible Beam with Point-Mass Dynamics at the Free End," Mechatronics, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 163-186, 1998.
McDow, B., and Rahn, C., "Adaptive Web Tension Control Using Dancer Arms," TAPPI Journal, Vol. 81, No. 10, pp. 197-205, October 1998.
Clark, J., Fraser, W., Sharma, R., Rahn, C., "The dynamic response of a ballooning yarn: theory and experiment," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 454, Issue 1978, pp. 2767-2789, October 1998.
Canbolat, H., Dawson, D., Rahn, C., and Nagarkatti, S., "Adaptive Boundary Control of Out-of-Plane Cable Vibration," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 65, pp. 963-969, December 1998.
Sharma, R., and Rahn, C., "An Experimental Study of Ballooning Yarn with a Control Ring," Journal of the Textile Institute, Part 1: Fibre Science and Textile Technology, Vol. 89, pp. 621-634, 1998.
F. Zhu, K. Hall and C. Rahn, 1997, Steady State Response and Stability of Ballooning Strings, PACAM V, San Juan, Puerto Rico, pp. 449-452 (January).
H. Canbolat, D. Dawson and C. Rahn, 1997, Boundary Control of a Cantilevered Flexible Beam with Point-Mass Dynamics at the Free End38th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA-97-1262, pp. 1589-1598 (April).
H. Canbolat, D. Dawson, C. Rahn and S. Nagarkatti, 1997, Boundary Control of a Flexible Cable with Actuator Dynamics, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 3547-3551 (June).
F. Zhu and C. Rahn, 1997, Stability Analysis of a Circularly Towed Cable-Body System, 25th Midwestern Mechanics Conference, Rapid City, SD (September).
F. Zhu, R. Sharma and C. Rahn, 1997, Vibrations of Ballooning Elastic Strings, Proceedings of DETC’97, 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sacramento, DETC97/VIB-4074 (September).
M. de Queiroz, D. Dawson, C. Rahn and F. Zhang, 1997, Vibration Control of a Distributed Axially Moving String Using Two Actuators, 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sacramento, DETC97/VIB-3781 (September).
C. Rahn and C. Mote, Jr., 1996, Axial Force Stabilization of Transverse Vibration in Pinned and Clamped Beams, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 118(2), pp. 379-380 (June).
C. Rahn, 1996, Stabilizability Conditions for Strictly Bilinear Systems with Purely Imaginary Spectra, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 41, No. 9, pp. 1346-1347 (September).
C. Baicu, C. Rahn and B. Nibali, 1996, Active Boundary Control of Elastic Cables: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol 198, No. 1, pp. 17-26.
C. Baicu and C. Rahn, 1996, Active Boundary Control of a Flexible Single Link Gantry Robot, 1996 IFAC Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1b-04 1, pp. 103-108.
T. Burg, D. Dawson, C. Rahn and W. Rhodes, 1996, Nonlinear Control of an Overhead Crane via the Saturating Control of TeelProc. of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 3155-3160 (April).
C. Baicu, C. Rahn and D. Dawson, 1996, Boundary Control of a Flexible Link Electrically Driven Gantry Robot, 1996 ASME International Congress, Atlanta, GA, DE-Vol. 93, Active Control of Vibration and Noise, pp. 109-115.
J. Malsam, C. Rahn, P. Vedagarbha and D. Dawson, 1996, Adaptive Backstepping Tension Control of a Ballooning Yarn, 1996, ASME International Congress, Atlanta, GA, Textile Engineering Division Proceedings, pp. 25-31.
S. Joshi and C. Rahn, 1995, Position Control of a Flexible Cable Gantry Crane: Theory and Experiment, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, pp. 2820-2824 (June).
S. Martindale, D. Dawson, J. Zhu and C. Rahn, 1995, Approximate Nonlinear Control for a Two Degree of Freedom Overhead Crane: Theory and Experimentation, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, pp. 301-305 (June).
K. Hall, F. Zhu and C. Rahn, 1995, Three Dimensional Vibration of a Ballooning String, ASME 1995 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DE-Vol. 84-2, Vol. 3, Part B, pp. 1411-1418 (September).
C. Baicu and C. Rahn, 1995, Active Boundary Control of an Elastic Cable, ASME ,1995 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DE-Vol. 84-3, Vol. 3, Part C, pp. 143-147 (September).
C. Rahn, D. Dawson and F. Paul, 1995, Development of a Cross-Disciplinary Mechatronics Course 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, GA, pp. 4a1.10-4a1.13 (November).
C. Rahn and S. Joshi, 1994, Modeling and Control of an Electrorheological BeamActive Control of Vibration and Noise, ASME Design Engineering Division, Vol. 75 (November).
C. Rahn and C. Mote, Jr, 1993, Axial Force Stabilization of Transverse Beam Vibration Vibration and Control of Mechanical Systems, ASME Design Engineering Division, Vol. 61 (September).
C. Rahn and C. Mote, Jr., 1992, Parametric Control of Conservative Mechanical Systems, Proceedings of the Symposium on Active Control of Noise and Vibration, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA (November).
C. Rahn and C. Mote, Jr., 1992, Parametric Control of Flexible Systems, Proceedings of the Symposium on Active Control of Noise and Vibration, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA (November).