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Measurement, Sensing & Control,
Nonlinear Control, Fuzzy Control
Faculty: Dr.
Marc Carpino, 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.
Kon-Well Wang, 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, Pictured to the left)
"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 problems relating
to the dynamics of machine structures."
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(Right)
Structural Dynamics and Controls
(Dr. Kon-Well Wang)
Research
at the Structural
Dynamics and Controls Laboratory (SDCL)
is aimed to develop a "better understanding
of the dynamic characteristics of mechanical structures,
and to create novel analysis, design, and control
methodologies for achieving better system performance." Pictures
to right show some on-going projects in the SDCL.
To find out more about the SDCL research activities
please visit http://www2.mne.psu.edu/SDCL/
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(above)
Piezoelectric tailoring for shape & vibration
control of high precision optic surface (SDCL)

(above)
Active magnetic bearing control of flexible driveshaft
with large misalignment (SDCL)
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