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Former Doctoral Students
(Dissertation Titles in Italics)

Dr. Tanakorn Tantanawat (Ph.D. 2007)
  • Optimal Design of Compliant Systems for Dynamic Applications
  • Researcher
  • National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC)
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • tanakorn@umich.edu
  • http://www.umich.edu/~tanakorn
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    Dr. Charles Kim (Ph.D. 2005)
  • Conceptual Approach to Computational Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
  • cjk019@bucknell.edu
  • http://www.umich.edu/~ckimz
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    Dr. Kerr-Jia Lu (Ph.D. 2004)
  • Systematic Synthesis Approach for Shape Morphing Compliant Mechanisms
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • George Washington University, Washington, DC
  • kjlu@gwu.edu
  • http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~kjlu
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    Dr. JinYong Joo (Ph.D. 2001)
  • Nonlinear Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms: Topology and Size and Shape Design
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, MDT Center
  • Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
  • jinyong.joo@wpafb.af.mil
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    Dr. Yong-Mo Moon (Ph.D. 2000)
  • Reconfigurable Machine Tool Design: Theory and Application
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Worchester Polytechnic Institute, Worchester, MA
  • moon@wpi.edu
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    Dr. Joel Hetrick (Ph.D. 1999)
  • An Energy Efficiency Approach for Unified Topological and Dimensional Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms
  • Vice President of Flexsys Inc.
  • Flexsys Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
  • hetrick@flxsys.com
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    Dr. Ronald Kalnas
  • Mechanical System Design Incorporating Non-Gaussian, Nonparametric Uncertainty During the Conceptual Stage
  • Research Engineer
  • Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, PA
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    Dr. Laxman Saggere (Ph.D. 1998)
  • Static Shape Control of Smart Structures: A New Approach Utilizing Compliant Mechanisms
  • Assistant Professor
  • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • saggere@mit.edu
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    Dr. Mary Frecker (Ph.D. 1997)
  • Optimal Design of Compliant Mechanisms
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • mxf36@psu.edu
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    Dr. G. K. Ananthasuresh (Ph.D. 1994)
  • A New Design Paradigm For Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems and Investigations on the Compliant Mechanisms Synthesis
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • gksuresh@seas.upenn.edu
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    Dr. Shean-Juinn Chiou
  • Conceptual Design of Mechanisms Using Kinematic Building Blocks: A Computational Approach
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    Dr. Thatchai Chuenchom
  • Kinematic Synthesis of Adjustable Robotic Mechanisms
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    Dr. Irfan Ullah
  • Optimal Synthesis of Adjustable Mechanisms for Generating Multiple Continuous Paths
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    Former Students

    Dragan Maric
  • draganm@umich.edu
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    Audrey Plinta
  • aplinta@umich.edu
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    Zachary Kreiner (Zak)
  • zkreiner@umich.edu
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