CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS FOR MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

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Flank Milling
Development of Tool Path Strategies
Design of NC Controllers
5-Axis Numerically Controlled Machining
Modeling of the Machining Process
Design of NC Machines
Modeling and Identification
Precision motion control
Optimal trajectory generation
Nonlinear, adaptive, and switched dynamical systems; robust adaptive control; nonlinear and
adaptive control designs for mechatronic systems
Control and coordination of autonomous multi-agent dynamical systems; coordination and
localization in sensor networks; geometric optimization in multi-sensor systems
Motion planning and control of mobile robots and autonomous vehicles; active vision and vision
based control
Various control applications including high performance and hypersonic flight control,
semiconductor manufacturing process control, and disk-drive servo systems
Dynamic Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding
Autonomous Navigation Using Artificial Neural Networks
Arc Acoustics in GMA welding
Walking Robot Welder
Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Modeling of Human Locomotion
Automatic end-of-arm and tool-centre-point calibration
Modelling, monitoring and control of machining chatter
Developing new strategies for efficient and faster machining of sculptured surfaces
Developing techniques for machine health monitoring
Applications of experimental modal analysis to the modelling of dynamics of structures
Design and control of mechatronic systems
Sensory information processing for motion control
Non-smooth dynamic systems
Instrumented robotics
Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems
Advanced Vehicle Systems
High Speed Robotics
Automated Laser Fabrication
Microrobotics
Micromanipulation using magnetic levitation
Magnetically driven medical microrobots for drug delivery and microsurgery
Smart Structures and Actuators
Auto-focusing mechanism for microscopy using electrorestrictive materials
Development of a cost-effective prosthetic leg (structural design, sensory system, and controller)
Design, Modeling,& Control of Advanced Mechatronics Systems
Modular and Reconfigurable Robotics & Automation
Autonomous Navigation and Mobile Manipulation
Computational Intelligence
MEMS/NEMS for harsh environments
Physical MEMS/NEMS sensors and devices
Self-contained Integrated microsystems

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MEMS/NEMS process, packaging and microassembly

Micropower generation
MEMS/NEMS biosensors and biomanipulators
Mobile Robotic Manipulators
Multi-Robotic Systems
Motion Planning
Modelling and Simulation of Mechatronics Systems
Laser-based micro-processing techniques
Sensing, monitoring and real-time control of laser-based manufacturing techniques
Rapid prototyping
Mechatronics design, sensors, and actuators
Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Multi-Agent Control
Aerial and Terrestrial Autonomous Vehicles, Rovers, Quadrotors and Blimps
Autonomous Perception and Navigation in Unknown Environments
Distributed and Decentralized Optimization