Departmental Papers (MEAM)
Papers from 2002
A Framework and Architecture for Multirobot Coordination, Rajeev Alur, Aveek J. Das, Joel Esposito, Rafael Fierro, Gregory Grudic, Yerang Hur, R. Vijay Kumar, Insup Lee, James Ostrowski, George J. Pappas, B. Southall, John R. Spletzer, and Camillo J. Taylor
Euclidean metrics for motion generation on SE(3), Calin Andrei Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
Control of Multi-Affine Systems on Rectangles with Applications to Hybrid Biomolecular Networks, Calin Belta, Luc C.G.J.M. Habets, and R. Vijay Kumar
An SVD-Based Projection Method for Interpolation on SE(3), Calin Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
Motion generation for groups of robots: a centralized, geometric approach, Calin Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
Trajectory design for formations of robots by kinetic energy shaping, Calin Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
An SVD-Based Projection Method for Interpolation on SE(3), Calin Belta and Vijay Kumar
Who Wants to be an Engineer? - Or Better Teaching Through Game Shows, Robert W. Carpick
Dynamic Role Assignment for Cooperative Robots, Luiz Chaimowicz, Mario F. M. Campos, and R. Vijay Kumar
Mobile robot for uneven terrain, Kenneth Chin, Robert Breslawski, Terry Kientz, and R. Vijay Kumar
A Vision-Based Formation Control Framework, Aveek K. Das, Rafael Fierro, R. Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski, John Spletzer, and Camillo J. Taylor
A Vision-Based Formation Control Framework, Aveek K. Das, Rafael Fierro, Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski, John Spletzer, and Camillo J. Taylor
Ad Hoc Networks for Localization and Control, Aveek K. Das, John R. Spletzer, R. Vijay Kumar, and Camillo J. Taylor
A Method for Modifying Closed-Loop Motion Plans to Satisfy Unpredictable Dynamic Constraints at Runtime, Joel M. Esposito and R. Vijay Kumar
Material Anisotropy Revealed by Phase Contrast in Intermittent Contact Atomic Force Microscopy, Matthew S. Marcus, Robert W. Carpick, Darryl Y. Sasaki, and Mark A. Eriksson
A stirrer for magnetohydrodynamically controlled minute fluidic networks, Shizhi Qian, Jianzhong Zhu, and Haim H. Bau
Human Robot Interaction: Application to Smart Wheelchairs, Rahul Rao, K. Conn, Sang-Hack Jung, J. Katupitiya, Terry L. Kientz, R. Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski, Sarangi Patel, and Camillo J. Taylor
A Potential Field Based Approach to Multi-Robot Manipulation, Peng Song and R. Vijay Kumar
Control of Cooperating Mobile Manipulators, Thomas G. Sugar and R. Vijay Kumar
Design and Control of a Compliant Parallel Manipulator, Thomas G. Sugar and R. Vijay Kumar
Control of Cooperating Mobile Manipulators, Thomas G. Sugar and Vijay Kumar
The Effect of Feedback and Feedforward on Formation ISS, Herbert G. Tanner, R. Vijay Kumar, and George J. Pappas
Input-to-state Stability on Formation Graphs, Herbert G. Tanner, George J. Pappas, and R. Vijay Kumar
Object Closure and Manipulation by Multiple Cooperating Mobile Robots, Zhidong Wang and R. Vijay Kumar
A magnetohydrodynamic chaotic stirrer, Mingqiang Yi, Shizhi Qian, and Haim H. Bau
A Geometric Approach to the Study of the Cartesian Stiffness Matrix, Milos Zefran and R. Vijay Kumar
Magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) pump fabricated with ceramic tapes, Jihua Zhong, Mingqiang Yi, and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 2001
A minute magneto hydro dynamic (MHD) mixer, Haim H. Bau, Jihua Zhong, and Mingqiang Yi
Motion generation for formations of robots: a geometric approach, Calin Belta and R. Vijay Kumar
Stability and reachability analysis of a hybrid model of luminescence in the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri, Calin Belta, Jonathan Schug, Thao Dang, R. Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas, Harvey Rubin, and Paul Dunlap
Directional shear force microscopy, A. R. Burns and Robert W. Carpick
Real-Time Vision-Based Control of a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot, Aveek K. Das, Rafael Fierro, R. Vijay Kumar, B. Southall, John R. Spletzer, and Camillo J. Taylor
Modeling and Control of Formations of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots, Jaydev P. Desai, James P. Ostrowski, and R. Vijay Kumar
Modeling and Control of Formations of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots, Jaydev P. Desai, James P. Ostrowski, and Vijay Kumar
Multi-Agent Hybrid System Simulation, Joel Esposito, R. Vijay Kumar, and George J. Pappas
Efficient dynamic simulation of robotic systems with hierarchy, Joel M. Esposito and R. Vijay Kumar
On Controlling Aircraft Formations, Rafael Fierro, Calin Belta, Jaydev P. Desai, and R. Vijay Kumar
Hybrid Control of Formations of Robots, Rafael Fierro, Aveek K. Das, R. Vijay Kumar, and James P. Ostrowski
Second-order theory for nonlinear dielectric composites incorporating field fluctuations, Pedro Ponte-Castañeda
Dynamics and Control of Whole Arm Grasps, Peng Song, Masahito Yashima, and R. Vijay Kumar
Peristaltically induced motion in a closed cavity with two vibrating walls, Mingqiang Yi, Haim H. Bau, and Howard H. Hu
Thick Film Thermistors Printed on Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic Tapes, Jihua Zhong and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 2000
Charged Particle Distributions and Heat Transfer in a Discharge Between Geometrically Dissimilar Electrodes: From Breakdown to Steady State, Wei Qin, Ira M. Cohen, and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Papers from 1999
Friction and Molecular Deformation in the Tensile Regime , A. R. Burns, Robert W. Carpick, and T. A. Michalske
Ceramic Microchips for Capillary Electrophoresis-electrochemistry, Charles S. Henry, Min Zhong, Susan M. Lunte, Moon Kim, Haim Bau, and Jorge J. Santiago
Optimal and adaptive control of chaotic convection — Theory and experiments, Po Ki Yuen and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 1998
Atomic Force Microscopy Study of an Ideally Hard Contact: The Diamond(111)/Tungsten Carbide Interface, M. Enachescu, R.J. A. van den Oetelaar, Robert W. Carpick, D. F. Ogletree, C. F. J. Flipse, and Miguel Salmeron
Three-point bounds and other estimates for strongly nonlinear composites, Pedro Ponte-Castañeda
Numerical investigation of the stabilization of the no-motion state of a fluid layer heated from below and cooled from above, Jie Tang and Haim H. Bau
On the Generation of Smooth Three-Dimensional Rigid Body Motions, Miloš Žefran, Vijay Kumar, and Christopher Croke
Papers from 1997
Lateral stiffness: A new nanomechanical measurement for the determination of shear strengths with friction force microscopy, Robert W. Carpick, D. F. Ogletree, and Miguel Salmeron
Two-arm manipulation tasks with friction assisted grasping, Jaydev P. Desai, Milos Zefran, and R. Vijay Kumar
Direct Simulation of the Motion of Solid Particles in Couette and Poiseuille Flows of Viscoelastic Fluids, P. Y. Huang, James J. Feng, Howard H. Hu, and Daniel D. Joseph
Direct Simulation of the Sedimentation of Elliptic Particles in Oldroyd-B Fluids, P. Y. Huang, Howard H. Hu, and Daniel D. Joseph
Motion Planning in Humans and Robots, R. Vijay Kumar, Milos Zefran, and James P. Ostrowski
Dynamic Control of 3-D Rolling Contacts in Two-Arm Manipulation, Nilanjan Sarkar, Xiaoping Yun, and Vijay Kumar
Experiments on the stabilization of the no-motion state of a fluid layer heated from below and cooled from above, Jie Tang and Haim H. Bau
Oscillatory enhancement of the squeezing flow of yield stress fluids: A novel experimental result, K. J. Zwick, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and Ira M. Cohen
Papers from 1996
Measurement of interfacial shear (friction) with an ultrahigh vacuum atomic force microscope, Robert W. Carpick, N. Agraït, D. F. Ogletree, and Miguel Salmeron
Imaging and manipulation of nanometer-size liquid droplets by scanning polarization force microscopy, Jun Hu, Robert W. Carpick, Miquel Salmeron, and Xu-dong Xiao
Evaporation and Combustion of a Slowly Moving Liquid Fuel Droplet: Higher-Order Theory, Milind A. Jog, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and Ira M. Cohen
Calibration of frictional forces in atomic force microscopy, D. F. Ogletree, Robert W. Carpick, and Miguel Salmeron
Rendering a Subcritical Hopf Bifurcation Supercritical, Po Ki Yuen and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 1995
A variable temperature ultrahigh vacuum atomic force microscope, Q. Dai, R. Vollmer, Robert W. Carpick, D. F. Ogletree, and Miguel Salmeron
Non-Axisymmetric Instability of Core-Annular Flow, Howard H. Hu and Neelesh Patankar
Design of a Wheelchair with Legs for People with Motor Disabilities, Parris Wellman, Venkat Krovi, Vijay Kumar, and William Harwin
Papers from 1994
Direct Simulation of Initial Value Problems for the Motion of Solid Bodies in a Newtonian Fluid Part 1. Sedimentation, James Feng, Howard H. Hu, and Daniel D. Joseph
Direct Simulation of Initial Value Problems for the Motion of Solid Bodies in a Newtonian Fluid. Part 2. Couette adn Poiseuille Flows., James Feng, Howard H. Hu, and Daniel D. Joseph
Gas Flow in Micr-Channels, John C. Harley, Yufend Huang, Haim H. Bau, and Jay N. Zemel
Effect of Negative Ions on Electrical Breakdown in a Nonuniform Air Gap Between a Wire and a Plane, K. Ramakrishna, Ira M. Cohen, and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Papers from 1993
Torsional Sensor Applications in Two-Phase Fluids, Jin O. Kim, Haim H. Bau, Yi Liu, Lawrence C. Lynnworth, Steven A. Lynnworth, Kimberly A. Hall, Saul A. Jacobson, James. A. Korba, Robert J. Murphy, Michael A. Strauch, and Kyle G. King
Stabilization of the no-motion state in Rayleigh-Bénard convection through the use of feedback control, Jie Tang and Haim H. Bau
Feedback Control Stabilization of the No-Motion State of a Fluid Confined in a Horizontal Porous Layer Heated From Below, Jie Tang and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 1992
Electrode Heating in a Wire-to-Plane Arc, Milind A. Jog, Ira M. Cohen, and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Effective properties of nonlinear inhomogeneous dielectrics, Pedro Ponte-Castañeda, G. deBotton, and G. Li
Controlling Chaos in a Thermal Convection Loop, Yuzhou Wang, Jonathan Singer, and Haim H. Bau
Papers from 1991
Breakdown of a Wire-to-Plane Discharge: Transient Effects, Milind A. Jog, Ira M. Cohen, and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
The Effect of an Adjacent Viscous Fluid on the Transmission of Torsional Stress Waves in a Submerged Waveguide, Jin O. Kim, Yuzhou Wang, and Haim H. Bau
Laser heating of a sintered oxide superconductor, Y. H. Shi, M.J. G. Lee, M. Moskovits, A. Hsu, and Robert W. Carpick
Active Control of Convection, Jonathan Singer and Haim H. Bau
Controlling a Chaotic System, Jonathan Singer, Y-Z Wang, and Haim H. Bau
An Approach to Simultaneous Control of Trajectory and Interaction Forces in Dual-Arm Configurations, Xiaoping Yun and Vijay R. Kumar
Papers from 1990
Stability of Core-Annular Flow with Very Small Viscosity Ratio, Howard H. Hu, Thomas S. Lundgren, and Daniel D. Joseph
Kinematics of Redundantly Actuated Closed Chains, Vijay Kumar and John F. Gardner
Papers from 1989
Lubricated Pipelining: Stability of Core-Annular Flow. Part 2, Howard H. Hu and Daniel D. Joseph
Stability of a Core-Annular Flow in a Rotating Pipe, Howard H. Hu and Daniel D. Joseph
Instrument for Simultaneous Measurement of Density and Viscosity, Jin O. Kim and Haim H. Bau
Two-Dimenslonal Analysis of Electrical Breakdown in a Nonuniform Gap Between a Wire and a Plane, K. Ramakrishna, Ira M. Cohen, and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Papers from 1988
On line, Real-Time Densimeter-Theory and Optimization, Jin O. Kim and Haim H. Bau
Force Distribution in Closed Kinematic Chains, Vijay R. Kumar and Kenneth J. Waldron
Papers from 1987
Sub-Optimal Algorithms for Force Distribution in Multifingered Grippers, Vijay Kumar and Kenneth J. Waldron
Papers from 1986
Thin-Flame Theory for the Combustion of a Moving Liquid Drop: Effects Due to Variable Density, George Gogos, Satwindar S. Sadhal, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and T. Sundararajan
Papers from 1985
Linear Stability of a Viscous-Inviscid Interface, J. M. Hogan and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Papers from 1984
Laminar Condensation on a Moving Drop. Part 1. Singular Perturbation Technique, J. N. Chung, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and Satwindar S. Sadhal
Laminar Condensation on a Moving Drop. Part 2. Numerical Solutions, J. N. Chung, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and Satwindar S. Sadhal
Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer Associated with Condensation on a Moving Drop: Solutions for Intermediate Reynolds Numbers, T. Sundararajan and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Papers from 1983
Flow Past a Liquid Drop with a Large Non-uniform Radial Velocity, Satwindar S. Sadhal and Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy
Papers from 1982
Kelvin-Helmhotz Instability for Parallel Flow in Porous Media: A Linear Theory, Haim H. Bau
Heat Transfer in Surface-Cooled Objects Subject to Microwave Heating, Kenneth R. Foster, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, Thirumalchari Sundararajan, and Koneru Ramakrishna
Papers from 1981
Onset of Convection in a Permeable Medium Between Vertical Coaxial Cylinders, Haim H. Bau and Kenneth E. Torrance