Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining is a critical manufacturing technology used in effectively all modern products. Any improvement in efficiency or automation tha[...]

The motivation of this research is to build systems that precisely control displacement in the presence of external load (both linear and rotation force). To achieve this[...]

Presently, governments are focused on the development of diverse energy sources from renewable supplies. A major part of that is the development of pico-hydro and micro-h[...]

Tires are one of the main components for the vehicle ground interaction. In orderto accurately evaluate and determine the dynamic behavior of vehicles, various tiremodels[...]

D.J. HASTINGS. Development of an all-fiber homodyne quadrature laser interferometer for integration into a compact thermal actuator(Under the direction of DR. STUART T. S[...]

A unifying theme of this thesis is the implementation and characterization of point probes for surface metrology. The implementations include two optical non-contact prof[...]

Magnetic gearboxes are a developing technology that is being considered as an alternative to mechanical gearboxes for non-contact transmission of torque in numerous appli[...]

A novel multi-frequency (polydyne) optical interferometry method is introduced and a prototype developed to evaluate its performance in a Michelson displacement interfero[...]

The stability lobe diagram is a graphical device used to select stable cutting conditions in machining. The generation of the stability lobe diagram requires the tool-hol[...]