Kenneth J. Waldron

Phone: 650 736-1412 | Fax: 650 723-3521 | Email: waldron@cdr.stanford.edu

Degrees: B.E. University of Sydney - Mechanical Engineering (1964); M.Eng.Sc. University of Sydney - Mechanical Engineering (1965); Ph.D. Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering (1969); D.Eng. University of Sydney - Mechanical Engineering (1999)

Research Interests: Design of robotic systems, robotic vehicles, legged locomotion systems, haptic simulation, design of medical devices, design for manufacturability.; Ken worked in industry at Australian Iron and Steel Pty. Ltd. He has held faculty positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Houston and the Ohio State University before joining Stanford in September 2000. At the Ohio State University he was Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He works in diverse areas of mechanical design, robotics and biomechanics. He is co-author of two books and has published 270 refereed articles in scholarly journals and conference proceedings. He currently serves as President of IFToMM (The International Federation for Mechanism and Machine Science) and as Chair of the Design Engineering Division of ASME.

Society of Automotive Engineers, Ralph R. Teetor Award (1977); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Leonardo da Vinci Award (1988); The Ohio State University, Distinguished Scholar Award (1988); ASME, Mechanisms Committee Award (1990); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Machine Design Award (1994); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Distinguished Lecturer Program (1996-99); Robotics Industries Association, Joseph F. Engelberger Award (1997)

K.J. Waldron and G.L. Kinzel, Kinematics, Dynamics and Design of Machinery, John Wiley and Sons, NY, September 1998.
: M.H. Hung, D.E. Orin and K.J. Waldron, "Efficient Formulation of the Force Distribution Equations for General Tree-Structured Robotic Mechanisms with a Mobile Base," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, to appear.
: J.P. Schmiedeler and K.J. Waldron, "The Effect of Drag on Gait Selection in Dynamic Quadrupedal Locomotion," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 18, No. 12, December 1999, pp. 1224-1234.
: K.J. Waldron, "Drafting a New Plan for Design," Mechanical Engineering, Design Supplement, November 1999, pp. 37-38.

NSF/IIS "An Experimental Study of Quadruped Gallops"

NIH/NLM "Biomedical Applications of the Next Generation Internet: Remote, Real-Time Simulation for Teaching Human Anatomy and Surgery

General Electric Aircraft Engines "Design for Six Sigma Quality"

DARPA/SAIC "Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle"

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