Timothy C. Burg Curriculum Vitae
Timothy C. Burg
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
US Citizen
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
(864) 506-0673
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Clemson University, 1996, Electrical Engineering
M.S., Clemson University, 1990, Electrical Engineering
B.S., University of Cincinnati, 1988, Electrical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
F.E. Certification, Ohio, June 1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kansas State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Manhattan, KS, 8/14 – present, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson, SC,
8/14 – present, Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson, SC,
8/11 – 7/14, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson, SC,
8/05 – 8/11, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michelin Americas Research and Development Corporation, Greenville, SC, 7/00 – 7/05,
Research Engineer
SE Huffman Corporation, Clover, SC, 9/96 – 7/00, Control Engineer
Clemson University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson, SC,
5/93 - 5/96, Research Assistant, 1/90 - 5/93, Teaching Assistant
General Electric, Louisville, KY, 4/87 - 9/87, Co-op Engineer
Schneider Instrument, Cincinnati, OH, 4/86-1/87, Co-op Engineer
Westinghouse Electric, Cincinnati, OH, 9/85 - 1/86, Co-op Engineer
MEMBERSHIPS
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1987 - present): Senior Member
(June 2009 – present)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Member (2007- present), Vice-President
(6/2007 – 7/2008), President (6/2008-7/2009), Webmaster (2008-present)
Academy of Model Aeronautics (3/2007 - present)
Society For Biomaterials (SFB): Member (2010 – present)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conferences
Session co-chair, “Biological Systems II”, American Control Conference,
Washington, DC, 2013.
Session co-chair, “Biomaterials for Soft Tissue Engineering”, 9th World Biomaterials
Congress, Chengdu, China, 2012.
Session organizer and co-chair, “Biosensors”, 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition
of the Society For Biomaterials, San Antonio TX, 2009.
Session co-chair, “Adaptive Control”, 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008.
Session co-chair, “FrC18 - Aerospace Modeling and Control”, 45th IEEE Conference
on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, 2007.
Session co-chair, “Applications to Robotic Systems”, American Control Conference,
New York, NY, 2007.
Session co-chair, “Adaptive Control Applications” and “Nonlinear Control”,
American Control Conference, 1995.
Session co-chair, “Mechanical Systems”, 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, 1995.
Review Work (last 4 years)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
NSF – Graduate Research Fellowship Program Review Panel, On-line Panel,
January, 2015.
NSF - National Robotics Initiative Review Panel, On-line Panel, May, 2014.
2014 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
International Journal of Control
2013 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing
Technologies
Automatica
2012 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
2013 American Control Conference
Journal of Medical Engineering
Society for Biomaterials - Publications Committee
2012 IEEE Haptics Symposium - Haptics 2011!
2012 American Control Conference
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NSF SBIR Phase I Sensors Panel – Washington, DC, 2011
Automatica
2010
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
IEEE Conference of Decision and Control
NSF SBIR Phase I Sensors Panel – Washington, DC, 2010
2010 American Control Conference
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Monographs, Book Chapters
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Burg, K.J.L., Dréau, D., and Burg, T.C., Engineering 3D Tissue Test Systems, CRC
Press. The volume will provide an introduction to and unique coverage of a rapidly
evolving area in biomaterials engineering. The discussion will provide insight into
the importance of 3D systems and their use as benchtop models, spanning
applications from basic scientific research to clinical diagnostics. Four sections: 1.
Material Considerations, 2. Instrumentation Considerations, 3. Biological
Considerations and Methods, 4. System Considerations. January 2015.
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Burg, T.C. and Burg, K.J.L., “Feasibility of 3D Scaffolds for Organs” in Narayan, R.,
Rapid Prototyping of Biomaterials: Principles and Applications, Woodhead
Publishing Series in Biomaterials, Elsevier Science, pp. 221–235, (2014).
{doi:10.1533/9780857097217.221}
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Burg, K.J.L., Inskeep, B. and Burg, T.C., “Breast Tissue Engineering: Reconstruction
Implants and Three-Dimensional Tissue Test Systems”, in Lanza, R., Langer R. and
Vacanti, J., Principles of Tissue Engineering, 4th Edition, Elsevier: Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, pp. 727-749, (2013). {doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-398358-9.00036-7}
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Lee, D., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Dorn, G., “Fly-The-Camera Perspective: Control of a
Remotely Operated Quadrotor UAV and Camera Unit ”, Aerial Vehicles, edited by:
T. Lam, I-Tech Publishing (http://intechweb.org/books.php), Vienna, Austria, EU,
ISBN 978-953-7619-41-1, Chapter 8, pp. 161-188, (January, 2009).
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Dawson, D., Hu, J., Burg, T., Nonlinear Control of Electric Machinery, 1st Edition
(1998), Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.
Refereed Journal Publications
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Singapogu, R., Burg, T., Burg, K.J.L., Smith, D., and Eckenrode, A., “A Perspective
on the Role and Utility of Haptic Feedback in Laparoscopic Skills Training”, Critical
Reviews™ in Biomedical Engineering, 42(3–4), pp. 293–318, (2014). {doi:
10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.2014011701 }
Singapogu, R., Long, L.O., Smith, D., Burg, T., Pagano, C., Prabhu, V., and Burg,
K.J.L., “Simulator-Based Assessment of Haptic Surgical Skill: A Comparative
Study”, Surgical Innovation, (online July, 2014 to appearing print ??). {doi:
10.1177/1553350614537119}
Singapogu, R, Pagano, C, Burg, T, Dorn, P.G., Zacharia, R, Lee, D., “Perceptually
Salient Haptic Rendering for Enhancing Kinesthetic Perception in Virtual
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Environments”, Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 8(3), pp 319-331, (Sept,
2014). {doi: 10.1007/s12193-014-0164-1}
Singapogu, R., Long, L., Burg, T., Pagano, C., Smith, D., Kwartowitz, D., Burg, K.,
“Examining the learning curve on a novel haptic simulator for laparoscopic surgical
skills”, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 8(1)
Supplement, S379–380, (2013). {doi: 10.1007/s11548-013-0881-z}
Singapogu, R., DuBose, S., Long, L.O., Arcese, G., Smith, D.E., Burg, T.C., Pagano,
C.C., Burg, K.J.L. “Salient Haptic Skills Trainer: Initial Validation of a Novel
Simulator for Training Force-based Laparoscopic Surgical Skills”, Surgical
Endoscopy, (December, 2012). {doi: 10.1007/s00464-012-2648-y}
Singapogu, R., Smith, D.E., Long, L.O., Burg, T.C., Pagano, C.C., Burg, K.J.L.,
“Objective Differentiation of Force-Based Laparoscopic Skills using a Novel Haptic
Simulator”, Journal of Surgical Education, 69(6), pp. 766–773, (Nov-Dec, 2012).
{doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.07.008}
Xu, P., Groff, R.E., Burg, T., “Dynamics and Control of the Shoot-the-Moon
Tabletop Game”, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 134(5),
051006, (June, 2012). {doi: 10.1115/1.4006223}
Mersereau, B., Groff, R.E., Burg, T., Burg, K.J.L., “A Novel Method for the
Production and Evaluation of Hernia Repair Mesh in an In Vitro Environment”,
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 9(3), pp. 116-127, (2012). {doi:
10.1007/s13770-012-0294-z}
Pepper, M.E., Groff, R.E., Cass, C.A.P, Mattimore, J.P., Burg, T., Burg, K.J.L., “A
Quantitative Metric for Pattern Fidelity of Bioprinted Cocultures”, Artificial Organs,
36(6), pp. E151–E162, (2012). {doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01460.x}
Pepper, M., Seshadri, V., Burg, T., Burg, K., Groff, R., “Characterizing the Effects of
Cell Settling on Bioprinter Output”, Biofabrication, 4(1), 011001, (2012).
{doi:10.1088/1758-5082/4/1/011001}
Pradhan, N., Gohad, N., Orihuela, B., Burg, T., Birchfield, S., Rittschof, D., Mount,
A., “Development of an Automated Algorithm for Tracking and Quantifying
Barnacle Cyprid Settlement Behavior”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology &
Ecology, 410, pp. 21–28, (2011). {doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2011.10.001}
Nath, N., Braganza, D., Dawson, D.M., Burg, T., “Range Identification for
Perspective Vision Systems: a Position-Based Approach”, I. J. Robotics and
Automation, 26(2), (2011). {doi:10.2316/Journal.206.2011.2.206-3409 }
Pepper, M., Cass, C., Jenkins, L., Burg, T., Groff, R., Booth, B., Burg, K., “Thermal
Inkjet Printing for Precision Histological Staining”, Journal of Histotechnology,
34(3), pp. 123-131, (September, 2011).
Burg, T., Cass, C., Groff, R., Pepper, M., Burg, K., “Building Off-the-Shelf Tissue
Engineered Composites”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A:
Physical, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, 368, pp. 1839-1862, (2010).
{doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.00022010}
Tatlicioglu, E., Braganza, D., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Adaptive Control of Redundant
Robot Manipulators with Sub-task Extensions”, Robotica, 27(6), pp. 873-881, (2009).
{doi:10.1017/S0263574708005274}
Parzel, C.A., Groff, R., Burg, T., Hill, A.M., Pepper, M., Burg, K., “EDTA Enhances
High-Throughput Two-Dimensional Bioprinting by Inhibiting Salt-Scaling and Cell
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Aggregation at the Nozzle Surface”, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine, 3(4), pp. 260-268, (2009). {doi: 10.1002/term.162}
Chen, J. Dawson, D., Salah, M., Burg, T., “Cooperative Control of Multiple Vehicles
with Limited Sensing”, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal
Processing, 21(2-3), pp. 115-131, (2007). {doi: 10.1002/acs.921}
Canbolat, H., Burg, T., Dawson, D.M., Nagarkatti, S., “A Near Output Feedback
Controller for a General Class of Robot Manipulator Systems”, International Journal
of System Science, 30(5), pp. 515-525, (1999).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Additional Notes on the TORA Problem: A Filtering
Approach to Eliminate Velocity Measurements”, IEEE Transactions on Control
System Technology, 5(5), pp. 520-523, (1997).
Vedagarbha, P., Dawson, D., Burg, T., “Rotor Velocity Flux Control of Induction
Motors with Improved Efficiency”, Mechatronics, 7(2), pp. 105-127, (1997).
de Queiroz, M.S., Donepudi, S., Burg, T., Dawson, D.M., “Model-Based Control of
Rigid-Link Flexible-Joint Robots: An Experimental Evaluation”, Robotica, 16(1), pp.
11-21, (1998).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Vedagarbha, P., “A Redesigned DCAL Controller without
Velocity Measurements: Theory and Demonstration”, Robotica, 1(5), pp. 337-346,
(1997).
de Queiroz, M.S., Dawson, D., Burg, T., “Position/Force Control of Robot
Manipulators without Velocity/Force Measurements”, International Journal Robotics
and Automation, 12(1), pp. 1-14, (1997).
de Queiroz, M., Hu, J., Dawson, D., Burg, T., Donepudi, S., “Adaptive Position/Force
Control of Robot Manipulators without Velocity Measurements: Theory and
Experimentation”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 27-B(5),
pp. 796-805, (1997).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Hu, J., de Queiroz, M., “An Adaptive Partial State Feedback
Controller for RLED Robot Manipulators”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
41( 7), pp. 1024-1030, (1996).
Vedagarbha, P., Burg, T., Hu, J., Dawson, D., “Development and Demonstration of a
New Class of Adaptive Partial State Feedback Controllers for Electric Motors”,
Mechatronics, 6(6), pp. 691-727, (1996).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Vedagarbha, P., “Sensorless Velocity Control for a Series
Connected Wound Stator DC Motor”, Mechatronics, 5(4), pp. 349-364, (1995).
de Queiroz, M., Dawson, D., Burg, T., “Reexamination of the DCAL Controller for
Rigid Link Robots”, Robotica, 14, pp. 41-49, (1996).
Conference Proceedings (Reviewed)
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Wang, L., Pepper, M., Padmakumar, A., Burg, T., Harcum, S., Groff, R.E., “A Realtime Adaptive Oxygen Transfer Rate Estimator for Metabolism Tracking in
Escherichia coli Cultures”, Proceedings 36th Annual International Conference of the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 6191-6194, Chicago, IL,
(August, 2014). {doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945043}
Pepper, M., Wang, L., Padmakumar, A., Burg, T., Harcum, S., Groff, R. E, “A
CMI(Cell Metabolic Indicator)-based Controller for Achieving High Growth Rate
Escherichia coli Cultures”, Proceedings 36th Annual International Conference of the
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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 2911 - 2915, Chicago, IL,
(August, 2014). {doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944232}
McCave, E., Gilmore, J., Burg, T., Burg, K.J.L., “Evaluation of an Introductory
Research Program for Minority Students in an Interdisciplinary Tissue Engineering
Lab”, Proceedings of Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), (April, 2014).
{doi: 10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972870}
Singapogu, R., Smith, D., Burg, T., Pagano, C., “Endovascular Seldinger Needle
Placement: A Simulator for Examining Haptic Skills”, Medicine Meets Virtual
Reality (MMVR) 21, Manhattan Beach, CA (February 2014).
Xu, P., Huang, R., Lee, D., and Burg, T., “Dynamics and Control of a Novel
Manipulator on VTOL Aircraft (MOVA) System - A Planar Case Study”,
Proceedings of the 2014 American Control Conference, pp. 3071-3076, Portland, OR,
(June, 2014). {doi: 10.1109/ACC.2014.6858925}
Pradhan, N., Birchfield, S., Burg, T., “A person follower mobile robot system for
indoor environments”, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems workshop on "Assistance and Service Robotics in a
Human Environment, Tokyo, Japan (November, 2013).
Hasirci, U., Groff, R., Burg, T., “Closed-Loop Nonlinear Adaptive Control of Antiangiogenic Tumor Therapy”, Proceedings of the 9th Asian Control Conference,
Istanbul, Turkey, (June, 2013).
Pradhan, N., Burg, T., Birchfield, S., Hasirci, U., “Indoor Navigation for Mobile
Robots Using Predictive Fields”, Proceedings of the 2013 American Control
Conference, Washington, DC, (June, 2013).
Hasirci, U., Burg, T., Groff, R., “Closed-Loop Nonlinear Smooth Robust Control of
Anti-Angiogenic Tumor Therapy”, Proceedings of the 2013 American Control
Conference, Washington, DC, (June, 2013).
Lee, D., Nataraj, C., Burg, T., “Coordinated Control of Flying Robotic Arm”,
Proceedings ASME 2012 5th Annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, pp.
119-127, Fort Lauderdale, FL, (10/2012). {doi:10.1115/DSCC2012-MOVIC20128770}
Pradhan, N., Burg, T., Groff, R., Dawson, D., “Robotics as a Learning Medium for
Engineering Practice and Team-based Design in Capstone Projects”, Proceedings of
the Capstone Design 2012 Conference , Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 4 pages,
http://capstoneconf.org/resources/2012%20Proceedings/Papers/Paper%2033.pdf,
(June 1, 2012).
Singapogu, R., Smith, D., Burg, T., Pagano, C., Long, L., Prabhu, V., “Assessing
Surgeon and Novice Force Skill on a Haptic Stiffness Simulator for Surgical
Training”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) 19, Los Angeles, CA (February
2012).
Singapogu, R., Smith, D., Altenhoff, B., Long, L., Bontreger, R., Pagano, C., Burg,
T., Burg, K., “Haptic Tasks for Physical Laparoscopic (“Box”) Trainers to
Differentiate Surgeon Skill”, in Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) 19, Los
Angeles, CA (February, 2012).
Lee, D., Nataraj, C., Burg, T., “Robust Control of a Surface Vehicle with
Disturbances”, Proceedings ASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference,
pp. 699-704, Arlington, VA, (11/2011). {10.1115/DSCC2011-6201}
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Pradhan, N., Burg, T., Birchfield, S., “Robot Crowd Navigation using Predictive
Position Fields in the Potential Function Framework”, Proceedings of the 2011
American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 4628-4633, (June, 2011).
Lee, D., Nataraj, C., Burg, T., “Adaptive Tracking Control of an Underactuated
Aerial Vehicle”, Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, San
Francisco, CA, pp. 2326-2331, (June, 2011).
Singapogu, R., Pagano, C., Burg, T., Burg, K.J.L., Prabhu, V., “Role of Haptic
Feedback in a Basic Laparoscopic Task requiring Hand-eye Coordination”, Medicine
Meets Virtual Reality 18, Newport Beach, CA, (February, 2011).
Singapogu, R. B., Pagano, C. C., Burg, T. C., Burg, K., “Towards Better Metrics for
Assessing Realism in Laparoscopic Simulators” Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 18,
Newport Beach, CA, (February, 2011).
Pepper, M., Seshadri, V., Burg, T., Booth, B., Burg, K., Groff, R., “Cell Settling
Effects on a Thermal Inkjet Bioprinter”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
(EMBC'11), Boston, MA, pp. 3609-12, (August, 2011).
Pepper, M., Cass, C., Mattimore, J., Burg, T., Booth, B., Burg, K., Groff, R., “PostBioprinting Processing Methods to Improve Cell Viability and Pattern Fidelity in
Heterogeneous Tissue Test Systems”, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International
IEEE EMBS Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 259-262, (September, 2010).
Xu, P., Groff, R., Burg, T., “The Rigid Body Dynamics of Shoot-the-Moon Game and
Model-based Controller Design”, Proceedings of the 2010 American Control
Conference, Baltimore, MD, pp. 396-401, (June, 2010).
Nath, N., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Iyasere, E., “Optimizing Antiangiogenic Therapy for
Tumor Minimization”, Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference,
Baltimore, MD, pp. 1242-1247, (June, 2010).
Kapadia, A., Nath, N., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Lyapunov-Based Continuous-Stirred
Tank Bioreactor Control to Maximize Biomass Production Using the Haldane and
Monod Specific Growth Models”, Proceedings of the 2010 American Control
Conference, Baltimore, MD, pp. 6734-6739, (June, 2010).
Mattimore, J.P., Groff, R.E., Burg, T., Pepper, M.E., “A General Purpose Driver
Board for the HP26 Ink-Jet Cartridge with Applications to Bioprinting”, Proceedings
of the SoutheastCon 2010, Charlotte, NC, pp. 510-513, (March, 2010).
Lee, D., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Shu, D., Xian, B., Tatlicioglu, E., “Robust Tracking
Control of an Underactuated Quadrotor Aerial-Robot Based on a Parametric
Uncertain Model”, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, TX, pp. 3281-3286, (October 2009).
Pepper, M.E., Parzel, C.A., Burg, T., Boland, T., Burg, K.J., Groff, R.E., "Design and
Implementation of a Two-Dimensional Inkjet Bioprinter", Proceedings of the 31th
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
(IEEE EMBC), Minneapolis, MN, pp. 6001-6005, (September, 2009).
Lee, D., Tatlicioglu, E., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Adaptive Output Tracking Control of
a Surface Vessel”, Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1352-1357, (December, 2008). {DOI:
10.1109/CDC.2008.4739313}
Singapogu, R., Sander, S., Burg, T., Cobb, W., “Comparative Study of Haptic
Training versus Visual Training for Kinesthetic Navigation Tasks” study chapter in
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Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16: parallel, combinatorial, convergent: NextMed by
Design - Volume 132 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, edited by James
Westwood, pp. 469-471, IOS Press Inc., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ISBN: 978-158603-822-9, (January 2008).
Singapogu, R., Sander, S., Burg, T., Cobb, W., "A Five DOF Haptic Rendering
Algorithm using Multiple Contact Points”, Proceedings of SoutheastCon 2008,
Huntsville, Alabama, pp. 262-267, (April, 2008).
Tatlicioglu, E., Braganza, D., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Adaptive Control of Redundant
Robot Manipulators with Sub-task Objectives”, Proceedings of 2008 American
Control Conference, Seattle, WA, pp. 1775-1780, (July, 2008).
Lee, D., Tatlicioglu, E., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Robust Output Tracking Control of a
Surface Vessel”, Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA,
pp. 544-549, (July, 2008).
Lee, D., Chitrakaran, V., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Xian, B., “Control of a Remotely
Operated Quadrotor Aerial Vehicle and Camera Unit Using a Fly-The-Camera
Perspective”, Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,
New Orleans, LA, pp. 6412-6417, (December, 2007).
Boland, T., Cui, X., Chaubey, A., Burg, T. Groff, R., Burg, K., "Precision Printing of
Cells and Biomaterials onto 3D Matrices", Proceedings of the ASME International
Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference 2007, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 77-82, (October, 2007).
Boland, T., Burg, T., Groff, R., "Engineering Challenges in Biofabrication", 23rd
International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication
2007, Anchorage, Alaska, September 2007; pp. 7-9; ISBN / ISSN: 0-89208-273-9,
(September, 2007).
Burg, T., Groff, R., Burg, K., Boland, T., “Systems Engineering Challenges in
Biofabrication”, Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon, Richmond, Virginia, pp.
395-398, (March, 2007).
Neff, A., Lee, D., Chitrakaran, V., Dawson, D., Burg, T., “Velocity Control for a
Quad-Rotor UAV Fly-By-Camera Interface”, Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon,
Richmond, Virginia, pp. 273-278, (March, 2007).
Tatlicioglu, E., Xian, B., Dawson, D. Burg, T., “Adaptive Control of Flat MIMO
Nonlinear Systems With Additive Disturbance”, Proceedings of 2007 American
Control Conference, New York, NY, pp. 1197-1202, (July, 2007).
Lee, D., Burg, T., Xian, B., Dawson, D., “Output Feedback Tracking Control of an
Underactuated Quad-Rotor UAV”, Proceedings of 2007 American Control
Conference, New York, NY, pp. 1775-1780, (July, 2007).
Kannan, H., Chitrakaran, V., Dawson, D. Burg, T. “Vision-Based Leader/Follower
Tracking for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots”, Proceedings of 2007 American Control
Conference, New York, NY, pp. 2159-2164, (July, 2007).
Tatlicioglu, E. McIntyre, M., Dawson, M., Burg, T., “Coordination Control for Haptic
and Teleoperator Systems”, Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision &
Control, San Diego, CA, pp. 2937-2942, (December, 2006). [Awarded Best Paper in
Session ThA17.2]
Chen, J., Dawson, D., Salah, M., Burg, T., “Multiple UAV Navigation with Finite
Sensing Zone”, Proceedings of the American Controls Conference, Minneapolis,
MN, pp. 4933-4938, (June, 2006).
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McIntyre, M., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Xian, B., “Adaptive State of Charge (SOC)
Estimator for a Battery”, Proceedings of the American Controls Conference,
Minneapolis, MN, pp. 5740-5744, (June, 2006).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Vedagarbha, P. , “Expanding the Role for Nonlinear Control
Design in Oxide Growth Using Rapid Isothermal Processing”, Proceedings of the 4th
IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Dearborn, MI, pp. 840-845, (September,
1996).
Vedagarbha, P., Dawson, D.M., Burg, T., “Adaptive Control for a Class of Induction
Motors via an On-Line Flux Calculation Method”, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE
Conference on Control Applications, Dearborn, MI, pp. 620-625, (September, 1996).
de Queiroz, M., Donepudi, S., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Experimental Evaluation of
Link Position Tracking Controllers for Rigid-Link Flexible-Joint Robots”,
Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, pp.
4092-4097, (December, 1996).
Vedagarbha, P., Dawson, D., Rhodes, W., Burg, T., “Nonlinear Control of Induction
Motors: The Observed Field Oriented Control Scheme”, Proceedings of the 35th
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, pp. 4707-4712, (December,
1996).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Rahn, C., Rhodes, W., “Nonlinear Control of an Overhead
Crane via the Saturating Control of Teel”, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 31553160, (April, 1996).
de Queiroz, M., Dawson, D., Burg, T., “Position/Force Control of Robot
Manipulators without Velocity/Force Measurements” , Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, MN, Vol. 3, pp.
2561-2566, (April, 1996).
Zhu, Y., Dawson, D., Burg, T., Hu, J., “A Cheap Output Feedback Controller with
Robustness: The RLFJ Problem”, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 939-944, (April,
1996).
Vedagarbha, P., Dawson, D. M., Burg, T., “Velocity Tracking/Setpoint Control of
Induction Motors with Improved Efficiency'', Proceedings of the International
Federation on Automatic Control, San Francisco, CA, pp. 37-42, (July, 1996).
Vedagarbha, P., Dawson, D. M. Burg, T. "An Adaptive Control for a General Class
of Switched Reluctance Motor Models", Proceedings of the International Federation
on Automatic Control, San Francisco, CA, pp. 471-476, (July, 1996).
Lim, S. Y., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Blair, C., “Dexterity Module for a SemiAutonomous Mobile Waste Barrel Inspection System”, Proceedings of the 26th
International Symposium on Industrial Robots, Singapore, pp. 449-454, (October,
1995).
Vedagarbha, P., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Hu, J., “A Systematic Procedure for the
Design of Adaptive Partial State Feedback Controllers for Electric Machines”,
Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans,
LA, Vol. 3, pp. 2133-2138, (December, 1995).
Zhu, J., Dawson, D., Burg, T., Hu, J., “Robust Output Feedback Link Position
Tracking Controller for BDC RLED Robots”, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE
Conference on Control Applications, Albany, NY, pp. 904-909, (September, 1995).
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de Queiroz, M., Burg, T., Dawson, D., Donepudi, S., “A Partial State Feedback
Controller for SRM-RLED Robot Manipulators: Preliminary Experimental
Validation”, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on Control Applications,
Albany, NY, pp. 916-921, (September, 1995).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Hu, J., Lim, S., “An Adaptive Partial State Feedback
Controller for RLED Robot Manipulators Actuated by BLDC Motors”, Proceedings
of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya,
Aichi, Japan, Vol. 1, pp. 300-305, (May, 1995).
Hu, J., de Queiroz, M., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Adaptive Position/Force Control of
Robot Manipulators without Velocity Measurements”, Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Vol. 1,
pp. 887-892, (May, 1995).
Vedagarbha, P., Dawson, D., Burg, T., Hu, J., “Development and Demonstration of a
New Class of Adaptive Partial State Feedback Controllers for Electric Motors”,
Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, Vol. 1, pp. 5963, (June, 1995).
Burg, T., Hu, J., Dawson, D., “A Redesigned DCAL Controller without Velocity
Measurements: Theory and Experimentation”, Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, Lake Buena Vista, FL, pp. 824-828,
(December, 1994).
Hu, J., Dawson, D., Burg, T., Vedagarbha, P., “An Adaptive Tracking Controller for
a Brushless DC Motor with Reduced Overparameterization Effects”, Proceedings of
the 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Vol. 1,
pp. 1850-1855, (December, 1994).
Hu, J., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “An Output Feedback Controller for a RLED Robot
Actuated by Brushless DC Motors”, Proceedings of the 1994 ASME Winter Annual
Meeting, Chicago, IL, DSC-Vol. 55-1, pp. 181-192, (November, 1994).
Hu, J., Burg, T., Dawson, D., “Nonlinear Tracking Control of Brushless DC Motors”,
Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Industrial Applications Society Annual Meeting,
Denver, CO, Vol. 1, pp. 480-487, (October, 1994).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Hu, J., Vedagarbha, P., “A Global Exponential Position
Tracking Controller for a Permanent Magnet Stepper Motor via Output Feedback”,
Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Control Applications, Glasgow, Scotland, Vol.
1, pp. 213-218, (August, 1994).
Burg, T., Dawson, D., Hu, J., de Queiroz, M., “An Adaptive Partial State Feedback
Controller for RLED Robot Manipulators”, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on
Control Applications, Glasgow, Scotland, Vol. 1, pp. 709-714, (August, 1994).
Burg, T. Dawson, D., “Velocity Tracking Control of a Separately Excited DC Motor
Without Velocity Measurements”, Proceedings of the 1994 American Control
Conference, Baltimore, MD, Vol. 1, pp. 1051-1056, (June, 1994).
Burg, T., Gao, X., Dawson, D., “Robust Control for the Improvement of Loudspeaker
Low-Frequency Response”, Proceedings of Southeastcon '93, Charlotte, NC, pp. 5-9,
(April, 1993).
Conference Proceedings (Unreviewed)
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Singapogu, J., Burg, T., “Haptic Virtual Manipulatives for Enhancing K-12 Special
Education”, ACM-SE 47: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Southeast Regional
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Conference, Article 77, pp. 1-4, Clemson, SC, (March 2009). {DOI:
10.1145/1566445.1566547}
Singapogu, R., Pagano, C., Burg, T., “Perceiving the Lengths of Real and Virtual
Objects using Kinesthetic Touch”, ACM-SE 47: Proceedings of the 47th Annual
Southeast Regional Conference,, Article 78, pp. 1-3, Clemson, SC, (March 2009).
{DOI: 10.1145/1566445.1566548}
Other Scholarly Publications (Reviewed abstracts, invited reviews, discussions)
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Pepper, M., Burg, T., Groff, R., Burg, K., “Polymeric Beads as an Analog for Cells in
Deposition Systems”, Proceedings of the 9th World Biomaterials Congress, ID: 3805,
Chengdu, China, (June, 2012).
Mersereau, B., Groff, R., Burg, T., Burg, K., “Designing an Automated Loom to
Produce Modular Mesh”, Proceedings of the 9th World Biomaterials Congress, ID:
3807, Chengdu, China, (June, 2012).
Manhard, M., Thomas, C., Burg, K, Burg, T., “Development of a Bead Manipulator
Module for a Biofabricator”, Transactions of the 2011 Annual Meeting and
Exposition of the Society For Biomaterials, (April, 2011).
Roudsari, L., Bland, E., Pepper, M., Seshadri1, V., Burg, T., Burg, K., “Maximizing
Cellular Pattern Resolution in Biofabrication”, Transactions of the 2011 Annual
Meeting and Exposition of the Society For Biomaterials, (April, 2011).
Pepper, M., Cass, C., Burg, T., Groff, R., Jenkins, L., Burg, K., “Precision Staining of
Histological Samples Using Thermal Inkjet Technology”, Transactions of the 2010
Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Society For Biomaterials, Seattle, WA, p. 656
(April, 2010).
Seshadri, V., Manhard, M., Pradhan, N., Burg, K., Burg, T., “Biofabrication and Cell
by Cell Deposition”, Transactions of the 2010 Annual Meeting and Exposition of the
Society For Biomaterials, Seattle, WA, p. 611 (April, 2010).
Parzel, C., Burg, T., Groff, R., Pepper, M., Boland, T., Burg, K., “Observations on
Inkjet Cartridge Parameters for Biomaterial Deposition”, Transactions of the 2009
Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Society For Biomaterials, San Antonio, TX, p.
671, (April, 2009).
Parzel, C., Pepper, M., Burg, T., Groff, R., Burg K., “High Resolution Cell Patterning
and Co-Culture Using a Custom Bioprinter”, Transactions of the 2009 Annual
Meeting and Exposition of the Society For Biomaterials, San Antonio, TX, p. 282,
(April, 2009).
Parzel CA, Pepper, ME, Groff, RE, Burg T, Burg, KJL. “EDTA as an Anti-scalant
and anti-aggregant in bioprinting applications”. Transactions of the 33rd Annual
Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials, Atlanta, GA, p. 168, (September, 2008).
Chaubey, A., Boland, T., Burg, T., Burg, K., “Cell Matrices on 3-D Matrices Using a
Modified Inkjet Printer”, Transactions of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society For
Biomaterials, Chicago, IL, p. 149, (Sept, 2007).
Burg, K., Mikos, A., Beiler, R., Culberson, C., Greene, K., Loebsack, A., Roland, W.,
Wyatt, S., Halberstadt, C., Holder, Jr, W., Burg, T., “Particulate Selection and
Importance to Cell Adhesion in Solvent-Cast, Particulate-Leached Polymeric
Constructs”, Transactions of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society For
Biomaterials, Providence, RI, (April, 1999).
PRESENTATIONS
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Technical Presentations (not listed as conference publications)
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Burg, T. , Burg, K., “Extending the Impact of Tissue Test Systems Research” at the
Multi-scale Biological Modalities for Physiological Human Articulation 1st Summer
School on Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, 3Bs Research Group, AvePark, Caldas
das Taipas, Guimaraes, Portugal, March 21, 2013.
Burg, T., “Mechatronics Update”, invited lecture at Nankai University/Tianjin
University, May 28, 2012.
Burg, T., Burg, K., “What is Research?”, Math Excellence Workshop (MEW)
Symposium, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, (July, 2005, 2010-2013).
Burg, T., “Biofabrication”, Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)
PI’s Meeting, Monterey, CA, (August, 2009).
Singapogu, R., Pagano, C., Burg, T., “Perceiving the Lengths of Virtual Objects
Using Kinesthetic Touch”, Fifteenth International Conference on Perception and
Action, Minneapolis, MN, (July, 2009).
Burg, T (for AJ Sweeney, KJL Burg, Z Gao), “Development of a Single-Cell
Neurotoxicity Assay”, 2009 Society For Biomaterials Conference, San Antonio, TX,
(April, 2009).
Burg, T., Mount, A., Feltus, A., “Mirrored Environments for Study of Genetic Stress
Markers in Marine Wildlife”, South Carolina Computing Consortium SC08
Conference, Austin, TX, (November, 2008).
Feltus, A. Mount, A., Burg T., “Mirrored Environment for Oyster Monitoring”, South
Carolina Marine Genomics Consortium, Clemson, SC, (March, 2008).
Parzel, C., Groff, R., Hill, A., Stripe, B., Burg, T., Burg, K., “The Modified Inkjet
Cell Printer as a Tool for 3-Dimensional Breast Tissue Modeling”, Symposia (P1-10),
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, Baltimore, MD,
(June, 2008).
Singapogu, R., Sander, S., Burg, T., Cobb, W., “Comparative Study of Haptic
Training versus Visual Training for Kinesthetic Navigation Tasks”, Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality 16, Long Beach, CA, (January 2008).
Burg, T., “Burg Research Program Overview”, ECE External Advisory Board
Meeting, Clemson, SC, (September, 2005).
Burg, T, “Coming To The Realization That Getting The Chip Cost Down Is A CrossIndustry Effort”, Logicon 2005, Pasadena, CA, (June, 2005).
Burg, T, “Use of RFID for Tire Tracking”, 2005 USAF Supply Chain Automatic
Identification Technology Forum, St. Louis, MO, (March, 2005).
Burg, T, “The Mentor-Protégé Relationship – A Protégé Perspective”, Clemson
Research Forum, Clemson, SC, (April, 2003).
Other
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Panelist at The Fifth Thailand-US Educational Roundtable, Assumption University,
Bangkok, Thailand, (March 29-30, 2011).
Workshops
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Burg, T., “Everything You Wanted to Know About Reviewing Journal Articles, but
Were Afraid to Ask” (Panel Organizer: Dr. Joel Bumgardner, University of
Memphis), 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Society For Biomaterials, San
Antonio, TX, (April, 2009).
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Burg, K., Burg, T., Workshop - “To Publish or Not to Publish”, National Society for
Histotechnology Symposium/Convention, Phoenix, AZ, (September 11, 2006).
“Industry or Academia - Plan Your Path”, Professional Development Workshop for
Students (~100 Attendees), Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials,
Pittsburgh, PA, (April, 2006).
Burg, K., Burg, T., “To Publish or Not to Publish”, National Society for
Histotechnology Region III Meeting, Charleston, SC, (March, 2006).
Burg, T., “Master-Class B: In the Factory Issues for Implementing UHF RFID”,
RFID for Defense Conference, Arlington, VA, (February, 2005).
Burg, K., Jenkins, L., Burg, T., “Tissue Engineering and the Histology Lab”, National
Society for Histotechnology Symposium/Convention, Louisville, KY, (September,
2003).
Burg, K., Jenkins, L., Burg, T., “Tissue Engineering and the Histology Lab”, 2002
National Society for Histotechnology Symposium/Convention, Long Beach, CA,
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Other Media
National Science Foundation “Science Nation” video on “Emerging Frontiers in 3-D
Breast Cancer Tissue Test Systems” posted on 1/2014
at.http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/3dtissue.jsp.
“Transforming Tissue Engineering (NSF EFRI Program) video posted to summarize
technical project at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMlMrIUiSZc.
Commission on Higher Education used photo of antenna measurement system for the
Centers of Economic Excellence annual report. Sandra Woodward Public Information
Director/ Research & Economic Development, May, 2009.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
R. Singapogu, T. Burg, Patent disclosure “Haptic skills trainer for laparoscopic
surgery”, submitted July 2011. Provisional patent July 2012.
R. Singapogu, T. Burg, Patent disclosure “Manipulatives for instruction with touch
feedback”, submitted September 2008.
T Boland, K. Burg, T. Burg, Patent disclosure “Meta-fabricator”, submitted May,
2006, re-reviewed 2010 (divisional disclosures recommended).
HONORS AND AWARDS
Personal
Recognition of contribution to the annual “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” program
Service Award from Clemson University Women in Science and Engineering, 2014.
Clemson University President's Commission on the Status of Women 2013
Distinguished Contributor award for significant contributions to improving the status
of women (March, 2013).
Scholar in the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Group Institute for
Advancement of Health Care (IAHC) Scholars Program (8/2012 - present)
“Recognition of Faithful, Committed, and Inspiring Service for All Our Outreach
Programs and Services” Service Award from Clemson University Women in Science
and Engineering, 2011.
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The 2010 NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying)
Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. The
accreditation organization for Professional Engineers awarded our submission
“Engineering Haptic Virtual Manipulatives to Enhance K-12 Math and Science
Education” second place and a $7,500 award in their national, annual competition.
The submission documented work conducted in the ECE495 Integrated System
Design (first semester of the senior capstone design class). Of note, this honor is the
first such NCEES award to Clemson University and the first such NCEES award to
an electrical and computer engineering team, 2010.
IEEE Senior Member, 2009.
“Bioprinting” nomination, The Scientist “Top 10 Life Science Innovations of the
Year”, 2009.
Best Paper in Session, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006.
Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher Award, Clemson University, 1995.
Students
BlueCompetition 2013 - M. Pepper, L. Wang, A. Padmakumar, T. C. Burg, S. W.
Harcum and R. E. Groff awarded first place for project report “A Real-time Adaptive
Oxygen Transfer Rate Estimator for Metabolism Tracking in Escherichia coli
cultures”, 5,000 Euros prize, http://www.bluesens.com/english/news-events/bluecompetition.html.
Matthew Pepper (PhD candidate, lead author) received National Institute of
Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Student Travel Fellowship to the IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology
Conference 2009 in recognition of his paper (“Design and Implementation of a TwoDimensional Inkjet Bioprinter”).
Colleagues
2013,2011 Nominated Helen Shen For Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
SPONSORED RESEARCH
Pending
1. “A Universal System for Defining, Evaluating and Comparing Fidelity of Military
Virtual Tissue Applications.”, DOD - TATRC Combat Casualty Training Initiative, preproposal, Principal Investigator, $1,000,000, (submitted 4/2014).
2. “Validation of a Perceptual Theory-Based Approach for Quantifying Surgical Skills”
NIH - R21 Program, $373,993 ($127,157), Principal Investigator, (resubmit 6/2014).
3. “Validation of Novel Haptic Interfaces for Force-based Surgical Skills Assessment”, NIH
– R15 Program, $438,943.00 ($131,682), Principal Investigator, (original submission
scored 58, resubmit on 6/2014).
Current
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"TUES Type 1: Robots in Business and Society - A Hands-on Learning Experience",
National Science Foundation, $198,829 ($99,400), Principal Investigator, (1/1/20141/1/2017)
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Investigator, “Creative Inquiry: Collaborating to build telepresence robots to monitor
transplant patients.” The P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation's “P&G
Fund’s Higher Education Grant Program”, $7,704.00 ($7,704.00), (1/2013-12/2013).
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Co-Investigator, “Training Laparoscopic Surgery Skills: development of Affordable
Simulation System.” GHS Institute for Advancement of Health Care ($30,000),
David Kwartowitz, principle investigator, 6/13 - 9/13.
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“EFRI-REM: Preparing Undergraduate Researchers (PUR) - Building a Bridge to
Undergraduate Research Participation”, National Science Foundation, Investigator,
$100,000 ($26,500), (8/2012 - 8/2013).
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“EFRI-CBE: Emerging Frontiers in 3-D Breast Cancer Tissue Test Systems”,
National Science Foundation, Investigator, $2,000,000 ($300,000), (11/2007 10/2011), extension request to 10/2013.
Completed
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“I-Corps: A Novel Surgical Simulator for Evaluating and Training Force-based
Laparoscopic Skills”, National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator, $50,000
($50,000), (7/2012 - 12/2012).
“MRI: Development of a Laser Microbioparticle Separator”, National Science
Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator, $496,070 ($49,607), (9/2009 - 8/2012).
“BBSI in Biomaterials Science and Engineering at Clemson”, National Science
Foundation, Co-Investigator, $450,000 ($45,000), (8/2006 to 07/10).
“Study of RF Measurement Tools for Vehicular Systems”, Michelin Americas
Research and Development Corporation, Principal Investigator, $62,000 ($62,000),
(9/05-8/06).
OTHER SPONSORED ACTIVITY
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“Laboratory Equipment”, Michelin Americas Research and Development
Corporation, Principal Investigator, estimated value $5,000 ($5000), (8/2010).
“RFID Equipment, Antennas, Software”, Michelin Americas Research and
Development Corporation, Principal Investigator, estimated value $5,000 ($5000),
(8/2008).
GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING
Doctoral Graduates
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Xu, Peng Xu, PhD, “Unified Dynamics and Control of a Robot Manipulator Mounted
on a VTOL Aircraft Platform”, (8/2014).
Pradhan, Ninad, PhD, “Mobile Robot Navigation for Person Following in Indoor
Environments”, (8/2013)
Singapogu, Ravi (Joseph), PhD, “Haptics for Laparoscopic Surgery Training”,
(8/2012).
Lee, Dongbin, PhD, “Lyapunov-based Coordinated Control of an Underactuated
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Robot Manipulator”, (8/2009).
Master of Science Graduates
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Huang, Ran, MS, Thesis: “Design and Demonstration of a Two-dimensional Test Bed
for UAV Controller Evaluation”, (8/2014)
Bedi, Guneet, MS, Thesis: “Design and Simulation of a Nerve Tracer System for
Vagotomy Surgery”, (8/2014).
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Salvi, Darshana, MS, Non-Thesis: “Laparoscopic Robotics”, (8/2012).
Srikanth, Pallavi, MS, Non-Thesis: “Haptics to Teach Nonlinear Systems”, (5/2012).
Prabhu, Varun, MS, Thesis, “Construction and Demonstration of Haptic Devices for
Force Application Training in Grasping and Dissection Tasks Of Laparoscopic
Surgery”, (8/2011).
Bontreger, Ryan, MS, Thesis, “The Design of A Haptic Device for Training and
Evaluating Surgeon and Novice Laparoscopic Movement Skills”, (8/2011).
Xu, Peng, MS, Thesis, Co-Advise R. Groff, “Dynamics and Control of the Shoot-theMoon Tabletop Game”, (8/2011).
Zacharia, Ron, MS, Report: “Applications of Digital Signal Processing in Haptic
Technology”, (5/2009).
Bhargava, Abhishek, MS, Thesis: “Linear Position Control of a Quadrotor UAV”,
(12/2008).
Hill, Martin, MS, Thesis: “A Systems Approach to the Design of a Two Dimensional
Cell Printer”, (5/2008).
Samdani, Rohit, MS, Non-Thesis: “Reverse Engineering the Motion Trajectory
Generator on the Rotomotion SR20 Helicopter”, (5/2008).
Singapogu, Ravi (Joseph), MS, Thesis: “Comparative Study of Haptic and Visual
Feedback For Kinesthetic Training Tasks”, graduated 5/2007.
Neff, Andy (MS), Thesis: “Linear and Non-Linear Control of a Quadrotor UAV”,
(5/2007).
Current Graduate Student Advising (Primary Advisor)
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Irfan Kil, (PhD), “Vision Controlled UAV”, (est. 2015)
Karla Romero (MS), “Suturing Simulators”, (est. 2015)
Kumar Prateek (MS), “Suturing Simulators”, (est. 2014)
Venkat Ganesh (MS), “Biofabrication”, (est. 2015)
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Nathan Brown, PhD BioE, “Biofabrication”, (est. 2014)
Lindsay Long, PhD Psych, “Haptics”, (est. 2015)
Matthew Pepper, PhD ECE, “Biofabrication”, (est. 2015)
Erin McCave, PhD BioE, “3D Systems”, (est. 2015)
Tim Freeman, PhD ME, “Autonomous Run-off Road Correction”, (9/2014)
Joshua Finn, PhD ME, “Thermoelectric Devices”, (5/2013)
Lance Clark, MS ME, “Automotive Safety”, (5/2012)
Mansel Oliver, MS ME, “Prognostics in Wind Turbines”, (5/2012)
Jonathan Dinger, MS ECE, “Vision Segmentation”, (8/2011).
Nivedhitha Giri, MS ECE, “Octarm”, (5/2011)
Justin Mattimore, MS ECE, “Biofabrication”, (8/2010)
Cheryl Parzel, PhD BioE, “Biofabrication”, (8/2010)
Bryant Mersereau, MS BioE, “Biofabrication”, (8/2010)
Nitendra Nath, PhD ECE, (8/2010)
Post-Doctoral Research Advisees
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Singapogu, Ravi (Joseph), “Simulators for Laparoscopy Skills Training”, (8/2012present)
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Hasirci, Ugur, “Tumor Angiogenesis Modeling and Control”, (6/2012-present)
Dorn, Paul Guenther , Fulbright Scholar, “Nonlinear Control for Quad-rotor
Unmanned Helicopters”, Professor for Automation in the Department of Electrical
Engineering at University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Landshut, Germany,
(2/2008-8/2008).
TEACHING
Courses Taught
ECE Undergraduate Laboratory Supervisor for six courses (ECE 2090, 2110, 2120, 2730,
3090, 3720) with about 50 sections per semester, Fall 2012-2013, Spring 2013-2014.
ECE 3070, Basic Electrical Engineering, Summer 2008-2014, Fall 2008
ECE8010, Linear Systems, Fall 2007
ECE 4950, Integrated System Design I, Fall 2005-2013, Spring 2006-2014. NCEES
Design Project Award 8/2010.
ECE 8740, Advanced Nonlinear Control, Spring 2010-2014, co-taught Spring 2009
ECE 9040 (previously ECE 893), Mechatronic Systems, Fall 2007-2013, Spring 20072014
ECE 1010 Robots in Business and Society - A Hands-on Learning Experience, Summer
2014
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Committees
iRoar (Banner) Governance Board (1/2014 – pres.)
Department: Member, Development Committee (Fall 2010 – pres.)
Department: Member, Intelligent Systems Course Committee (Fall 2005 - pres.)
Department: Member, Undergraduate Program Committee (Fall 2006 - Fall 2009,
Fall 2012 – pres.)
Department: Member, Circuits Course Committee (Fall 2013 - pres.)
Department: Member, Graduate Program Committee (Fall 2009 - Fall 2010)
Department: Member, Bioelectronics faculty search committee (Fall 2007)
Outside Department: "Sensor Engineer" faculty search committee for position located
at Edisto, SC Research & Education Center, School of Agricultural, Forest, and
Environmental Sciences (Spring 2013).
University: Member, Summer Reading Advisory Committee (Elected term 2011 –
2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014)
University: Member, University Academic Advising Committee (2007 - 2009)
Other Service
Keynote speaker at 2014 ASME District F Student Professional Development
Conference, Clemson, SC March, 2014.
National GEM Consortium 2014 GEM Judging Committee, Washington DC,
November 20-21, 2013.
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Judge for the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium sponsored by Graduate
Student Government, Clemson University, April 8, 2013.
Carver Junior High School, Spartanburg, SC, Three presentations at 2010 Career
Day: STEMpossible-Developing Tomorrows’ Science Innovators, Spartanburg, SC,
November 23, 2010 (8:00am-12:00noon).
Clemson Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program
o WISE “We Do Math!” (one-week residential camp for rising 9th and 10th grade
girls) “Robot Kinematics with MATLAB and LEGO”, 4.5 hours/day, June 16June 19, 2014.
o WISE Girl Scout Workshop (Saturday workshops)
“Robot Intelligence”, 6 hours, 75 girls, February, 2014.
“Laparoscopic Surgery”, 4 hours, 75 girls, February, 2013.
“Green Energy”, 4 hours, 75 girls, February, 2012.
“Green Energy”, 4 hours, 75 girls, February, 2011.
“The Wii Experience”, 70 girls, February, 2010.
“The Wii Experience”, 70 girls, February, 2009.
o WISE Experience
“What is Electrical Engineering?” at the WISE Experience Career Fair,
Clemson University, July 19, 2012.
“Careers in Electrical Engineering” at the "WISE Experience", Clemson
University, 30 minutes, July, 2011.
“Careers in Electrical Engineering” at the "WISE Experience", Clemson
University, 30 minutes, July, 2007.
o WISE and PEER STEM Day
“Technology in Autonomous Vacuum Systems”, STEM day for high
school juniors, 45 students, 3 1-hour sessions, Clemson University, April
19, 2013
“Technology in Video Games”, STEM day for high school juniors, 45
students, 3 1-hour sessions, Clemson University, April 20, 2012.
o Project WISE (one-week residential camp for rising 8th grade girls)
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 23-June 26, 2014.
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 24-June 27, 2013.
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 18-June 22, 2012.
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 25-June 29, 2011.
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 21-June 24, 2010
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 29-July 2, 2009.
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 23-June 26, 2008.
“Solar Robotic Spiders”, 4.5 hours/day, June 24-June28, 2007.
o WISE and PEER (PAW) Day
“Engineering Interactive Games”, WISE PAW Experience, 6 hours, 71
high-school students and 22 teachers, April 17, 2009.
Programs for Educational Enrichment and Retention (PEER) (support program for
minority students in the Clemson University College of Engineering and Science)
o Pre-freshman workshops to introduce research 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014 (4 hr sessions, ~16 students/year)
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o Student (high-school) workshops at the SECME Summer Institute at Clemson
University, “Robots in Your Home”, six workshops that included 110 students,
June 27-28, 2010 (six 1-hr. workshops).
o Teacher (high-school math and science) workshop at the SECME Summer
Institute at Clemson University, “Robots in Your Home - Understanding the
Roomba Vacuuming Robot Intelligence and the Wii Remote Sensor Technology”,
June 25, 2010 (2 hrs.).
o Judge of oral presentations at the Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for
Minority Participation (LS-SCAMP) Annual Science and Engineering Research
Conference symposium, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, October 15, 2010,
(12 hrs.).
o Judge of oral presentations at the Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for
Minority Participation (LS-SCAMP) Annual Science and Engineering Research
Conference summer research symposium, South Carolina State University,
Orangeburg, SC July 26, 2008, (12 hrs.).
o Judge of oral presentations at the Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for
Minority Participation (LS-SCAMP) Annual Science and Engineering Research
Conference summer research symposium, South Carolina State University,
Orangeburg, SC July 29, 2006, (12 hrs.).
FIRST Robotics
o Judge at FIRST Palmetto Regional robotics competition, Clemson University, 16
hours, March 26, 2009, March 27, 2010.
o Inspector at FIRST Palmetto Regional robotics competition, Columbia , SC, 16
hours, March, 2007.
o Mentor on the EnTech FIRST Robotics Competition Team. Co-lead team of high
school students to build robots to compete in the FIRST Robotics competition.
Regional champions 2004 and 12th at national competition. Greenville, SC, (2001
- 2005).
Undergraduate Recruitment
o Emagine! recruitment event for middle and high school students. Participants test
their creativity and technical skills in a series of three engineering challenges. Codeveloped the Electrical and Computer Engineering workshop in which students
control a robot’s motors and read from its sensors — touch, light, color and
ultrasonic — to design, build and program a robot to accomplish a given task
Spring 2014.
o “Discover Clemson”, thirty-minute presentations to rising high school seniors
about ECE, ~300 people total, 9:00am-1:00pm Saturday May 17, 2014, May 18,
2013, May 19, 2012, May 17, 2008.
o Focus area presentations at ECE Department recruitment event for undergraduate
students, 3 sessions Fall 2011 (1 hour each).
o ECE Discussion Panel, shared experiences with regard to their career
paths/background and why electrical and/or computer engineering is so exciting.
Made template for all speaker presentations. 6:30pm - 8:30pm, January 25, 2011.
o “Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science –
Differences and Similarities” talk to Freshman Engineering Class, 100 students, 1
hour, Spring, 2009.
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o “Careers in Electrical and Computer Engineering” presentation to freshman
engineering class, 30 minutes, ~100 attendees, 9/10/2008.
o Freshman Electrical Engineering Tours. Presentations to freshman engineering
students exploring Electrical Engineering as a major. Clemson, SC. (15
presentations Fall 2007, developed new video and demo) (4 presentations Fall
2008).
o Career video for CES 102. Interviewed about topic "What does an electrical
engineer do?". August 25, 2009.
o Careers day at Greenville High School, Greenville, SC, (11am-2pm, March 10,
2006).
o Freshman Electrical Engineering Tours. Presentations to freshman engineering
students exploring Electrical Engineering as a major. Clemson, SC. (Six
presentations 6pm – 9pm, Nov 17, 2005, Six presentations 6pm – 9pm, Oct 25,
2006).
o Participant in 2006 CES Faculty Telephone Recruiting Campaign (March, 2006).
o “Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science –
Differences and Similarities” talk to Freshman Engineering Class, Spring, 2008.
Presentations and Meetings in Support of the ECE Department
o Presentation “Overview of Intelligent Systems” to SPAWAR representative Jeff
Henson and SCRA representative Charles Watt.
o “Senior Design in Electrical Engineering at Clemson” presentation to Raytheon
College Relations Director Victor Rivera, 1 hour, Spring 2009.
o Lab tours of UAV lab. June 22, 2009
o Presentation to CISCO Systems (Andy Campbell, Doug Cohmer) to highlight
ECE Department activities in human-centered computing for the CISCO Systems
University Research Program (URP) (Jan 2008).
o Presentation to Hewlett-Packard to highlight ECE Department activities in
bioprinting (Dec 2007).
o Department representative to the ICAR Automotive Engineering Curriculum
Review Meeting, ICAR (Sept 29, 2005, 8hr).
Presentation to the Clemson University Board of Visitors, “The Solowheel and
Supporting Technology”, Spring Meeting, April 2013.
Exhibitor at the Advanced Materials Expo at the Zoom Zone Showcase in Anderson,
SC, Clemson University Research Foundation (Oct 14, 2005, 4hr).
Engineering and Science Expo, Clemson University, February 26, 2007.
Demonstrated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to 8th graders.
Robotic Surgery demonstration table at the Major Donors Event, Clemson, SC (7pm
– 10pm, Sept 23, 2005).
Helper at Move-In day, Clemson, University, (August, 2005)
Clemson Summer Reading Program for incoming freshmen: Discussion Leader Fall
2007, Discussion Leader Fall 2008, Discussion Leader Fall 2009, Discussion Leader
Fall 2010.
Development of a kiosk to teach users about bioengineering applications and
research. Short-term target is Clemson Alumni Center and long-term target is a
module for the Boston Museum of Science. Initial demonstration May 2006, project
ongoing.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Undergraduate Research
Susie Ren, China Visiting Exchange Student Bachelors Project, “Haptic Interface
Device”, Spring 2012
Tom Owen, Scotland Visiting Exchange Student Bachelors Project, “Haptic Interface
Device for Laparoscopy Training”, Fall 2012 – Spring 2014
Leader, “Biomedical Robotics” Creative Inquiry Team, University funding award for
academic year, 4 students F12..
BIOE 370 Instrumentation design project “Electronic Exercise Monitoring System”,
Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010.
Mary Kate Manhard, Honors Project, “Vision processing for Bioprinting System
Evaluation”, Fall 2009, Fall 2010.
Chris Briere, Honors Project, “Robotic Bead Deposition System for Biofabrication”,
Fall 2009-Spring 2010.
“Applied Instrumentation and Control for Biological Applications”, Creative Inquiry,
12 students, Spring 2009, 15 students Spring 2009 and 40 students Fall 2009.
“Mirrored Micro-Environments to Determine the Genetic Impact of Environmental
Change on Marine Wildlife” Creative Inquiry, 20 students, Spring, 2008.
Tim Budinger, exchange student from Fachhochschule Trier, University of Applied
Sciences, Germany research paper “The Application of a Video Height Estimation
System for Augmentation of the GPS-Based Flight Controller in the SR20 Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle” for Dipl. Elektrotechnik Ingenieur (FH), 5/2007-8/2007.
Co-mentor for Research Experience for Teachers (RET) participant Brenda
Hungerford during Summer 2007.
Co-advisor to IEEE robotics team, 2006-2007.
NSF BBSI Student Whitney Flour, Summer 2007.
Leader, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research” Creative Inquiry Team, University
funding award for academic year 7 students S07, 4 students F08.
Michael Lemus, “Haptic Interface for Laparoscopic Surgery Training”, SCAMP
Program (1/06-8/06), Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institute” (6/068/06), Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-SCAMP)
(1/06-8/06).
Patrick Bartlow, “Development of a Downstream Automation System for Use with a
Bench-top Polymer Extruder”, (1/06-5/06).
James Sprowl, Electrical Engineering, “Winding Mechanism for 3DG Fibers”,
(Spring 2005).
Personal Development - Teaching
“Digital Copyright Rules for Classroom and Online Faculty”, Clemson University, (2
hrs., 2/28/2014).
“Science: Becoming the Messenger”, The National Science Foundation, Clemson
University, (6 hrs., 1/16/2013).
“Science and Technology in Society (STS) Faculty Workshop” - an introduction to
the fundamentals of STS and its’ application to current issues, Clemson University, (6
hrs., 5/15/2012).
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“Contract Grading”, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson
University, (8/10/2010).
“Teaching and Managing Large Classes”, Clemson University, (2 hrs., 9/12/2008).
Concept Maps, Mind Maps, and Concept Circle Diagrams”, Clemson University, (2
hrs., 2/15/2008).
“The ePortfolio Puzzle: A Fresh Perspective”, Clemson University, (2 hrs.,
10/30/2007).
“The Pedagogy of Blended Learning: Complementing The Classroom”, Clemson
University, (1.5 hrs., 8/9/2007).
"Discussion: Creative Inquiry Challenges and Solutions", Clemson University, (2
hrs., 6/13/2007).
“"SCALEUP" approach to teaching engineering and science courses”, Clemson
University, (1.5 hrs., 2/2/2007).
“Ethics Across the Curriculum”, Clemson University, (16 hrs., 8/14/2006 8/16/2006).
“Engaging Students in Your Lecture”, Clemson University, (2 hrs., 3/16/2006).
“Workshop: Fast but Fair Methods to Grade Writing”, Clemson University, (2 hrs.,
2/10/2006).
“Workshop: Writing a Teaching Philosophy”, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and
Innovation, Clemson University, (8/15/2005).
“Workshop: How to Get Your Students to Do the Readings”, Office of Teaching
Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University, (7/19/2005).
“Workshop: Teaching Your Students How to Read Academic Material”, Office of
Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University, (7/19/2005).
“Pedagogically Sound Ideas for Using Laptops and the Web in Class”, Office of
Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University, (7/19/2005).
Personal Development - Other
Clemson University Academic Leadership Development Program (2.5 day course),
nominated by Dean of Engineering, Jan-Feb 2014.
“Workshop: How to Become a Successful Author of Scientific Articles”, Clemson
University, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, (2 hrs., 1/13/2006).
“2005 Grant Writer’s Workshop”, Clemson University, (8 hrs., 10/25/2005).
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