Mechatronics

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary research area that combines mechanical engineering, electronics, computer science, and control systems to design and develop intelligent systems and devices. It focuses on integrating mechanical components with electronics and software to create automated, adaptive, and efficient systems. Mechatronics plays a key role in advancing robotics, industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, and smart technologies.

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Levent Acar
Dr. Levent Acar

Associate Professor

Research Interests

Intelligent control of functional systems; neural networks applied to control; hierarchical design and control of large-scale systems; optimal and suboptimal control for interconnected systems; distributed computational methods of optimal control strategies.

Kelvin Erickson
Dr. Kelvin Erickson

Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, EE Undergraduate Coordinator

Research Interests

Control Systems, Factory Automation, Programmable Logic Controllers, Advanced Process Control

Maciej Zawodniok
Dr. Maciej Zawodniok

Associate Professor

Research Interests

Wireless sensor networks; wireless ad-hoc networks; passive FRID systems; energy-efficient protocols; RF-based localization.