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Jeff Yoo
He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from
the University of
Washington in 2005 with an emphasis in Mechatronics, and in 2007 obtained a Masters of Science
and Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Washington
with an emphasis in control theory. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D.research in the area of Air Traffic Management. He
is also working in Boeing, WA. He joined our research group in Summer 2007.
Jiradech Kongthon
He received a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the
King Mongkut's
University of
Technology
Thonburi,
Bangkok, Thailand.
He earned a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the
California State
University, Northridge and a Master
of Science in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Southern
California, Los
Angeles.
He started
pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Washington, Seattle
in 2006. His research involves fluid-structure interactions and controls of bio-mimetic
cilia.
PREVIOUS PHD STUDENTS
Garrett Clayton
Joined as Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Villanova University (Summer 2008)
He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from
Seattle University in 2001 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Washington in 2003. He obtained the Ph.D.
degree at the University of
Washington in
Seattle,
Washington in 2007. His
research is in the area of image-based control of scanning probe microscopes
specifically with a focus on scanning tunneling microscopes.
Szu-Chi Tien
Joined as Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Fall 2007)
He received the B.S. degree in naval architecture from NTU, Taiwan,
and the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from NCKU, Taiwan. He
obtained the Ph.D. degree at the University
of Washington in
Seattle, Washington
in 2007. His PhD research focussed on the
compensation for coupling effect in piezo-actuator
with inversion-based iterative control, and imaging bio-samples with
AFM.
Dhanakorn Iamratanakul
Joined Western Digital Inc as
Senior Firmware Engineer in Fall 2007
He received the B.Eng. (1st Hon.) in Aerospace Engineering from Kasetsart University, Thailand, in 1999, and M.S. degree
in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2000.
He obtained his Ph.D. program in Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of
Washington in 2007. His research
interests include inversion-based control theory, output-transition control,
optimal control theory, and the control of complex distributed systems such
as Air Traffic Management. His experimental work includes the control of
large flexible structures and control of dual-stage actuators for use in disk
drives.
Kam K. Leang
Joined as Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, University
of Nevada, Reno (2008).
He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the
University of Utah,
Salt Lake City,
Utah, in 1997, and 1999,
respectively. He obtained the Ph.D. degree at the
University
of Washington in
Seattle, Washington
in 2004. He was an assistant professor at
Virginia Commonwealth
University (2005-2008). His research interests include mechatronics, inversion-based
control theory, iterative control theory, hysteresis
control, and applications to piezo-based
positioning systems.
Qingze Zou
Joined as Assistant Professor, Mechanical
Engineering Department, Iowa State University (Fall 2004)
Qingze Zou received his
B.S. in Automatic Control from University of Electronic Science and
Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 1994, the
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China, in 1997, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from
University of Washington in 2003. His research interests include
inversion-based control theory, precision positioning of piezoactuators
for nanotechnology and biomedical applications. He is a member of ASME and
IEEE.
Hector Perez
He is a Research Professor in the Electronic Engineering Department, at the
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana,
Bucaramanga,
Colombia,
since June 2002. His current research interests include inversion-based
control theory, high-precision positioning systems, optimal control theory,
image processing applied to control systems, and the application of the
control technology in the Colombian industry. He is a member of ASME, and
IEEE.
Marshall Mattingly
Ph. D., December 1998, U.
of Utah, Mechanical
Engineering
“Modeling and Control: Theoretical Development with
Application to Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy.”
R. Roemer was Co-Chair
Joined Raytheon Systems Company, Tucson (AZ) in 1999
Donald
E. Croft
Ph. D., December 2003, U. of Utah,
Mech. Eng
“High-Speed High-Precision Piezoactuators with Applications
to Scanning Probe Microscopy.”
Joined Raytheon Systems Company, Tucson
(AZ) in 1999
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