If you're wondering who I am, I’m a native Northern Californian who made the venture to Atlanta in October 1997 to attend graduate school at Georgia Institute of Technology. After receiving my undergraduate degree from the University of the Pacific in Stockton California, I decided to come out here to study Robotics, Dynamics, and Controls. For a little more background information, check out my RESUME and view the following links / information.

Check out the following links to find out more about me.

Currently I am working with other IMDL students on Haptic Robotics. In our lab we have several haptic devices, both active and passive, that are used to feedback slave environments in bilateral teleoperation or simulated virtual environments.

My Masters primarily concentrated on modifying industrial friction brakes / clutches to incorporate torque measurement for feedback servo control of PTER's (Passive Trajectory Enhancing Robot) actuators. Improved digital control of the clutches slip torque was the primary goal. For more information on other research activities pertaining to passive haptics in IMDL, check out the IMDL Passive Haptics Page.

After the Masters I have shifted my interest to stability of Active Haptic Displays through passivity control and two-port haptic networks. By lumping the active device's control, communication, and dynamics into a modular two-port network one can theoretically design for stability of the system when interfaced with other passive elements. To review my Ph.D proposal and various updates, view the above "two-port" link.  For more information on other research activates pertaining to active  haptics in IMDL, check out the IMDL Active Haptics Page.

At Georgia Tech I spent my first year in the RPMI Lab. The projects I was involved with are in the area of Rapid Tooling, specifically using the Stereolithography to Rapid Prototype Injection Molds. Take a look at some of our work.

When I was at the University of the Pacific I worked with Dr. Gurocak for my Senior Project. The project consisted of designing, modeling, and building a unit for mounting two cameras to mimic the stereo vision of a human. It is built out of Plexiglass , Delrun, and parts from the local hobby shop and hardware store. Check out Dr Gurocak’s page for some of the other interesting projects he worked with students on - like walking robots.

Take a look at some of my hobbies and random stuff. In short I was a grease monkey back in California with my '67 El Camino and '47 Jeep Willies (which I still have, but are being stored). While at Georgia Tech I've started rock climbing and caving with the Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT) when not doing school work.