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Perry Y. Li
Professor Deputy Director |
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Mailing Address Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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Education:
- Ph.D May 1995, Mechanical Engineering ,University of California at Berkeley
Dissertation: “Self-optimizing Control and Passive Velocity Field Control of Intelligent Machines”
- M.S. Jan 1990, Biomedical Engineering ,Boston University
- B.A. (Hons) June 1987 / M.A. 1990, Electrical and Information Sciences, Downing College, Cambridge University
Experience:
- August 08 - Present, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
- June 06 - Present, Deputy Director NSF ERC for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power , University of Minnesota
- August 03 - Present, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
- Spring 2001- Present, Graduate faculty of the Control Science and Dynamics Program (CsDy) at the U of Minnesota
- March 97 - July 2003, Nelson Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
- Feburary
01 - June 01, Visiting faculty to Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bath University,
- Sept 95 - March 97, Member of Research Staff, Wilson Center for Research and Technology, Xerox Corporation
- June 95 - August 95, Postdoctoral Researcher, California PATH
- 1990 - 1995, Graduate Student Researcher / Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- January 90 - August 90, Research Engineer, Anesthesia Bioengineering Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
- January 90 - August 90, Biomechanics Consultant
- 1987 - 1989, Teaching and Research Fellow, Neuromuscular Research Center and Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Professional Activities:
- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control (June 2003 - date)
- Faculty advisor to ASME U. of Minnesota Student Chapter (2001 - 2005)
- Program committee member:
- 2004
American Control Conference,
- 2004
IEEE Conference on Control Applications,
- Controls
2004,
- 8th
International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC 04),
- 2003
International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM 03),
- Grant review panels:
- NSF;
PATH,
- ASME
- DSC Division, Fluid Control Systems Panel (Chair, 2003-date; vice-chair 2000-2003)
- FPST
Division Representative to 2004 ASME-IMECE,
Honor / awards:
- Young Investigator Award in Flexible Automation, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, 2000-2002.
- Achievement Award, Corporate Research & Technology, Xerox Corporation , 1996
- Special Recognition Award, Corporate Research & Technology, Xerox Corporation, 1997
- Teaching Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 1987-88
- Exhibitioner,
Research:
My research interests lie in the area of control and mechatronics. Recent and current application areas include:
- Man-machine systems such as teleoperators, human power amplifiers, adaptive exercise machines;
- Fluid power systems: mechatronics concepts for the fluid power components; control of fluid power systems, compact energy storage, hydraulic hybrid vehicles.
- Robotics: swimming machines; passive robotic manipulations
- Imaging systems: sensing and control of digital color printers; media handling.
- Transportation: Control of automated vehicles, traffic flow stability;
- Biomedical: devices for minimally invasive diagnostics and treatment; biomechanics of human motion
For further information, please visit my laboratories’ web pages and my publications page.
Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines Lab
Fluid
Power Controls Lab.
Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP)
Publications
List of publications, most are available online.
Courses
Current semester: (Fall 2008)
Previous courses
- ME 4054 - Senior Design Projects (Spring 2005)
- ME 4232 - Fluid Power Control Laboratory (Spring 1999- date, Fall 200x)
- ME 8282 - Nonlinear Systems (Spring 2004, Spring 2007)
- ME 8281 - Advanced Control Systems (Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2006, Spring 2008)
- ME3281 -Systems Dynamics and Control (Spring 2000)
- ME 3201 - Mechanical Engineering Systems Analysis (Fall 98, Winter 99)
- ME 8281 - Multivariable Control Systems II (a.k.a. Advanced control systems)(Spring 98)
- ME 5285 (Qtr) - Control Laboratory (Fall 97)
- ME 5254 - Design Morphology (Winter 98, Fall 97, Fall 2000)
- ME 8280 (Qtr) - Multivariable Control Systems I (Spring 97, Winter 98)
Sites:
- On campus seminars of interests
- Departmental Seminar Series
- Control Science and Dynamical Systems Seminars
- On campus events
- Minnesota Daily
- University (Twin-cities campus) directories
- Star Tribune
- Twin Cities Sidewalk
- Minneapolis
- St. Paul
- Minnesota