Research Papers

Journal Papers

2003

  • BOWERS, D., LUMIA, R. (2003): “Manipulation of Unmodeled Objects Using Intelligent Grasping Schemes,” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 11, No. 3, June.

2004

  • BRAUN, B.M., STARR, G.P., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J.E. (2004): “A Framework for Implementing Cooperative Motion on Industrial Controllers,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 20, No. 3, June.

2005

  • LIU, Y., STARR, G., WOOD, J., LUMIA, R. (2005): “Spatial Grasp Synthesis of Complex Objects using Model-Based Simulation,” Industrial Robot, Vol. 32, No. 1, January.

2006

  • LOVALD, S.T., KHRAISHI, T., WAGNER, J., BAACK, B., KELLY, J. and WOOD, J. (2006): “Comparison of Plate-Screw Systems used in Mandibular Fracture Reduction: Finite Element Analysis”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 128, No. 5, pp. 654-662.
  • KLIMENKO, A.V. , PRIEDHORSKY, W.C., TANNER , H.G., BOROZDIN, K.N., and HENGARTNER, N. (2006): "Intelligent Sensor Management in Nuclear Searches and Radiological Surveys." ANS Transactions, vol. 95, pp. 21-22.

2007

  • LOVALD, S.T., KHRAISHI, T., WAGNER, J., BAACK, B., KELLY, J., and WOOD, J. (2007): “Finite Element Analysis of Screw-Plate Systems for Fixation of Parasymphyseal Fractures of the Mandible,” J. Mechanics, Vol. 23, No. 1, March, pp. 69-77.
  • LOVALD, S.T., KHRAISHI, T., WAGNER, J., BAACK, B., and WOOD, J. (2007): “Effect of Fracture Healing on the Fixation of a Parasymphyseal Mandibular Fracture: A Study Using the Finite Element Method”, Int. Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 204-217.
  • GATLA, C., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2007): “An Automated Method to Calibrate Industrial Robots using a Virtual Closed Kinematic Chain,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Volume 23, Number 6, December, pp. 1105-1116.
  • N. Tayebi, Z. C. Leseman, L. Rotkina, and J. W. Lyding, “Lattice aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes grown on a silicon membrane,” Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 13, pp. 894-895, 2007.
  • Z. C. Leseman, S. Carlson, T. J. Mackin, “Experimental measurements of the strain energy release rate for stiction failed microcantilevers using a single cantilever beam peel test,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 38-43, 2007.
  • A. Savkar, K. D. Murphy, Z. C. Leseman, T. J. Mackin, and M. R. Begley, “On the use of structural vibrations to release stiction failed MEMS,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 163-173, 2007.
  • Z. C. Leseman, S. Koppaka, T. J. Mackin, “A fracture mechanics description of stress wave repair in stiction-failed microcantilevers: Theory and experiments,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 904-911, 2007.
  • Z. C. Leseman and T. J. Mackin, “Indentation testing of axisymmetric freestanding nanofilms using a MEMS load cell,” Sensors & Actuators A, vol. 134, pp. 264-270, 2007. (Invited)

2008

  • CORTEZ, R.A., PAPAGEORGIOU, X., TANNER, H.G., KLIMENKO, A.V., BOROZDIN, K.N., and LUMIA, R., PRIEDHORSKY, W.C. (2008): “Smart Radiation Sensor Management” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 3, September, pp.85-93.
  • ZAMEROSKI, D., STARR, G., WOOD, J., and LUMIA, R. (2008): “Rapid Swing-Free Transport of Doubly Suspended Objects Using Dynamic Programming,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 130, No. 4. (July).
  • DEOLE, U., LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M., and BERMUDEZ, M. (2008): “Design and Test of Artificial Muscle Microgripper,” Journal of Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Vol.4, Issue 3, October, p. 15-24.
  • LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M. (2008): “IPMC Microgripper Research and Development,” Journal of Physics, Vol 127, October, pp. 1-15.
  • CORTEZ, R.A., TANNER, H.G. and LUMIA, R. (2008): "Distributed Robotic Radiation Mapping," Experimental Robotics, O. Khatib, V. Kumar, and G. Pappas (eds), Springer, Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Vol. 54, pp. 147-156.
  • K. Abbas, Z. C. Leseman, and T. J. Mackin, “A traceable calibration procedure for MEMS-based load cells,” International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, vol. 4, pp. 383-389, 2008. (Invited)
  • T. A. Khraishi, M. S. Al-Haik, and Z. C. Leseman, “Preface: Special Edition of the International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design,” International Journal of Mechanics and Materials Design, vol. 4, pp. 359, 2008.

2009

  • FERRARI, S., FIERRO, R., PERTEET, B., CAI, C., and BAUMGARTNER, K. (2009): “A geometric optimization approach to detecting and intercepting dynamic targets using a mobile sensor network,” SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization Special Issue on Control and Optimization in Cooperative Networks, vol. 48, no.1, pp. 292-320. DOI: 10.1137/07067934X.
  • M. A. Atwater, Z. C. Leseman, and J. Phillips, "Controlling carbon nanofibre morphology for improved composite reinforcement,"International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, vol. 3, pp. 179-186, 2009.
  • M. A. Atwater, J. Phillips, S. K. Doorn, C. C. Luhrs, Y. Fernandez, J. A. Menendez, and Z. C. Leseman, "The production of carbon nanofibers and thin films on palladium catalysts from ethylene–oxygen mixtures," Carbon, vol. 47, pp. 2269–2280, 2009.

2010

  • CORTEZ, R.A., TANNER, H.G., LUMIA, R., and ABDALLAH, C.T. (2010): “Information Surfing for Radiation Map Building,” IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation, vol. 26, No. 1.
  • M. Al-Haik, C. C. Luhrs, Z. C. Leseman, and Mahmoud Reda Taha, “Introducing Nanotechnology to Mechanical and Civil Engineering Students through Materials Science Courses,” Journal of Nano Education, vol. 2, pg. 13-26, 2010.
  • Y. M. Soliman, Su, M. F. , Leseman, Z. C., El-Kady, I., Olsson III, R. H., “Phononic crystals operating in the GHz range with extremely wide bandgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, accepted, 2010.
  • F. Goettler, M. F. Su, Z. C. Leseman, Y. M. Soliman, R. H. Olsson III, I. El-Kady, “Realizing the fQ product limit in silicon via compact phononic crystal resonators,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 108, (5), 2010.
  • Y. M. Soliman, M. F. Su, Z. C. Leseman, C. M. Reinke, I. El-Kady, R. H. Olsson III, “Effects of release holes on micro-scale solid-solid phononic crystals,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 97, 081907, 2010.†
  • M. A. Atwater, J. Phillips, and Z. C. Leseman, "Formation of carbon nanofibers and thin films catalyzed by palladium in ethylene-hydrogen mixtures," J. Phys. Chem., vol. 114, 5804-5810, 2010.
  • T. A. Khraishi, Y.-L. Shen, and Z. C. Leseman, "Unveiling the nature of nanoscale crystal plasticity using straws," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol. 28, Mar/Apr 2010.
  •  M. A. Atwater**, J. Phillips, and Z. C. Leseman, "The effect of powder sintering on the palladium-catalyzed formation of carbon nanofibers from ethylene-oxygen mixtures," Carbon, vol. 48, pp. 1932-38.
  • M. F. Su***, R. H. Olsson-III, Z. C. Leseman, and I. El-Kady, "Realization of a phononic crystal operating at gigahertz frequencies,"Applied Physics Letters, vol. 96, 2010.

2011

  • CORTEZ, A., FIERRO, R., and WOOD, J. (2011):"Prioritized Sensor Detection for Environmental Mapping: Theory and Experiments," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems JINT, 2011. DOI 10.1007/s10846-010-9518-4. Published online

18 January 2011.

  • GRIFFIN, B., FIERRO, R., and PALUNKO, I. (2011): "An autonomous communications relay in GPS-denied environments via antenna diversity," Journal of Defense Modeling & Simulation JDMS, Special Issue on Intelligent Behaviors for Tactical Unmanned Systems, 2011. DOI 10.1177/1548512911404266. Published online 16 June 2011.
  • MIKLIC, D., BOGDAN, S., FIERRO, R., and SONG, Y. (2011): "A grid-based approach for formation reconfiguration with robots with nonholonomic constraints," European Journal of Control, 2011. (In print).
  • P. E. Hopkins, C. M. Reinke, M. F. Su, R. H. Olsson III, E. A. Shaner, Z. C. Leseman, J. R. Serrano, L. M. Phinney, and I. El-Kady, “Massive reduction in thermal conductivity of single crystal Si by phononic crystal patterning,” Nano Letters, 11:1, 107-112, 2011.
  • D. F. Goettler**, M. F. Su, C. M. Reinke, S. Alaie, P. E. Hopkins, R. H. Olsson, I. El-Kady, Z. C. Leseman, “Realization of a 33 GHz Phononic Crystal Fabricated in a Freestanding Membrane,” AIP Advances 1, 041403, 2011.
  • C. M. Reinke, M. F. Su, B. L. Davis, B. Kim, M. I. Hussein, Z. C. Leseman, R. H. Olsson, I. and El-Kady, “Thermal conductivity prediction of nanoscale phononic crystal slabs using a hybrid lattice dynamics-continuum mechanics technique,” AIP Advances 1, 042001, 2011.
  • M. A. Atwater, J. Phillips, Z. C. Leseman, “Accelerated growth of carbon nanofibers using physical mixtures and alloys of Pd and Co in an ethylene-hydrogen environment,” Carbon, vol. 49, 1058-1066, 2011.

2012

  • LU, W., ZHANG, G., FERRARI, S., ANDERSON, M., and FIERRO, R. (2012): "An information potential approach for tracking and surveilling multiple moving targets using mobile sensor agents," Journal of Defense Modeling & Simulation JDMS, Special Issue on Intelligent Behaviors in Military Unmanned Systems.
  • Claudia Luhrs, Margaret Kane, Zayd Leseman, and Jonathan Phillips "Novel Process for Solid State Reduction of Metal Oxides and Hydroxides", METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS B, 2012.
  • Khawar Abbas, Seyedhamidreza Alaie and Zayd C Leseman "Design and characterization of a low temperature gradient and large displacement thermal actuators for in situ mechanical testing of nanoscale materials", J. Micromech. Microeng, Vol. 22, 2012. 
  • K. Abbas and Z. C. Leseman, “A Laboratory Project on the Theory, Fabrication and Characterization of a Silicon-On-Insulator Micro-Comb Drive Actuator with Fixed-Fixed Beams,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 55, (1), pg. 1-8, 2012.

2013

  • CORTEZ, R.A, FIERRO, R, and WOOD, J. (2013): "Mobile Heterogeneous Sensor Network for Prioritized Sensing," Journal of Communications, Special Issue on Mobile Sensor Networks & Applications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 16-31.
  • RUYBAL, K.R., LUMIA, R., and WOOD, J.E. (2013):“A Finite State Machine Approach to Visual Servoing to Increase Positional Accuracy of Impedance Controlled Robots,” International Journal of Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IJMECH), Vol. 2, No. 1, February.
  • BANDI, S., LUMIA, R. (2013): “Cycle Time Reduction of a Composite Panel Manufacturing Line,” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research (IJMERR), Vol. 2, No. 2, April.
  • MARTINEZ, M., LUMIA, R. (2013): “Distributed Force Simulation for Arbitrarily Shaped IPMC Actuators,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 22, No. 7, 075024, July.
  • Mark A. Atwater, Arash K. Mousavi, Zayd C. Leseman, Jonathan Philips" Direct synthesis and characterization of a nonwoven structure comprised of carbon nanofibers", Carbon, vol. 57,363-370, 2013.
  • Yang Deng, Fenfei Liu, Zayd C. Leseman, and Mani Hossein-Zadeh, "Thermo-optomechanical oscillator for sensing applications" Optics Express, vol. 21, 2013.\
  • Fenfei Liu, Seyedhamidreza Alaie, Zayd C. Leseman, and Mani Hossein-Zadeh, "Sub-pg mass sensing and measurement with an optomechanical oscillator" OPTICS EXPRESS, vol. 21, 2013.
  • M. Ghasemi Baboly, M. F. Su, C. M. Reinke, S. Alaie, D. F. Goettler, I. El-Kady, and Z. C. Leseman "The Effect of Stiffness and mass on coupled oscillations in a Phononic Crystal" AIP Advances, Vol 3, 2013.
  • A K Mousavi, M R Kashamolla and Z C Leseman "Improved model for the adhesion of μcantilevers: theory and experiments" J. Micromech. Microeng, vol. 23, 2013.
  • Seyedhamidreza Alaie, Mehmet F. Su, Drew F. Goettler, Ihab El-Kady, and Zayd Leseman "Effects of flexural and extensional excitation modes on the transmission spectrum of phononic crystals operating at gigahertz frequencies" J. Appl. Phys, vol. 113, 2013.
  • B. Kim, J. Nguyen, C. M. Reinke, M. Ziaei-Moayyed, I. El-Kady, D. F. Goettler, M. F. Su, Z. C. Leseman, R. H. Olsson, “Nano/Micro Patterned Phononic Crystals,” ECS Transactions, vol. 50, issue 12, pp. 449-458, 2013.
  • Seyedhamidreza Alaie, Mehmet F. Su, Drew F. Goettler, Ihab El-Kady, and Zayd Leseman "Microfabricated suspended island platform for the measurement of in-plane thermal conductivity of thin films and nanostructured materials with consideration of contact resistance" Rev. Sci. Instrum, vol. 84, 2013.

2014

  • MALONE, N., FAUST, A., ROHRER, B., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J. , TAPIA, L. (2014): "Efficient Motion-based Task Learning for a Serial Link Manipulator," Transactions on Control and Mechanical Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-April.
  • BEZZO, N., GRIFFIN, B., CRUZ, P., DONAHUE, J., FIERRO, R. and WOOD, J. (2014): "A Cooperative Heterogenous Mobile Wireless Mechatronic System", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronic Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, February.
  • BABOLY, M. G., SOLIMAN, Y., SU, M. F., REINKE, C. M., LESEMAN, Z. C. and EL-KADY, I. (2014): "Enhanced plane wave expansion analysis for the band structure of bulk modes in two-dimensional high-contrast solid-solid phononic crystals," Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, 12(5), 487–492. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.photonics.2014.08.001.
  • MOUSAVI, A. K., ABBAS, K., ELAHI, M. M. M., LIMA, E., MOYA, S., BUTNER, J. D. and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2014): "Pulsed vacuum and etching systems: Theoretical design considerations for a pulsed vacuum system and its application to XeF2 etching of Si," Vacuum, 109, 216–222. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2014.07.028.
  • Gilli, M., Lumia, R. and Pastorelli, S. (2014): "Precision Robotic Assembly Using Attractive Regions and a Decomposition of the Configuration Space,” IJMECH, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 109-128.
  • M.G Baboly, Y. Soliman, M. F. Su, C. Reinke, Z. C. Leseman, I. F. El-Kady " Enhanced plane wave expansion analysis for the bandstructure of bulk modes in two-dimensional high-contrast solid–solid phononic crystals", Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, vol. 12, 487-492, 2014
  • Arash K. Mousavi, Khawar Abbas, Mirza Mohammad Mahbube Elahi, Edison Lima, Stephen Moya, Joseph Butner, Denise Pinon, Adeeko Benga, Behnam K. Mousavi and Zayd C. Leseman, " Pulsed vacuum and etching systems: Theoretical design considerations for a pulsed vacuum system and its application to XeF2 etching of Si", Vacuum, vol. 109, 216-223, 2014
  • Arash K. Mousavi, Mark A. Atwater, Behnam K. Mousavi, Mahmoud Reda Taha and Zayd C. Leseman, " Mechanical and Electrical Characterization of entangled Networks of Carbon Nanofibers", materials, vol. 7, 4845-4853, 2014
  • Khawar Abbas, Drew F. Goettler, Bruce C. Lamartine, Zayd C. Leseman "Nano-Patterning of Diffraction Gratings on Human Hair for Cosmetic Purposes" Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications,vol. 4, 2014.

2015

  • FORD, S. and LUMIA, R. (2015): “Single Active Finger IPMC Microgripper,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 24, No. 2.
  • GONZALEZ, C. and LUMIA, R. (2015): “An IPMC Microgripper with Integrated Actuator and Sensing for Constant Finger-tip Displacement,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 24, No. 5.
  • ALAIE, S., GOETTLER, D. F., SU, M. F., LESEMAN, Z. C., REINKE, C. M. and EL-KADY, I. F. (2015): "Thermal Transport in Phononic Crystals and the Observation of Coherent Phonon Scattering at Room Temperature," Nature Communications, vol. 6, p. 7228.
  • ALAIE, S., GOETTLER, D. F., JIANG, Y. B., ABBAS, K., BABOLY, M. G., ANJUM, D. H. and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2015): "Thermal conductivity and nanocrystalline structure of platinum deposited by focused ion beam,” Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 8, p. 085704.
  • CRUZ, P., FIERRO, R., and ABDALLAH,C. T.  (2015): “Cooperative learning for robust connectivity in multi-robot heterogeneous networks,” in Control of Complex Systems: Theory and Applications, K. Vamvoudakis and J. Sarangapani (eds.), Elseiver, ch. 15, pp. 451-473.

2016

  • ALAIE, S., HOSSEIN-ZADEH, M., BABOLY, M. G., ZAMANI, M., and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2016): “Enhancing Mechanical Quality Factors of Micro-Toroidal Optomechanical Resonators Using Phononic Crystals,” J. Microelectromechanical Syst., pp. 1–9.
  • ABBAS, K., ALAIE, S., BABOLY, M. G, ELAHI, M. M. M., ANJUM, D. H., CHAIEB, S., and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2016): “Nanoscale size effects on the mechanical properties of platinum thin films and cross-sectional grain morphology,” J. Micromechanics Microengineering, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 15007.
  • ALAIE, S., HOSSEIN-ZADEH, M., BABOLY, M. G., ZAMANI, M., and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2016): “Enhancing Mechanical Quality Factors of Micro-Toroidal Optomechanical Resonators Using Phononic Crystals,” J. Microelectromechanical Syst., pp. 1–9.
  • BABOLY, M. G., ALAIE, S., REINKE, C. M., EL-KADY, I., and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2016): “Ultra-high frequency, high Q/volume micromechanical resonators in a planar AlN phononic crystal,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 120, no. 3, p. 034502.
  • BRAUN, J. L., BAKER, C. H., GIRI, A., ELAHI, M., ARTYUSHKOVA, K., BEECHEM, T. E., NORRIS, P. M., LESEMAN, Z. C., GASKINS, J. T., and HOPKINS, P. E. (2016): “Size effects on the thermal conductivity of amorphous silicon thin films,” Phys. Rev. B, vol. 93, no. 14, p. 140201.
  • BAUER, M., SALTONSTALL, C., LESEMAN, Z. C., BEECHEM, T., HOPKINS, P., and NORRIS, P. M. (2016): “Thermal Conductivity of Tubrostratic Carbon Nanofiber Networks,” J. Heat Transfer, vol. 138, no. June, pp. 1–9.
  • ABBAS, K., ALAIE, S., BABOLY, M. G., ELAHI, M. M. M., ANJUM, D. H., CHAIEB, S., and LESEMAN, Z. C. (2016): “Nanoscale size effects on the mechanical properties of platinum thin films and cross-sectional grain morphology,” J. Micromechanics Microengineering, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 15007.
  • MASSIHA, G. H. and PLEIL, M. W. (2016): "Increase Understanding of Materials Science Concepts with Origami Crystal Activity," Tech Directions, no. 75, 6, pp. 17-20.
  • MIAO, Z., WANG, Y., and FIERRO, R.  (2016): “Collision-free consensus in multi-agent networks: A monotone systems perspective,” Automatica, vol. 64, pp. 217-225.

Conference Papers

1995

  • WOOD, J.E. (1995): "The UNM Manufacturing Engineering Program: Distance Education Uses", ASEE Annl. Conf. and Expo., Anaheim, CA, 25-28 June, Session 3405.

1997

  • WOOD, J.E., HAHN, H.A., KUNSBERG, P., RAVINDER, H. and BEER, J. (1997): “The University of New Mexico Manufacturing Program: The Manufacturing Enterprise Simulator”, TRP (#1221) NSF MET Conference, Washington DC, 7-8 April 1997.
  • WOOD, J.E. (1997): “The University of New Mexico Manufacturing Program: Experts Near and Far in the Classroom Near and Far”, TRP (#3666) NSF MET Conference, Washington DC, 7-8 April 1997.

1999

  • LUMIA, R., WOOD, J. AND STARR, G. (1999): “Developing Solutions for Environmental Problems Through Competitive Simulation”, Am. Nucl. Soc. (ANS) 8th Intl. Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, in Pittsburgh, PA, 25-29 April.
  • WOOD, J.E., FRENZEL, F., LAVENDER, F., MATAR, B. (1999): “Cross-training Technicians and Engineers for Semiconductor Manufacturing”, 5th Annl. Conf. Adv. Tech. Educ. in S/C Mfg. ATESM Conf., Phoenix AZ, 4-6 August 1999.

2000

  • LUMIA, R., STARR, G. AND WOOD, J. (2000): “Using Trinocular Vision to Build a Real-time World Model”, IEEE Intl. Conf. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Nashville, TN, 8-11 October.
  • WOOD, J.E., FRENZEL, F., LAVENDER, F., MATAR, B. (2000): “Computer-based Cross-training for Technicians and Engineers for Semiconductor Manufacturing”, 6th Annl. Conf. Adv. Tech. Educ. in S/C Mfg. (ATESM), Orlando FL, 31 Jul - 4 Aug 2000.

2001

  • LUMIA, R., BOWERS, D., STARR, G., WOOD, J. (2001): “Grasping Strategies for Unknown Objects,” American Nuclear Society (ANS) 9th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, Seattle, WA, 4-8 March.
  • LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2001): “Grasping Strategies for Unknown Objects,” American Nuclear Society Ninth International Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, Seattle, WA, March 4-8, 2001.
  • STARR, G., LIU, Y., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J. (2001): “Simulation-Based Grasp Planning using Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques,” Robotics 2001, Albuquerque, NM.
  • WOOD, J.E., LOPEZ, F., MATAR, B., XIAO, H., EDGAR, T., FOWLER, J. AND HATA, D. (2001): “Deploying Computer-based Cross-training for Technicians and Engineers for Semiconductor Manufacturing”, ASEE Annl. Conf., Albuquerque NM, 25-27 June 2001 (contained on CD of proceedings).
  • ZHANG, J., LUMIA, R., STARR, G., WOOD, J., (2001): “A New Technique to Analyze the Stability of Visual Servoing Systems,” IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications (RA 2001), Tampa, FL, November 19-22, 2001.

2002

  • JONNALAGADDA, K., LUMIA, R., STARR, G. (2002): “Biclops: An Active Vision System,” Robotics 2002: The 5th International Conference and Exposition on Robotics for Challenging Situations and Environments, Albuquerque, March 17-21, 2002.
  • LUI, Y., STARR, G., WOOD, J., LUMIA, R. (2002): “Simulation-Based Grasp Planning using Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques,” ASCE Conference on Space and Robotics, Albuquerque, NM, March 17-21.
  • WOOD, J.E., EDGAR, T., LOPEZ, F., MATAR, B., MIDGLEY, M., RUNGER, G., LEEMING, M., AND LOPEZ, B. (2002): “Closing the Loop on Cross-training for Technicians and Engineers for Semiconductor Manufacturing”, 8th Annl. Conf. Adv. Tech. Educ. in S/C Mfg. (ATESM), Albuquerque, NM, 31 Jul - 2 Aug 2002 (contained on CD of proceedings).
  • LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M. (2002): “Ionic Polymeric Metal Composite Artificial Muscle Microgrippers,” First World Congress on Biomimetics and Artificial Muscles, Albuquerque, NM, December 9-11, 2002. (invited)
  • LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2002): “DOE University Research Program in Robotics,” 48th Annual Conference on Bioassay, Analytical, and Environmental Radiochemistry (BAER), Las Vegas, NV, October 28 – November 1, 2002.
  • LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2002): “Predicting Technical and Financial Viability of Waste Cleanup Projects Using RADDS,” 48th Annual Conference on Bioassay, Analytical, and Environmental Radiochemistry (BAER), Las Vegas, NV, October 28 – November 1, 2002.
  • STARR, G., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., LIU, Y. (2002): “Robotic Grasp Planning using Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques,” American Nuclear Society Tenth International Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, Reno, NV, November 12-14, 2002.
  • WOOD, J.E., EDGAR, T., LOPEZ, F., MATAR, B., MIDGLEY, M., RUNGER, G., LEEMING, M., AND LOPEZ, B. (2002): “Closing the Loop on Cross-training for Technicians and Engineers for Semiconductor Manufacturing”, 8th Annl. Conf. Adv. Tech. Educ. in S/C Mfg. (ATESM), Albuquerque, NM, 31 Jul - 2 Aug 2002 (contained on CD of proceedings).

2003

  • JONNALAGADDA, K., LUMIA, R., STARR, G., WOOD, J. (2003): “Viewpoint Selection For Object Reconstruction Using Only Local Geometric Features,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Taipei, Taiwan, September 13-19, 2003.
  • WOOD, J.E. AND LOPEZ, F. (2003): “MEMS and the Workforce”, ATESM Conf., Portland OR, 28-31 July (contained on CD of proceedings). (Abstract)
  • ZHANG, J., LUMIA, R., STARR, G., WOOD, J. (2003): “The Influence of Vision System Delay on the Stability of Visual Servoing Systems,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, October 27- November 1.

2004

  • WOOD, J.E., LUMIA, R. AND STARR, G.P. (2004): “A Design-and-Drive System for Robots, Automation and Remote Systems in Hazardous Environments”, 10th Intl Conf. on Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments”, Am. Nuclear Soc., Gainesville, FL, 28-31 March.
  • ZHANG, J., LUMIA, R., STARR, G., WOOD, J. (2004): “Sharing Inertia Load Between Multiple Robots with Active Compliant Grippers Using Trajectory Pre-Shaping,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), New Orleans, LA, April 26 – May 1.
  • SMITH, R., STARR, G., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J. (2004): “Preshaped Trajectories for Residual Vibration Suppression in Payloads Suspended from Multiple Robot Manipulators,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), New Orleans, LA, April 26 – May 1.
  • PALMER, J.A., MCDANIEL, K.L., HARRIS, M.F., LUMIA, R., AND GRIFFITH, M.L., "The Effects of Varying Substrate Angle on Feature Quality in Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Ferrous Alloys," Proceedings SPIE, Taos, NM, vol. 5448, pp. 1028-38, April 25-30, 2004.
  • DEOLE, U., LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M. (2004): “Grasping Flexible Objects Using Artificial Muscle Microgrippers,” World Automation Congress: International Symposium on Manufacturing and Applications (ISOMA), Seville, Spain, June 28 – July 2.
  • GATLA, C., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2004): “An Efficient Method to Compute Three Fingered Planar Object Grasps Using Active Contour Models,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, (IROS), Sendai, Japan, September 28 – October 2.
  • CHAUDHARY, N., LOVALD, S., WAGNER, J., KHRAISHI, T., KELLY, J. AND WOOD, J. (2004): “Modeling of Screw-plate systems for Mandibular Fracture Repair”, Proc. 2004 ASME Intl. Mech. Engr. Cong. and Expo (IMECE04), Anaheim, California, 13-20 Nov.
  • DEOLE, U., LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M. (2004): “Characterization of Impedance Properties of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuators,”, Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles, and Nano-Bio 2004, Albuquerque, NM, December 6-8.

2005

  • STARR, G., WOOD, J. AND LUMIA, R. (2005): “Rapid Transport of Suspended Objects”, IEEE Intl. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 April.
  • WOOD, J.E., LUMIA, R. AND STARR, G.P. (2005): “Simulation-based System Realization for Semiautonomous Tasks in Hazardous Environments”, Abstract, ANS Topical Mtg, San Diego, CA, June 5-9.
  • LOVALD, S. T., WAGNER, J., KHRAISHI, T., KELLY, J., WOOD, J., BAACK, B. (2005):“Finite Element Analysis of Fixation Plates for Mandibular Fracture Reduction”, Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2005 SBC, Vail, Colorado, 22-26 June, pp. 1406-1407.
  • SMITH, C.E. AND SCHAUB, H. (2005): “Efficient polygonal intersection determination with applications to robotics and vision”, 2005 IROS Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 2-6 August.
  • ZHANG, J., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2005): “Achieving Deterministic, Hard Real-time Control on a PC: A General Configuration Guideline,” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hawaii, October 10-12.

2006

  • LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., GATLA, C., GEHRMANN, G., STARR, G. (2006): “Rapid Robot Trajectory Definition for Hazardous Environments,” ANS Topical Meeting: 11th Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments, Salt Lake City, UT, February 12-15.
  • ZAMEROSKI, D., STARR, G., WOOD, J., LUMIA, R. (2006): “Swing-free Trajectory Generation for Dual Cooperative Manipulators Using Dynamic Programming, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Orlando, FL, May 15-19.
  • DEOLE, U., LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M. (2006): “Design and Test of IPMC Artificial Muscle Microgrippers,” Proceedings of 3rd World Congress: Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio (http://www.world-congress.net/), Lausanne, Switzerland, May 25-27.
  • LOVALD, S., WAGNER, J., KHRAISHI, T., KELLY, J., WOOD, J., BAACK, B. (2006): “Comparison of Plating Configurations for Fixation of a Parasymphyseal Mandible Fracture Using the Finite Element Method,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida, June 21-25.
  • KUMAR, A., TANNER, H.G., KLIMENKO, A.V., and PRIEDHORSKY. W.C. (2006): "Automated Sequential Search for Weak Radiation Sources." 14th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, June 28-30. Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, pp. 1-6.
  • BOROZDIN, K.N., KLIMENKO, A.V., PRIEDHORSKY, W.C., HENGARTNER, N.W., ALEXANDER, C.C., CORTEZ, R.A. and TANNER, H.G. (2006): "Optimized Strategies for Smart Nuclear Searches". IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego CA, October 29 - November 5, pp. 926-928.
  • B. R. Flachsbart, S. Prakash, J. Yeom, Y. Wu, G. Z. Moszgai, Z. C. Leseman, K. Wong, C. Connell, E. J. Correa, M. R. Hansen, and M. A. Shannon “Theory, Fabrication, and Characterization of MEMS Devices: An Interdisciplinary Course for Mechanical Engineers,”in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2006, IMECE2006-13741, 2006.
  • Z. C. Leseman, H.K. Jeong, T. J. Mackin, R. Masel and M. R. Begley “Measurements of the mechanical properties of freestanding nanoscale membranes,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2006, IMECE2006-14463, 2006.
  • Z. C. Leseman, S. P. Carlson, X. Xue, and T. J. Mackin, “A standard approach for measuring adhesion energies in stiction-failed microdevices,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)2006, IMECE2006-14498, 2006.
  • Z. C. Leseman, T. Khraishi , T. J. Mackin, “Experimental Measurements of the Mechanical Properties of Freestanding Nano-Films,” in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-Nanotechnology, November 18-21 2006, Al Ain U.A.E., pg. 271-274.
  • Z. C. Leseman, T. Khraishi, S. P. Carlson++, X. Xue++, and T. J. Mackin, “Measurements of the Adhesion Energies in Stiction-Failed MEMS,” in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-Nanotechnology, November 18-21 2006, Al Ain U.A.E., pg. 277-280.

2007

  • BOWLING, D., STARR, G., WOOD, J., LUMIA, R. (2007): “Wideband Suppression of Motion-Induced Vibration,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14.
  • GATLA, C., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2007): “Calibrating Pan-Tilt Cameras in Hand-Eye Systems Using a Single Point,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14.
  • WILLIAMS, C., STARR, G., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J. (2007): “Curvilinear Transport of Suspended Payloads,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14.
  • KLOB, G.J., DAVENPORT, R., GORMAN, D., LUMIA, R., THOMAS, R., DONNELLY, M., “Heliostat Cost Reduction,” Proc. Energy Sustainability Conference, Long Beach, CA, June 27-30, 2007.
  • KUMAR, D., TANNER, H.G. (2007): , “How Sensor Graph Topology Affects Localization Accuracy,” In Proceedings of the 2007 European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, 2-5 July, pp. 868-873.
  • CORTEZ, R.A., PAPAGEORGIOU, X., TANNER, H.G., KLIMENKO, A.V., BOROZDIN, K.N., PRIEDHORSKY, W.C. (2007): “Experimental Implementation of Robotic Sequential Nuclear Search,” In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, Athens, Greece, 27-29 July, paper T30-025.
  • GATLA, C., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J., STARR, G. (2007): “Calibration of Industrial Robots by Magnifying Errors on a Distant Plane,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), San Diego, CA, October 29 – November 2.
  • LUMIA, R., SHAHINPOOR, M. (2007): “IPMC Microgripper Research and Development,” 4th World Congress on Biomimetic, Artificial, Muscles, and Nano-Bio, Cartagena, Spain, November 6-9.
  • STARR, G., WOOD, J., LUMIA, R., BOWLING, D. (2007): “Vibration-Free Transport of Non-Rigid Objects in DOE Settings,” ANS/ENS International Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, Washington, DC, November 11-15.
  • K. Abbas, Z. C. Leseman, and T. J. Mackin, “Ultra Low Cycle Fatigue of Axisymmetric Freestanding Nanoscale Gold Films”in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2007, IMECE2007-43045, 7 pages.
  • D. F. Goettler, A. Savkar, K. Murphy, Z. C. Leseman, “Repair of Stiction Failed MEMS Using Structural Vibrations” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2007, IMECE2007-43622, 7 pages.
  • J. Phillips, Z. C. Leseman, J. Cordaro, C. Luhrs, and M. Al-Haik, “Novel Graphitic Structures by Design”in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2007, IMECE2007-42977, 3 pages.
  • D. Reiniger, G. Horn, T. J. Mackin, J. R. Lesniak, Y. Chu, Y. Zhong, and Z. C. Leseman, “Experimental residual stress mapping for bonded semiconductor devices,” in the Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2007, v. 3, pg. 1695-1701.

2008

  • CORTEZ, R.A., TANNER, H.G., LUMIA, R. (2008): “The Entropy of Cooperative Radiation Sensing by Distributed Sensors,” ANS 2nd International Joint Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness & Response and Robotic & Remote Systems , Albuquerque, NM, March 9-12, pp. 563-568.
  • BOWLING, D., STARR, G., WOOD, J. and LUMIA, R. (2008): "Expanding the Twin Pulse Swing Free Profile", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, CA, 19-23 May.
  • CORTEZ , R.A., TANNER, H.G., LUMIA, R. (2008): “Distributed Robotic Radiation Mapping,” 11th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics 2008 (ISER '08), Athens, Greece, July 14-17.
  • CORTEZ, R.A., TANNER, H.G., LUMIA, R., WOOD, J. (2008): “Radiation Mapping Using Multiple Robots”, ANS Winter Meeting, Reno NV, November 9-13.
  • RAO, P.N., EDINBAROUGH, I., PLEIL, M. (2008): “MEMS Education for Technology Students,” Proceedings of the National Association Industrial Technology National Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 18-22.
  • K. Abbas, Z. C. Leseman, T. J. Mackin, “Ultra Low Cycle Fatigue of Axisymmetric Freestanding Nanoscale Gold Films,” in Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Session 12-23, 9 pages.
  • D. F. Goettler, M. R. Kashamolla, Z. C. Leseman, “Repair of Stiction Failed MEMS Using Structural Vibrations,” in Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Session 12-24, 12 pages.
  • M. Atwater, Z. C. Leseman, C. Luhrs, and M. R. Taha, “NanoUndergraduate Education Techniques at the University of New Mexico,” in Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, 5 pages.
  • M. Atwater, Z. C. Leseman, J. P. Phillips, and M. Al-Haik, “Novel Graphitic Structures by Design,” in Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Session 12-25, 7 pages.
  • R. Schnalzer, M. F. Su, Z. C. Leseman, M. M. Reda-Taha, and I. El-Kady, “Hot-Spot Damage Monitoring in Aerospace Composites Using Acoustic Bandgap (ABG) Sensors,” CD Proceedings ASCE Earth & Space 2008, Long Beach, CA, March 2008.

2009

  • BOWLING, D., STARR, G. (2009): "FIR Position Profiles using an Infinitely Continuous Kernel," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robots and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, JAPAN, May 12-17.
  • NG, P., MIKLIC, D., and FIERRO, R. (2009): “A USARSim-based framework for the development of robotic games: An intruder-pursuit example,” Workshop on Robots, Games, and Research: Success stories in USARSim, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’09), St. Louis, MO, Oct. 15 2009. (CD Workshop Proceedings).
  • CORTEZ, A., FIERRO, R., and WOOD, J. (2009): “Prioritized sensor detection via dynamic Voronoi-based navigation,” IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’09), St. Louis, MO, Oct. 11-15, 2009, pp. 5815-5820.
  • MIKLIC, D., BOGDAN, S., FIERRO, R., and NESTIC, S. (2009): “A discrete grid abstraction for formation control in the presence of obstacles,” IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’09), St. Louis, MO, Oct. 11-15, 2009, pp. 3750-3755.
  • TOLIC, D., FIERRO, R., and FERRARI, S. (2009): “Cooperative multi-target tracking via hybrid modeling and geometric optimization,” 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED’09), Thessaloniki, Greece, pp. 440-445.
  • STARR, G., WOOD, J., and LUMIA, R. (2009): “A Workcell for Dexterous Robotic Maneuvering of Large Fragile Objects,” ANS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 15-19. Robotics Research and URPR Session, pp. 831-832.
  • M. R. Kashamolla, A. K. Mousavi, and Z. C. Leseman, "Mode I and Mixed Mode I and II Measurements for Stiction Failed MEMS Devices," in ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA: ASME, 2009.
  • R. H. Olsson-III, S. X. Griego, I. El-Kady, M. F. Su, Y. M. Soliman, D. F. Goettler, and Z. C. Leseman, "Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Phononic Crystal Devices Operating in Mobile Communication Bands," in IEEE - Ultrasonics Symposium Rome, Italy: IEEE, 2009.

2010

  • LUMIA, R., GATLA, C.S., WOOD, J., and STARR, G. (2010): “Laser Tagging: An Approach for Rapid Robot Trajectory Definition,” IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, Vina del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile, March 14-17.
  • CORTEZ, A., LUNA, J. M., FIERRO, R., and WOOD, J. (2010): "Multi-vehicle testbed for decentralized environmental sensing," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA, Anchorage, Alaska, May 3-8, 2010, pp. 3052-3058.
  • CORTEZ, A., LUNA, J. M., FIERRO, R., and WOOD, J. (2010): "A multi-vehicle testbed for multi-modal, decentralized sensing of the environment," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA, Anchorage, Alaska, May 3-8, pp. 1088-1089. (Video)
  • MARTINEZ, M. and LUMIA, R. (2010): "IPMC Force Distribution Map Measurements," 16th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA, June 27 – July 2.
  • CORTEZ, A., FIERRO, R., and WOOD, J. (2010): "Connectivity maintenance of a heterogeneous sensor network," 10th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems DARS, Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov 1-3. Best Paper Award Finalist. (CD Proceedings).
  • MAESTAS, D. and LUMIA, R. (2010): "Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) Parametric Optimization using Taguchi Design of Experiments,” International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Shanghai, China, Nov 10-12.
  • MARTINEZ, M.M., SCHMITT, B.R., and LUMIA, R. (2010): "PMC Force Scanner,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Lake Buena Vista, FL, Nov 13-19.
  • LUNA, J.M., FIERRO, R., ABDALLAH, C.T., and WOOD, J. (2010): "An adaptive coverage control algorithm for deployment of nonholonomic mobile sensors," IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control CDC, Atlanta, GA, December 15-17, pp. 1250-1256.
  • K. Abbas, S. Alaie, M. Hossein-Zadeh, and Z. C. Leseman, “Use of radiation pressure to calibrate sub micro-newton forces and damping ratios,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-38934, 2010.
  • D. F. Goettler** and Z. C. Leseman, “nanoFIBrication of a two-dimensional phononic crystal in a free-standing membrane,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-38956, 2010.
  • H. Soliman, J. Phillips, C. C. Luhrs, H. Zea, and Z. C. Leseman, “Aerosol synthesis of nano and micro-scale zero valent nickel particles from oxide precursors,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-39075, 2010.
  • M. F. Su, C. Reinke, Y. M. Soliman, Z. C. Leseman, R. H. Olsson III, and I. El-Kady, “Effect of release holes on micro-scale solid-solid phononic crystals,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-39403, 2010.
  • M. R. Kashamolla**, D. F. Goettler, A. R. Mousavi, and Z. C. Leseman, “Mode II measurements for stiction failed MEMS Devices,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-39013, 2010.
  • J. Butner and Z. C. Leseman, “The effect of temperature on the etch rate and roughness of surfaces etched with XeF2,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-38984, 2010.
  • S. Alaie, A. K. Mousavi and Z. C. Leseman, “Finite element analysis of a phononic crystal at GHz frequencies,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-39005, 2010.
  • D. F. Goettler, M. F. Su, R. H. Olsson III, D. B. Burckel, I. El-Kady, and Z. C. Leseman, “nanoFIBrication of ultrahigh aspect ratio of vias in silicon,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-38956, 2010.
  • K. Mousavi, S. Alaie, M. R. Kashamolla, and Z. C. Leseman, “Nonlinear approach for strain energy release rate in micro cantilevers,” in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2010, IMECE2010-38905, 2010.

2011

  • TOLIC, D. and FIERRO, R. (2011): "Stability of feedback linearization under intermittent information: A target-pursuit case," American Control Conference (ACC 2011), San Francisco, CA, June 29 - July 1.
  • PALUNKO, I. and FIERRO, R. (2011): "Adaptive feedback controller design and quadrotor modeling under dynamic changes of the center of gravity," 18th IFAC World Congress (IFAC WC 2011), Milan, Italy, Aug. 28 - Sep. 2.
  • CORTEZ, A., FIERRO, R., WOOD, J., and LUMIA, R. (2011): "Heterogeneous sensor network for prioritized sensing," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), San Francisco, CA, Sep 25-30 , pp. 2333-2339
  • LUMIA, R. (2011): “A Simultaneous Sensor and Actuator from a Single IPMC Finger,” 6th World Congress on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio, Cergy-Pontoise, France, October 25-27.
  • LUMIA, R. (2011): “A Microrobotic Gripper and Force Sensor,” International Congress on Computer Applications and Computational Science (CACS 2011), Bali, Indonesia, November 15-17.
  • DUBEY, R., ALQASEMI, R., LEE, C.S.G., and LUMIA, R. (2011): “Collaborative Robotics research in the Middle Eastern GCC Countries,” Robio 2011: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biometrics, Phuket, Thailand, December 7-11.
  • FERRARI, S., ANDERSON, M., FIERRO, R., and LU, W., (2011)"Cooperative navigation for heterogeneous autonomous vehicles via approximate dynamic programming", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference CDC-ECC, Orlando, FL, December 12-15, pp. 121-127.
  • El-Kady, Su, M. F., Reinke, C. M., Hopkins, P. E., Goettler, D. F. , Leseman, Z. C., Shaner, E. A., Olsson III, R. H., Manipulation of Thermal Phonons: A Phononic Crystal Route to High-ZT Thermoelectrics, Proc. SPIE 7946, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineering Nanostructures, 794615, March 23, 2011: doi:10.1117/12.891066.
  • C. M. Reinke, M. F. Su, R. H. Olsson III, Z. C. Leseman, M. Hussein, and I. El-Kady, “Computationally Efficient Plane-Wave Expansion Band Structure Calculations for Phononic Crystal Devices,” ASME-IMECE, Denver, CO, 2011.
  • R. H. Olsson III,M. Ziaei-Moayyed, B. Kim, C. Reinke, M. S. Su, P. Hopkins, Y. M. Soliman, D. F. Goettler, Z. C. Leseman and I. El-Kady, “Micro and Nano Fabricated Phononic Crystals: Technology and Applications,” IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Oct. 2011.

2012

  • PALUNKO, I., FIERRO, R., and CRUZ, D. (2012): "Trajectory generation for swing-free maneuvers of a quadrotor with suspended payload: A dynamic programming approach," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA'12, St. Paul, MN, May 14-18.
  • MALONE, N., ROHRER, B., TAPIA, L., LUMIA, R. and WOOD, J. (2012): “Implementation of an embodied general reinforcement learner on a serial link manipulator,” in Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), St. Paul, Minnesota, pp. 862–869, May 14-18.
  • MALONE, N., ROHRER, B., TAPIA, L., LUMIA, R. and WOOD, J. (2012): “Implementation of an embodied general reinforcement learner on a serial link manipulator,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2012), St. Paul, Minnesota, pp. 862–869, May 14-18.
  • BEZZO, N., ANDERSON, M., FIERRO, R. and WOOD, J. (2012): “Toward Realistic Coordination of Connected Heterogeneous Robotic Systems”, 11th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems (DARS), Baltimore, MD, Nov. 8-11.
  • Kim, B. ; NguyenJ.; Clews, P.J.; Reinke, C.M.; Goettler, D. F.; Leseman, Z. C.; El-Kady, I. I.; Olsson, R. H. III, Thermal Conductivity Manipulation in Single Crystal Silicon via Lithographically Defined Phononic Crystals, IEEE MEMS 2012, Paris, France.

2013

  • SIMPSON, J., LUMIA, R. and MARTINEZ, M. (2013): "Force and Deflection Modeling of IPMC Fingers,” IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing, and Controls (ICNSC), Paris-Evry University, France, April 10-12.
  • MALONE, N., MANAVI, K., WOOD, J. and TAPIA, L. (2013): "Construction and Use of Roadmaps that Incorporate Workspace Modeling Errors," In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Tokyo, Japan, November.
  •  Alaie, S. , Goettler, D. F. , Abbas, K. A. , El-Kady, Leseman, Z. C., Measurement of in-plane thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity and seebeck coefficient using enhanced suspended SiNx membranes, ASME IMECE 2013, Houston, TX, IMECE2012-88786, 2013.

2014

  • VINKAYARAM, A.K., BAKER, J., LUMIA, R., BALAKSHARAN, G. and CROUSE, N. (2014): “Lean Principles and Value-stream Mapping as Tools for Improving Geocoding Success, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) User’s Conference, San Diego, CA, July 14-18.
  • NEVAREZ, V., LUMIA, R. and WOOD, J. (2014): “Image Jacobian Estimation Using Structure from Motion on a Centralized Point,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Chicago, September 14-18.

2015

  • CRUZ, P., OISHI, M., and FIERRO, R.  (2015): “Lift of a cable-suspended load by a quadrotor: A hybrid system approach,” American Control Conference (ACC), Chicago, IL, July 1-3, pp. 1887-1892.

2016

  • CRUZ, P., HINTZ, C., WEST, J., and FIERRO, R. (2016): “Optical wireless communication for heterogeneous DARS,” 13th Int. Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), London, UK, Nov. 6-9. Digital Proceedings.
  • NEVAREZ, V. and LUMIA, R. (2016): “An Efficient Extrinsic Calibration of a Laser Sensor,” Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), Kerala, India, Dec 18-20.
  • NEVAREZ, V. and LUMIA, R. (2016):  “Finding Extrinsic Camera Parameters Through Visual Servoing,” Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), Kerala, India, Dec 18-20.
  • CHAVEZ, L. and LUMIA, R. (2016):  “Mesh Addition Based on the Depth Image (MABDI),” Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), Kerala, India, Dec 18-20.

Book Chapters

2012

  • CORTEZ, R. A., TOLIC, D., PALUNKO, I., ESKANDARI, N., OISHI, M., FIERRO, R., and WOOD, J. (2012): "A hybrid framework for prioritized search and adaptive tracking of maneuvering targets using cooperative UAVs," in Intelligent Systems for the AIAA Progress in Aeronautics & Astronautics Series, J. Valasek (ed.)., Vol. 241.
  • APPEL, T., FIERRO, R., ROHRER, B., LUMIA, R., and WOOD, J. (2012) "A learning strategy for source tracking in unstructured environments," in Reinforcement Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control, F. Lewis and D. Liu (eds.), IEEE Press/Wiley.

2016

  • DEARING, DEDE, C., BOISVERT, D., PHIRI, J., HYDER, J., PLEIL, M., and McNEEL, D. (2016): "How Educational Innovators Apply Diffusion and Scale-Up Concepts", in Scaling Educational Innovations, 1st ed., C. Looi and L. Teh, Ed. Singapore: Springer, pp. 82-104.