- 08/24/2010: ASME Awards to be presented at the conference have been posted.
- 08/23/2010: Nyquist Lecture and Plenary Sessions have been posted.
- 08/16/2010: The new cutoff date for taking advantage of the cheaper conference hotel reservation rate is Thursday, August 26. Please contact Ms. Jessica Dozoretz at jdozoretz@launchpnt.com if you have any problems with the hotel reservations (e.g., no availability of rooms of conference rate for some of your planned stay at the hotel).
- 08/01/2010: A tour of the new 5-wits Espionage and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attractions at Patriot Place, including an inside glimpse of the behind-the-scenes workings of the show, has been scheduled for the evening of Tuesday 9/14. See social events section for details.
- 08/01/2010: Final Technical Programs of 2010 ASME DSCC and IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems are fixed and available on-line.
- 07/26/2010: Student travel support is available. See announcement for details.
- 06/25/2010: Plenary Speakers have been fixed.
- 06/23/2010: Online registration allows registering for workshops only for those people who just want to attend the workshops on Sunday, September 12, but one still needs to get an ASME-DSCD papercept PIN (or IFAC Mechatronics papercept PIN) prior to registering just for the workshops. Other frontier and tutorial sessions are parts of the conference and people who are interested in those sessions should register for the conference.
- 05/24/2010: Online registration opens. See registration section for details of paper uploading policies. Note that the ASME copyright form CANNOT be digitally signed. It has to be physically signed by the designated author.
- 05/21/2010:
Workshops and
Tutorials and
Frontier
and Education Sessions are available.
Preliminary
Technical Program
is fixed.
The conference will be held concurrently with the 2010 IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems. There is a strong overlap between the focus of the IFAC Symposium and that of the ASME/DSC Conference, and the organizing committees of the two events have worked out schemes to maximize the participants' experience from technical, social and financial points of view -- one registration fee grants access to both conferences!
The technical program covers topics from dynamic systems modeling, simulation, analysis and design, control theory, industrial applications, and dynamic systems and control education through technical, interactive, and tutorial sessions. Research presentations spanning a broad range of applications including engineered energy, complex, and biological systems will be included.
On behalf of the conference sponsors and
organizing committee, I am pleased to invite you to Cambridge, Massachusetts
to attend the 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference.
Sincerely,
Masayoshi Tomizuka
General Chair, DSCC 2010
| Important Dates |
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| Deadline for all submissions and proposals: |
March 15, 2010 |
| Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: |
May 15, 2010 |
| Final manuscript submission deadline: |
June15, 2010 |
Contributed papers are classified as regular or short. Regular papers are intended to be a complete description of finished work. Short papers are intended to be an exposition of a novel idea or preliminary results.
Invited session proposals should present a unifying theme from a diversity of viewpoints and consist of a summary statement and six full papers.
Frontier research session proposals should create a forum for discussion and formation of future research areas. These proposals should present a grand challenge theme from a diversity of viewpoints and consist of a summary statement and a list and endorsement of guaranteed session participants.
Education/Tutorial sessions should address state-of-the-art dynamic systems and/or control theory and industrial applications. Education and tutorials sessions are encouraged to have panel discussions.
Workshops should address state-of-the-art dynamic systems and/or control theory and industrial applications. Workshop organizers are currently solicited. Interested people should contact Prof. Horowitz, the Chair for Workshops, for details.
Exhibits should be related to the theory and practice of control or control education.
More details can be found at the conference website. Contributors are encouraged to contact the appropriate chair of the organizing committee for further information.Manuscript submission should be done through the ASME PaperCept Conference Management System. To submit an invited session paper, the organizer of the invited session needs to submit the invited session proposal first. As soon as the proposal has been submitted a code is issued that the participating authors may use to submit their invited papers. It is not possible to issue a code without a proposal having been submitted. However, the invited session organizer may submit a tentative version of the proposal which may be replaced with the definitive version until the submission deadline.
- Paper Publication: Accepted papers should follow the strict formatting requirements - manuscripts that do not conform to formatting guidelines may not be included in the conference proceedings. Short papers are limited to 3 pages; regular and all other papers are limited to 8 pages. Papers exceeding these limits will be published in the Proceedings only after payment of $175 for each extra page is received. Up to 12 pages are allowed for regular papers and up to 5 pages are allowed for short papers, provided that the excess page charges are paid.
- File size: Please make sure your PDF document is no larger than 1.5 MB.
- Registration Fee: One regular registration fee at the advance registration rates must be paid by one of the authors before uploading the final version of the paper for inclusion in the conference.
Paper Templates
Paper template for MS Word and LaTeX can be downloaded from the links below:
| Advance Registration | Regular/On-site Registration | |
| All Participants | $550 | $650 or $250 for one day (one-day registration available only on-site) |
| Student | $150 | $200 |
Conference registration site will be open on May 24 of 2010 at https://asme-dscd.papercept.net/registration/. If you have accepted papers in both the DSCC and the IFAC Mechatronics, please choose one of the following procedures to register and upload your papers (but not both):
a) First use the DSCC registration website to upload your DSCC papers. Then email your IFAC paper numbers to Prabhakar Pagilla (pagilla@okstate.edu) and he will send you additional instructions on how to upload these papers.
OR
b) First use the IFAC mechatronics registration website to upload your IFAC papers. Then email your DSCC paper numbers to Prabhakar Pagilla (pagilla@okstate.edu) and he will send you additional instructions on how to upload these papers.
Regular conference registration rate includes the CD proceedings and the banquet, and allows authors to upload their final papers for inclusion in the proceedings. Extra banquet tickets can be purchased at an additional cost of $100 per ticket.
One day registration rate includes the CD proceedings only; authors cannot upload their final papers for inclusion in the proceedings with this registration fee. One day registration is only available on site.
The reduced rate for students includes the proceedings, but does not allow a paper upload. Students will be given banquet tickets as space allows.
There is an additional fee for people who plan to
attend the workshops held right before the conference. For those people who
just want to attend the workshops on Sunday, September 12, they can
register for workshops only through the
conference registration site. But to use the conference
registration system,
one
still needs to get an ASME-DSCD papercept PIN (or IFAC Mechatronics
papercept PIN) prior to registering just for the workshops.
Other frontier and tutorial sessions are parts of the conference and people
who are interested in those sessions should register for the conference.
the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems
and with technical cooperation from:
the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Industrial Sponsors:
- Gold Sponsor
- Silver Sponsor
- Sponsor
Final ASME DSCC'2010 program is available on-line at https://asme-dscd.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/DSC10/program/.
Final IFAC Mechatronics'2010 program is available on-line at http://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/MECH10/program/ .
Plenary I: Mechatronic Systems in Cars - Status and Outlook
Time:
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Rainer
Kallenbach
Executive Vice President Automotive Electronics Robert Bosch GmbH |
Abstract:
Mechatronic systems have great and further increasing importance in modern vehicles regarding safety, energy efficiency and comfort. The contribution gives an overview on today's status and future outlook of the application of mechatronic systems in modern cars as well as underlying technologies. The aspects of systems architecture, mechatronics hardware and software as a basis for those systems are covered, selected implementation examples are given.
Brief
Biography
:
Dr.-Ing. Rainer Kallenbach is the Executive Vice President of Automotive Electronics of Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen, Germany. He obtained Diploma Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Systems and Control Engineering ("Technical Cybernetics") from the University of Stuttgart in 1982. From 1983 - 1986, he was an Assistant Professor at the Institute B of Mechanics, University of Stuttgart (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Schiehlen), and obtained a Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in the field of System Dynamics (Parameter Identification of Mechanical Systems) in 1986. In 1987, he joined Bosch Group. He engaged in the development of suspension control systems (simulation, control systems, application, drive testing, electronic hardware and software development) within various positions (specialist, group manager, department manager) at Bosch Brake Systems division (1987-1992), served as the Manager of Application Engineering for starters, alternators, and small electrical motors at Bosch Mexico (Toluca) (1993-1997), Manager of the corporate department "Coordination Product and Market Planning" (1997-2000), Manager of the corporate department "Coordinationof Automotive OE Sales" at Bosch Headquarters, Gerlingen-Schillerhoehe (1999-2000), General Manager of the Bosch subsidiary ASSET Automotive Systems and Engineering Technology GmbH, Systems Division Vehicle Functions (today: Bosch Engineering GmbH) (2000-2006), and Executive Vice President Automotive Electronics, Robert Bosch GmbH, responsible for Engineering (2003-2006). Since 2007 he is responsible for Sales and the product areas Body Electronics and Steering Drive Electronics as Executive Vice President Automotive Electronics, Robert Bosch GmbH.
Plenary II: Inspiring Present and Future Engineers to Innovate
Time:
08
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Dean Kaman Founder of Deka R&D and FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) |
Abstract:
The need for scientists and engineers to play a more central, visible, and celebrated role has never been clearer of more urgent. As an inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology, Kamen speaks about his award-winning inventions and his commitment to FIRST, the non-profit organization he founded to inspire young people's interest and participation in education and careers in science, technology, and engineering.
Brief
Biography
:
Dean Kamen is an inventor, an entrepreneur and a tireless advocate for science and technology. His roles as inventor and advocate are intertwined -- his own passion for technology and its practical uses has driven his personal determination to spread the word about technology’s virtues and by so doing to change the culture of the United States. As an inventor, he holds more than 440 U.S. and foreign patents, many of them for innovative medical devices that have expanded the frontiers of health care worldwide. While still a college undergraduate, he invented the first wearable infusion pump, which rapidly gained acceptance from such diverse medical specialties as chemotherapy, neonatology and endocrinology. In 1976 he founded his first medical device company, AutoSyringe, Inc., to manufacture and market the pumps. At age 30, he sold that company to Baxter International Corporation. By then, he had added a number of other infusion devices, including the first insulin pump for diabetics. Following the sale of AutoSyringe, Inc., he founded DEKA Research & Development Corporation to develop internally generated inventions as well as to provide R&D for major corporate clients. In the year 2000, Dean was awarded the National Medal of Technology. Presented by President Clinton, this award was in recognition for inventions that have advanced medical care worldwide, and for innovative and imaginative leadership in awakening America to the excitement of science and technology. He was also awarded the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2002, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2005. In addition to DEKA, one of Dean's proudest accomplishments is founding FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use and enjoy science and technology.
Plenary III:
New Actuators for Advanced Mechatronics
Time:
08
Speakers:
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Toshiro Higuchi Professor Department of Precision Engineering University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan |
Abstract:
There have been increasingly wider use of novel actuators in various fields. In industry, precise and high speed positioning is one of the most important technologies. In particular, in the production of semiconductors and flat panel displays, dust-free transporting and precise positioning systems for wafers and thin glass plates are needed to avoid generation of dusts. In peripheral machines for computers like disc memories, small and thin linear actuators are necessary to satisfy the demand of reduction of thickness and weight of the products. In cases like these conventional actuators seem to be difficult to satisfy the new and advanced demands in the near future. Therefore, seeking for new actuators has been activated recently. Our laboratory in the University of Tokyo has been enrolled to develop new actuators of various kinds in order to cope with severe demands of coming production systems and future automated machines. Among the developed actuators, I would like to introduce impact drive mechanism and surface acoustic wave motor, as examples of the actuators that utilize piezoelectric materials. And as examples of actuators and manipulations using electrostatic force, powerful electrostatic motor, thin film electrostatic motor, electrostatic transportation devices of particles and droplets, and electrostatic suspension and drive of thin plates of glass and silicon wafers are introduced
Brief
Biography
:
Professor Toshiro Higuchi received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in precision machinery engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1972, 1974, and 1977, respectively. He was a lecturer at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, from April 1977 to March 1978, and an associate professor from April 1978 to November 1991. Since November 1991, he has been a Professor in the department of precision machinery engineering, the University of Tokyo. He was the leader of the Higuchi Ultimate Mechatronics Project, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, from April 1992 to March 1997. Since December 2002, he has been a director of Nano Control Co., Ltd., a venture business which was founded to industrialize his inventions about piezoelectric actuators. Since April 2005, he has also been a director of Tsukuba Seiko Co., Ltd, which commercializes his advanced research achievement about electrostatic levitation technology. From 2004 to 2009, he had been the leader of the national research project “Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthrough”. He received the following awards: the Outstanding Paper Award from IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 1999, the Prize Paper Award from IEEE Industry Application Society in 2000, the VR News Best Paper Award from IEEE Virtual Reality Society in 2001, the Kayamori Best Paper Award of IEEE ICRA in 2006, and the Award of Merit from IFToMM in 2007. His research interests include mechatronics, piezo actuators, magnetic bearings, electrostatic actuators, MEMS, robotics, micro TAS, and manufacturing.
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 8:00 – 9:00 am
Location: Salon III–IV
A selected prominent lecturer is invited to present a distinguished
Nyquist Lecture each year starting with the 2005 IMECE in Orlando. The spirit is to convey the DSCD Community a message of relatively broad interest.
Professor Wayne J. Book
HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Professor of Fluid Power and Motion Control
Georgia Institute of Technology
Professor Book has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology since 1974. A Fellow of IEEE, ASME and SME, he holds degrees from M.I.T. (M.S., Ph.D.) and The University of Texas (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on system dynamics and control of fluid power and flexible systems, robotics, and haptic human interfaces. Current research is funded by industry and the NSF through the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. Dr. Book is the author or coauthor of over 170 papers in his research. He has been the editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control and was awarded the Leadership Award of the Dynamic Systems and Control Division in 2004.
Title:
Cold Cases and Hot TopicsAbstract:
Where are the promising research areas of today and yesterday? Surely there are the exciting areas of Bio-Nano-Info Technologies, the “hot topics” in research today, but along with them can be found some “cold cases”, topics that were too hard to solve, or were thought to be solved, in the past. Some topics, such as energy supply, are solved again and again and likely will be for the foreseeable future to come. Several of these cold cases will be reviewed and explored. Can they again be hot topics? Topics that have reemerged and again matured, topics that are now reemerging, and topics that may soon reemerge will be considered. Researchers, young and old, as well as funding agencies are always looking for promising topics for their resources of time and funds. Should they consider these cold cases readdressed in light of new results from hot topics. Specific research results will be presented in these areas from personal experience and observation.Past Nyquist Lecturers and Titles of Presentations
2005 – Karl Astrom: Nyquist and his Seminal Papers
2006 – George Leitmann: A Transformation-Based Optimization Method
2007 – Art Bryson:
Flight Guidance and Control in Strong Winds2008 – Masayoshi Tomizuka:
Control Theory in Mechatronics, Necessary but not Sufficient2009 – Karl Hedrick:
Vehicle Dynamics Systems: From Automation to AutonomyThe Dynamic Systems and Control Division of ASME presents a series of six (6) division awards and various ASME society awards. Each division award is given biennially except for the “Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award,” which is given annually. ASME society awards are given annually. These awards recognize excellence and achievement for technological, scientific, service and educational contributions in the field of dynamic systems and control. The following awards will be presented at the 2010 DSC Awards Ceremony, 11:45 am – 1:45 pm, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.
ASME Society Awards
Rufus T. Oldenburger Medal – Rolf Isermann
The Rufus T. Oldenburger Medal is a prestigious society award for lifetime achievements in automatic control. Inaugurated in 1968, the medal recognizes significant contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of automatic control. Such achievements may be, for example, in the areas of education, research, development, innovation, and service to the field and profession. The award was established to honor Rufus Oldenburger for his distinctive achievements in the field and his service to the Society and Division.
Citation: For pioneering contributions in blending modern control, system identification and fault detection and diagnostic methodologies in the design and operation of engineering systems, in particular, mechatronic systems.
Rolf
Isermann studied Mechanical Engineering and obtained the Dr.-Ing. degree
in 1965 from the University of Stuttgart. In 1968 he became "Privatdozent"
for Automatic Control and since 1972 Professor in Control Engineering at the
University of Stuttgart. From 1977 until 2006 he was Professor for Control
Engineering and Process Automation at the Institute of Automatic Control of
the Darmstadt University of Technology. Since 2006 he is Professor emeritus
and is head of the Research Group for Control Systems and Process Automation
in the same institution. R. Isermann received the Dr. h.c. (honoris causa)
from L'Université Libre de Bruxelles and from the Polytechnic University in
Bucharest. In 1996 he was awarded by the “VDE-Ehrenring”, and in 2007 by “VDIEhrenmitglied”.
The MIT Technology Review Magazine awarded him in 2003 to the Top Ten of
emerging Technologies in Mechatronics.
R. Isermann has published books on Modeling of Technical Processes, Process Identification, Digital Control Systems, Adaptive Control Systems, Mechatronic Systems, Fault Diagnosis Systems, Engine Control, and Vehicle Drive Dynamics Control. Current research concentrates on the fields of identification and digital control of nonlinear systems, intelligent control and model-based methods of process fault diagnosis with applications to servo systems, fault-tolerant systems, combustion engines, automobiles and mechatronic systems. The research group on combustion engines works on multivariable engine modeling, HiL-simulation, combustion pressure control and fault diagnosis of both, CR-Diesel engines and FSI-gasoline engines. In the vehicle dynamics group present topics are parameter estimation for drive dynamics control, fault detection of sensors, suspensions, tires and brake systems and the development of collision avoidance systems with surrounding sensing and active braking and steering.
Since 1975 he held several chair positions of IFAC-Technical Committees. In 1996 he was elected as Vice-President of IFAC until 2002. From 2002 to 2008, he was member of the IFAC-Council. R. Isermann organized several national and international conferences like the 10th IFAC-World-Congress in Munich 1987, the 1st IFAC-Symposium SAFEPROCESS, Baden-Baden, 1991 and the 1st IFAC-Conference on Mechatronic Systems, Darmstadt held in 2000. He also organized the biannual VDI-/VDEConference AUTOREG (control of vehicles and power trains) from 2002 to 2008.
ASME Dedicated Service Award – Jeffrey L. Stein
In 1983, the ASME Board of Governors approved the establishment of the Dedicated Service Award. The award may be presented to selected individuals who have served the Society for at least ten years in one or more of the following areas: Standards and Certification; Centers; Strategic Management; Knowledge & Community; Board of Governors; Institutes; The ASME Foundation; The ASME Auxiliary, Inc.; Committees reporting to the Board of Governors.
Citation: For unusual dedicated voluntary service to the Society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm and faithfulness.
Jeffrey
L. Stein has been on faculty at the University of Michigan since 1983
becoming a Full Professor in 1996. He received his B.S. in premedical
studies with a minor in Psychology (1973) from the Univ. of Massachusetts;
S.B. and S.M. (1976) and Ph.D. (1983) all in Mechanical Engineering and all
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an Associate Director
of the Automotive Research Center (ARC). He is the current chair of the
Dynamics Systems and Control Division (DSCD) Honors and Awards Committee,
and the DSCD representative to the American Automatic Control Council Board
of Governors. He is a former chair of the Executive Committee of the DSCD of
ASME, Associate Editor of the ASME Transactions: Journal of Dynamics Systems
Measurement and Control and Area Editor of Simulation: Transactions of The
Society for Modeling and Simulation International and the current Associate
Editor of Simulation Modeling: Practice and Theory.
Professor Stein’s specialty is in the use of computer based modeling and simulation tools for system design and control. His most significant contribution is the development of the field of Proper Modeling having developed algorithms for automating the development of dynamic mathematical models with physical state variables and parameters that have the minimum yet sufficient complexity. He is currently the PI for the NSF EFRI Project “EFRI-RESIN: A Multi-Scale Design and Control Framework for Dynamically Coupled Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures, with Application to Vehicle-to-Grid Integration. He is an ASME Fellow (2006) and a NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award recipient (1987).
ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division Awards
Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award – Roberto Horowitz
Nominations for the Henry M. Paynter Award are considered biannually and the award is given to a DSCD member who has demonstrated sustained outstanding research contributions, either basic or applied, as a mechanical engineering professional to fields of interest to the DSCD.
Citation: For outstanding contributions in mechatronics and control systems in a wide range of application areas - from micro-mechatronic devices requiring nano-level precision and ultra-high control bandwidth, to large-scale complex traffic networks spanning many miles and involving thousands of sensing and actuation elements.
Roberto
Horowitz was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1955. He received a B.S.
degree with highest honors in 1978 and a Ph.D. degree in 1983 in mechanical
engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1982 he joined
the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California,
Berkeley, where he is currently a Professor and holds the James Fife Endowed
Chair in the College of Engineering. Dr. Horowitz teaches and conducts
research in the areas of adaptive, learning, nonlinear, optimal and robust
control, with applications to micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS),
computer disk file systems, robotics, mechatronics and intelligent vehicle
and highway systems (IVHS). Dr. Horowitz is co-director of the Computer
Mechanics Laboratory (CML) and incoming director of the Partners for Advance
Transportation and Highways (PATH) research programs of University of
California. Dr. Horowitz received an IBM Young Faculty Development Award in
1984, an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1987, and a Japanese
Ministry of Education Foreign Researcher Award in 1997. He is co-author of
the paper “Mixture Kalman filter based highway congestion mode and vehicle
density estimator and its application,” which received the 2005 AACC Hugo
Shuck Best Application Paper Award. Dr. Horowitz is a member of ASME and
IEEE and is currently the chair of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control
Division executive committee.
Michael J. Rabins Leadership Award – Eduardo A. Misawa
Nominations for the Michael J. Rabins Award are considered biannually and the award is given to a DSCD member who has demonstrated sustained outstanding leadership contributions to the DSCD, to ASME, and to fields of interest to the DSCD.
Citation: For his outstanding record of leadership to the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division as well as American Automatic Control Council and the broad dynamical systems and control community.
Eduardo
A. Misawa has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from University of Sao Paulo
(1979 and 1983) and Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT, 1988), all in Mechanical Engineering with
concentration in Dynamics and Control. He is currently a Program Director in
the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation. His
research experience includes Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear Control, Robust
Control, Vibrations, Mechatronics, Nanotechnology, Precision Engineering,
Vehicle Dynamics, Fluid Power Control, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and
Biomedical Engineering.
Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award – Bradley E. Paden
Nominations for the Charles Stark Draper Award are considered biannually and the award is given to a DSCD member for either excellent sustained contributions or for an outstanding major, singular contribution in innovative applications of dynamic systems, measurement, or control in engineering practice.
Citation: For his innovations and entrepreneurial leadership in actively controlled electromagnetic devices and systems.
Bradley
E. Paden is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
California, Santa Barbara, with a joint appointment in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also co-founder and CEO of
LaunchPoint Technologies – a firm focused on new technology ventures. He
earned his BS, MS, and PhD in electrical engineering and computer science at
UC Berkeley in 1978, 1982, and 1985 respectively. From 1978 to 1980 he was a
design engineer with Linkabit Corporation. Professor Paden was the recipient
of the 1993 Best Paper Award from the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems,
Measurement, and Control, and the 2001 IEEE Control Systems Society
Technology Award. Dr. Paden is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the American
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. He has authored over 80
publications and holds 17 patents in the field of engineering systems.
Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award – Soo Jeon, Masayoshi Tomizuka, and Tetsuaki Katou
The Rudolph Kalman Best Paper Award is a Division award for best paper published in the Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control in the previous year as selected by the Honors and Awards Committee from nominations received from the Editor of the Journal.
This year’s award is for
“Kinematic Kalman Filter (KKF) for Robot End-Effector Sensing” ASME Transactions: Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 131, 021010 (2009) (8 pages); Soo Jeon, Masayoshi Tomizuka, and Tetsuaki Katou
Soo
Jeon
Masayoshi
Tomizuka was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1946. He received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan and his
Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in February 1974. In 1974, he joined the faculty of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at
Berkeley, where he currently holds the Cheryl and John Neerhout, Jr.,
Distinguished Professorship Chair and serves as Executive Associate Dean of
Engineering. He teaches courses in dynamic systems and controls. He served
as Program Director of the Dynamic Systems and Control Program of the
National Science Foundation (2002-2004). He served as Technical Editor of
the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control (J-DSMC)
(1988-93), and Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
(1997-99). He is a Fellow of the ASME, the Institute of Electric and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He
is the recipient of the J-DSMC Best Paper Award (1995), the DSCD Outstanding
Investigator Award (1996), the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award (ASME,
1997), the Rufus Oldenburger Medal (ASME, 2002) and the John R. Ragazzini
Award (AACC, 2006).
Tetsuaki
Katou was born in Osaka, Japan in 1960. He received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan in
1986. In 1986, he joined the Robot Laboratory at FANUC LTD where he was
responsible for the development of industrial robot software. He is
currently the manager of Basic Robot Laboratory.
| Advance Registration | Regular/On-site Registration | |
| All Participants | $225 | $275 |
| Student | $115 | $140 |
The workshops will be offered in the conferences only after certain number of advanced registrations are received to cover the partial cost of running the workshops. So to secure the actual offering of the workshop you are interested in attending, you need to register for the workshop in advance. For those people who just want to attend the workshops on Sunday, September 12, they can register for workshops only through the conference registration site. But to use the conference registration system, one still needs to get an ASME-DSCD papercept PIN (or IFAC Mechatronics papercept PIN) prior to registering just for the workshops. Other frontier and tutorial sessions are parts of the conference and people who are interested in those sessions should register for the conference.
Workshop I:
Quantitative Local Analysis of Nonlinear Systems Using Sum-of-Squares
Programming
Sponsors:
Time and Location:
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM,
September 12, 2010,
Marriott Boston Cambridge,
Cambridge, MA
Speakers:
Andrew Packard
-
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California,
Berkeley
Gary Balas
- Professor
and Department Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics,
University of Minnesota
Peter Seiler,
Ph.D.
– Currently
at the University of Minnesota
Ufuk Topcu, Ph.D.
– Currently at the California Institute of
Technology
Brief Description:
The workshop will focus on the use
of computational tools to derive quantitative bounds on the behavior of
uncertain, nonlinear dynamical systems. Three canonical analysis questions
regarding systems behavior are considered: region-of-attraction,
L2
gain, and reachable set analysis. The uncertain dynamics are modeled in
several ways, including polytopes of vector fields, parametric uncertainty,
and unmodeled dynamics. Examples from flight control, adaptive systems,
robotics, and systems biology will be presented and various hands-on
computational exercises will be provided.
Extensive class notes will be
provide to the registered participants as well as access to downloadable
Matlab® toolboxes, specifically developed for this workshop.
Target audience:
The target audience includes
professors, graduate students and re- searchers interested in computational
methods for provable, quantitative assessment of nonlinear system behavior.
9:00 – 12:00 Lecture
12:00-1:00 No host lunch break
1:00-2:00 Lecture and computational exercises.
Main Speakers’ Brief Biography and Qualifications
Andrew Packard is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include the analysis and robust control of multivariable linear and nonlinear systems, as well as managing uncertainty in general complex models and dynamic systems. Professor Packard is an IEEE fellow and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the 2005 IEEE Control Systems Society Control Systems Technology Award, the 1995 American Automatic Control Council Donald P. Eckman Award, the 1995 University of California Distinguished Teaching Award and the 1990, National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award.
Gary Balas is the Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at University of Minnesota. His main research interest is narrowing the gap between engineering requirements, real-time control implementation and theoretical control analysis and design techniques as well as to develop an integrated framework for fault detection and isolation, control modeling, analysis, and synthesis, based on physically motivated assumptions, which make use of the specific characteristics of each system to be controlled. Professor Balas is an IEEE fellow and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including a Distinguished McKnight Fellowship, 2007, the 2006 American Automatic Control Council O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award and the 1999 ASME DSCD Young Investigator Award.
Professor Packard and Professor Balas
have a long history of collaborative work (since their graduate student
days) in the development of extremely useful and popular analysis and
control synthesis software tools including the mu-synthesis and robust
control synthesis MATLAB® toolboxes.
Workshop II: Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Robotics for Upper and Lower Extremity
Sponsors:
Time and Location:
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM,
September 12, 2010,
Marriott Boston Cambridge,
Cambridge, MA
Organizers:
Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Mechatronics and
Haptics Interfaces Laboratory,
Neville Hogan,
Ph.D.
Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences;
Director, Newman
Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hermano Igo Krebs, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist & Lecturer
Mechanical Engineering
Dept, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brief Description:
The field of rehabilitation and therapeutic robotics has grown steadily over the past decade, with significant clinical contributions. Studies have demonstrated both the efficacy and advantages of robotics for assessing and treating motor impairment. There is significant opportunity for engineers in this area, and there has been a recent trend of increasing governmental agency interest in funding such efforts.
The purpose of this full-day workshop is to provide a concise yet broad-based introduction to key topics in the field of rehabilitation and therapeutic robotics, such as basic neuroscience and rehabilitation, impairment based approaches, design and control of devices from a mechatronics perspective, and clinical implications. The tutorial will include a series of speakers with expertise in upper and lower extremity rehabilitation robotics representing both engineering and clinical research labs. The tutorial will conclude with a tour of Interactive-Motion Technologies, a company (founded by co-organizers Hogan and Krebs) committed to developing advanced and effective technologies that enable rehabilitation professionals to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
Target audience:
This tutorial is intended for researchers in the areas of dynamics systems, controls, robotics, and mechatronics who have not necessarily worked in this area of rehabilitation and therapeutic robotics. The content will provide some review of the state of the art without precluding discussion of outstanding challenges in the field.
Tentative Schedule:
8:30 – 11:20 Upper Extremity Session
11:20 – 12:00 Working Lunch
12:00 – 2:30 Lower Extremity Session
2:30
– 5:00
Tour of Interactive Motion Technologies (transportation provided)
Frontier Session I:
Perspectives on Energy Futures
Sponsors:
Organizers:
Scott A. Bortoff, Mitsubish Electronics Research Laboratory
Tuhin Das, Rochester Institute of Technology
Anna G. Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan
Brief Description:
This Frontier Session on Energy Systems is an attempt to enhance communication, interest and awareness in the scientific community about research and education in this field. It is also an attempt to engage the community to generate discussion and ultimately provide solutions to the energy problems of the future. The industrial component of this session will reveal some of the current technological trends in energy and projected engineering challenges of the future. While there is significant ongoing growth in individual fields within energy research, research at the interface of these fields is sporadic. It is expected that this Frontier Session will provide a platform that will foster new ideas toward assimilating and unifying energy systems across domains. Cross-disciplinary research/educational topics are expected to emerge from this session which will cover a variety of application domains. On the educational side, there is an immediate need to increase the pervasiveness of energy education for producing the next generation of scientists, educators and industry leaders with the required expertise in such a multi-disciplinary area. This session consists of presentations from industry and academia spanning a diverse spectrum of energy applications and educational initiatives that will provide a perspective on future directions in energy research and education.
Participants:
Subbarao Varigonda - United Technologies Research Center
on control opportunities in distributed power, building energy and fuel cell hybrid bus applications
Yilmaz Hakan – Bosch
on advanced combustion systems and controls
Scott Bortoff - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
on energy mechatronics
Nalin Chaturvedi – Bosch Palo Alto
on battery electric storage
Christopher Rahn – Pennsylvania State University
on energy education
Huei Peng – University of Michigan Ann Arbor
on energy education
Education Session I:
Extremum Seeking for Robotic Swarms
Sponsors:
Organizers:
Nabil Chalhoub, Wayne State University
Giscard Kfoury, Laurence Technological University
Brief Description:
Extremum seeking has been studied over the past half a decade for navigation of autonomous agents in GPS-denied environments in applications that range from underwater contaminant plume tracking to bacterial chemotaxis. More recently, efforts have expanded to collaborative source seeking problems for swarms of vehicles that have some minimal capability to exchange the measurement information, and to non-cooperative and adversarial problems where the vehicles compete in a Nash game setting without communicating.
This Educational Session will be conducted by Professor Miroslav Krstic. He will be providing an overview of this method to re-introduce it to the DSCD community. Most importantly, he will be covering control design issues, stability and convergence analysis of this method along with theoretical and experimental results in interesting applications as stated in the above abstract.
Special Session I: Teaching System Dynamics, Controls, and Mechatronics to Tomorrow’s Engineer (DSCC-MoCT6)
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Salon II
Sponsor: The MathWorks
Organizers:
Rohit Shenoy – The MathWorks
Drew McGrady – The Mathworks
Brief Description:
Modeling and simulation of mechatronic systems in Simulink: presented by Carlos Osorio. Modeling and simulating multiple physical domains simultaneously has been an area of focus for MathWorks for several years, driven largely by the needs of engineers in automotive, aerospace, and industrial automation industries. University students around the world, prepare for exciting careers in these fields using MathWorks products. Carlos will show how to solve industry relevant problems that combine control and multi-domain physical systems, including data from CAD systems, in the Simulink environment. He will also explain how these tools can be used in a classroom and research setting for the study of advanced mechatronics, system dynamics and kinematics.
Control of dynamic multi-domain systems: presented by Bora Eryilmaz, PhD. In its 2009 Controls Curriculum Survey, the IEEE Control System Society identified the gaps between control system education and industry expectations of entry-level control engineers. In January 2010, MathWorks developed new interactive educational materials for online access. These materials support the teaching of control systems with MATLAB and Simulink and help address the needs of industry. Additionally, the MathWorks control system design tools have added new capabilities that also help address these industry needs. Bora will show how you can incorporate the tutorial materials into your courses and leverage the new product capabilities in your teaching and research for control system analysis and design.
Implementation of and testing of control algorithms for mechatronics and real-time operation: presented by Rohit Shenoy and Doug Jones, PhD. Simulating a control system is only half the battle. The reality of physical implementation creates design constraints and challenges that must be addressed. Furthermore economic constraints must be addressed while still meeting the needs of a well rounded engineering education. This session will explore a range of solutions for implementing and testing control systems that have been developed in MATLAB and Simulink. Educators and researchers will learn about very low cost hardware options ideal for developing mechatronics curriculum, while also being introduced to industrial grade systems for rapid-prototyping and HiL testing
Special Session II: Rapid Deployment of Graphical and Textual Code to Real-Time Targets (DSCC-WeAT6)
Time: Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Salon I
Sponsor: National Instruments
Organizers:
Jeannie Sullivan Falcon, Ph.D. – Principal Engineer, National Instruments
Meghan Kerry – Marketing Manager, National Instruments
Brief Description:
National Instruments has introduced a number of high-level development frameworks, commonly referred to as “models of computation,” into a unified graphical system design platform. Examples include text-based math, C code, UML compatible statecharts data flow and signal flow. This software can also be used to target multicore processors, off-the-shelf real-time and FPGA-based systems as well as custom microprocessor and microcontroller devices. This presentation will include live demonstrations of real-time control system deployment to embedded targets. Real-time system identification, optimization, and vision will also be discussed and demonstrated.
1. Tuesday Evening Tour
A tour of the new
5-wits Espionage and/or 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea attractions at
Patriot Place in Foxborough was
arranged by the ASME local Boston Chapter, and has been scheduled for the
evening of Tuesday 9/14. The tour
will include an inside glimpse of the behind-the-scenes workings of
the show as well as the opportunity to experience one of the two shows from
start to finish. A charter bus will depart at 7:30 pm from the
Marriott Boston Cambridge to take the tour participants to
Patriot Place, and is expected to return to the hotel at 11:30 pm.
Registered conference participants must purchase a $20
ticket for each person attending the tour at the on-line
Conference
registration site
at
https://asme-dscd.papercept.net/registration/. Tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis and are
expected to be sold out, so please purchase your tickets early.
For more information about the new and exciting 5-wits
Espionage and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attractions please visit:
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/saugus/articles/2010/06/28/matching_wits_with_wonder/
2. Welcome Reception
Time: Sunday, 12 September 2010, 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Location: Salon III–IV
Sponsor: The MathWorks
Join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Welcome Reception sponsored by The MathWorks to celebrate the opening of the 2010 DSC Conference and the IFAC Symposium of Mechatronic Systems.
3. Student, Young Professional, and Newcomer Orientation
Time: Sunday, 12 September 2010, 8:00 – 9:30 pm
Location: Salon I
4. Women in DSCD Luncheon
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010,11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Meet at Registration Desk
5. Conference Luncheon and DSCD Awards Ceremony
Time: Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 11:45 am – 1:45 pm
Location: Salon III–IV
The conference luncheon will be followed by the annual DSCD Awards Ceremony. The DSCD awards for 2010 will be presented, including the Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award, the Michael J. Rabins Leadership Award, the Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award, and the Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award. The ASME Rufus Oldenburger Medal and the ASME Dedicated Service Award will be presented by the ASME President, Mr. Robert Simmons. The Student Best Paper finalists will be introduced and the winner will be announced. The Nyquist Lecturer will be acknowledged. This will be followed by a lecture given by the recipient of the Oldenburger Medal.
2010 Oldenburger Lecture
Title: On Driver Assistance Systems for Collision Avoidance – Strategies, sensor fusion, warnings and active interventions, driving experiments
Professor Rolf Isermann
Institute of Automatic Control, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Abstract: Accident statistics show that a further progress in the reduction of accidents can especially be expected by next generation advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This will be facilitated by mechatronic braking and steering systems that are already introduced. The talk presents some results of the joint Industry-University research project “PRORETA” with the goal to develop steps towards accident free driving. The first project considers a “driver assistance system for obstacle collision avoidance.” The obstacle on the own lane is detected by a fusion of LIDAR and camera data providing the system with information about distance and location. If the driver does not brake or steer in time the system automatically triggers an emergency braking and/or swerving to avoid a collision. This includes a fast and precise evasive trajectory control by automatic steering (e.g. by internal model control, nonlinear control, or local linear control). The goal of the second project is to develop a “driver assistance system for overtaking maneuvers” with regard to two lane rural roads. Far range RADAR detects the velocities and distances to the preceding and oncoming vehicle and a video camera supplies images of the road and vehicles. The measured data of the two sensors undergo a sensor fusion with Kalman filters. If the beginning of an overtaking maneuver is detected, the probable course of the maneuver is predicted by using the measured data for all three vehicles. If an accident free overtaking might not be possible, warnings are given to the driver and if the driver does not react a full braking of the own vehicle is fired such that the driver can turn back behind the overtaken vehicle. The talk shows the developed strategies, some basic computational solutions and the designed nonlinear control systems. Measured data are shown and some videos give an impression of driving experiments on a runway.
6. Student, Young Professional, and Newcomer Social Activity
Time: Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 7:30 – 11:30 pm
Location: Charter bus to 5-wits at Patriot Place in Foxborogh
7. Farewell Reception
Time: Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Salon III
Join us for refreshments and hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the success of the 2010 DSC Conference and the IFAC Symposium of Mechatronic Systems.
Marriott Boston Cambridge
(http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/BOSCB?groupCode=ASIASIC&app=resvlink&fromDate=9/11/10&toDate=9/16/10)
Group rates are as follows:
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Start Date |
End Date |
Room Type |
Single |
Double |
Triple |
Quad |
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9/11/2011 |
9/16/2011 |
Standard |
$250.00 |
$250.00 |
$250.00 |
$250.00 |
The group rate includes complimentary high-speed internet connections in guest rooms. Reservations for the Event will be made by individual attendees directly with Marriott reservation at 1(800)228-9290 or internet link in the above (using rate code "ASIASIC"). The cutoff date for the above group rate has been extended to Thursday, August 26, 2010. Please contact Ms. Jessica Dozoretz at jdozoretz@launchpnt.com if you have any problems with the hotel reservations (e.g., no availability of rooms of conference rate for some of your planned stay at the hotel).
Parking
On-site parking: $8 per hour and $23 daily.
Valet parking: $30 daily
Vehicle height limit is 6'2".
Local Transportation
Bus Station
South Station (2 miles SE)
Subway Station
Kendall Square/MIT – Red Line
Train Station
North Station (1 miles S)
South Station (3 miles)
Airports
Boston - BOS
Distance from hotel: 5 miles E
Driving directions: Follow signs at the airport to the Sumner Tunnel. Pay the toll and take the Sumner Tunnel to Interstate 93 North. You will see a sign for Interstate 93 North at the end of the tunnel. Take 93 North to Exit 26 and follow the signs to Storrow Drive. Get onto Storrow Drive for approximately a quarter mile. There will be a LEFT exit for Government Center/Kendall Square. Take that exit and at the bottom of the exit take a right. This will put you on the Longfellow Bridge. Go over the Longfellow Bridge which will turn into Broadway. After the first set of lights, the hotel will be on the left.
Subway service, fee: $2.00 (one way)
Estimated taxi fare: $30.00 (one way)
The hotel does not provide shuttle service.
Providence - PVD
Distance from hotel: 60 miles SW
Driving directions: Take I-95 North to I-93 North to Exit 26. Follow the signs to Storrow Drive. Get onto Storrow Drive for about 1/4 mile. There will be a LEFT exit for Government Center/Kendall Square. Take that exit, and at the bottom of the exit, take a right onto Longfellow Bridge, which will become Broadway once over the Charles River. The hotel is about 1/2 mile on the left.
Estimated taxi fare: $175.00 (one way)
The hotel does not provide shuttle service.
Boston City, the venue for the 2010 Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, is the largest city in New England. Boston has many attractions that are within close proximity of each other, most within walking distance and all on the MBTA public transportation system. Roughly speaking, they can be divided up into Historic Sites, Museums, Parks, Music and Performance Arts, Dining and Shopping, Sports, and Universities. Here are brief introductions to some most popular attractions. Participants can visit the corresponding website and buy tickets online. Please note, IFAC Mech2010 will not be responsible for organizing the tours. It's the participants' self-help activity.
Guided Tours
1. Boston harbor islands
Website:
http://www.bostonislands.org/
Route: Start from Long Wharf ferry to 2 or more
islands, 35 minutes on one way
Transportation to Start: Orange line to state, switch
blue line to aquarium, walk to start. 25 minutes.
Fare: Adult $14, Child $8
The Boston Harbor Islands national park on islands within 10 miles of
downtown Boston. With its many natural and cultural attractions, the
park offers tourists as well as Boston residents unparalleled
opportunities for play and learning in a spectacular ocean setting.
2. Old town trolley tours
Website:
http://www.trolleytours.com/boston/
Route: Start from Faneuil Hall, 14 stops, return to
Boston Common, almost a half day
Transportation to Start: Orange line to state, switch
blue line to aquarium, walk to start. 25 minutes.
Fare: Adult $36, Child $13
Old Town Trolley Tours has provided sightseeing tours highlighting the
best of Boston. The tour covers all the major areas including Downtown,
Beacon Hill, Back Bay, the Theater District, and the Waterfront
District. Stand on the very ground where Samuel Adams, James Otis, and
other revolutionary leaders urged their fellow colonials to fight for
liberty in Faneuil Hall. See the spot where the Boston Massacre occurred
just outside the Old State House. Walk along the Boston Harbor where the
Redcoats marched ashore in 1768.
3. Freedom trail
Website:
https://store.thefreedomtrail.org/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=2
Route: 90 minutes each. A. From Boston Common to
Faneuil Hall; B. From Faneuil Hall to Boston Common; C. From Boston
Harbor and North End.
Transportation to Start: Orange line to Downtown
Crossing(A)/State(B, C), walk to start. 25 minutes.
Fare: Adult $12, Child $6
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you
to 16 nationally significant historic sites, everyone an authentic
American treasure. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in
1958, when the wrecking ball threatened, the Freedom Trail today is a
unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds,
parks, a ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American
Revolution and beyond.
4. Duck tours
Website:
http://www.bostonducktours.com/
Route: A. Start from and end at Prudential Center, 36
sites ; B. Start from and end at Museum of Science, 36 sites,; C.
Evening tour: Start from and end at New England Aquarium, 22 sites. A
and B: 80 minutes; C: 55 minutes.
Transportation to Start: A. green line to Prudential,
10 min; B. green line to Science Park, 20 min; C. Orange line to state,
switch blue line to aquarium. 25 min.
Fare: A and B: Adult $29.95, Child $20; C. Adult
$25.95, Child $17
You've never toured Boston in anything that comes close to Boston Duck
Tours. The fun begins as soon as you board your "DUCK", a W.W.II style
amphibious landing vehicle. First, you'll be greeted by one of our
legendary tour ConDUCKtors, who'll be narrating your tour. Then you're
off on a journey like you've never had before. You'll cruise by all the
places that make Boston the birthplace of freedom and a city of firsts,
from the golden-domed State House to Bunker Hill and the TD Banknorth
Garden, Boston Common and Copley Square to the Big Dig, Government
Center to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy Market to the Prudential
Tower, and more. And, as the best of Boston unfolds before your eyes,
your ConDUCKtor will be giving you lots of little known facts and
interesting insights about our unique and wonderful city.
5. Whale watching
Website:
http://www.bostonharborcruises.com/boston-whale-watch/default.aspx?gclid=CN7j7diYyZoCFQOIFQodln3y2w
Route: Start from and end at Long Wharf ferry. 3 hours.
Transportation to Start: Orange line to state, switch
blue line to aquarium. 25 min.
Fare: Adult $39.95, Child $31.95
Boston Harbor Cruise's Whale Watch cruise is both an unforgettable and
educational experience. Our professional researchers from the Whale
Center of New England, the region's foremost authority on whale
populations, are onboard for every trip to provide narration. They'll
teach you about everything from whale behavior and migration patterns to
the local ecology so you can better understand our deep-sea friends.
Museums
1. Museum of Fine Arts
Website:
http://mfa.org//
Address: Ave of the Arts 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
02115
Transportation: Walk 1 mile. 20 minutes.
Ticket: Adult $17, Child $6.5
Come to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and see masterpieces from around the
world and across the ages. At every turn, you'll find breathtaking works
of art - from masterworks of American painting to icons of
Impressionism, and from exquisite Asian scrolls to ancient Egyptian
mummies. There are thousands of reasons to visit.
2. Harvard Museum of Natural History
Website:
http://hmnh.harvard.edu/
Address: 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Transportation: Orange line to downtown crossing,
switch to red line to Harvard Square, Walk to dest. 40 min.
Ticket: Adult $9, Child $6
Explore 12,000 specimens from around the globe, including dinosaurs,
meteorites, gemstones and hundreds of animals all at Harvard
University's most-visited museum. Get close to the world's only mounted
Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile. See a 1,642-lb. amethyst geode
and whale skeletons. Do not miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000
"Glass Flowers".
3. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Website:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/
Address: Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
Transportation: Orange line to downtown crossing,
switch to red line to JFK/UMASS, take shuttle bus to dest. 40 min.
Ticket: Adult $12, Child free
At the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, step back into
the re-created world of the early 1960s and experience first-hand the
life and legacy of John and Jacqueline Kennedy through 25 exhibits, 3
theaters and 20 video presentations. Designed by I.M. Pei, the national
memorial offers panoramic views of Boston's skyline and Harbor islands.
4. Museum of Science
Website:
http://www.mos.org/
Address: Science Park Boston, MA 02114
Transportation: Green line to Science Park. 25 min.
Ticket: Adult $19, Child $16
Science comes alive with over 700 interactive exhibits, live animal
presentations, science demonstrations, ever-changing exhibits, the
breathtaking Theater of Electricity, and more. Other features at the
Museum of Science (requiring separate admission) include a brand new 3D
Digital Cinema, the Butterfly Garden, the Charles Hayden Planetarium,
and the Mugar Omni Theater - New England's only 180 degree IMAX® dome
screen.
5. New England Aquarium
Website:
http://www.neaq.org/index.php
Address: Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110
Transportation: Orange line to state, switch blue line
to aquarium. 25 min.
Ticket: Adult $19.95, Child $11.95
Step inside the New England Aquarium and Experience more than 70
exhibits, featuring animals from around the world. Stand in awe of the
four-story, 200,000-gallon Giant Ocean Tank, home to everything from sea
turtles to sharks to tropical fish. Cradle a sea star, horseshoe crab or
sea urchin at the Edge of the Sea Tide pool. Experience an unforgettable
IMAX® 3D film* on Boston's largest screen.
Others
Parks: Boston has multiple park systems within the city, including the Emerald Necklace, a 1,100-acre chain of nine parks, including the Public Garden and the Boston Common. In the summer, the Boston Common's Frog Pond features a spray pool for children and the Swan Boats at the Public Garden. Just a short ferry ride from the city, you can visit the Boston Harbor Islands, the country's newest National Park. Visitors to 6 the Harbor Islands can enjoy full or halfday trips for swimming, boating, island tours, hiking, fishing and bird watching. Music and Performance Arts: Boston has a strong tradition of performing arts. In the theatre district, there are the Opera House, Colonial Theatre, Wilbur Theatre, Shubert Theatre and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Outside of the theatre district, there are The Huntington, The American Repertory Theatre, The Lyric Stage, The Calderwood Pavilion and the Emerson Majestic Theatre. Dance performances remain a cultural strong point in Boston and the Boston Ballet, known for its classical and modern works, is one of the best in the world. The world-renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops (which plays lighter, more popular classics) perform at Symphony Hall.
Dining and Shopping: Dining in Boston offers options for all palates and budgets. In the Back Bay, visitors can walk the length of Newbury Street for some of Boston's most chic, fashionable stores. Boylston Street (which runs parallel to Newbury Street) has a number of fine department stores. There are several shopping centers in the heart of the city; the Shops at the Prudential Center connects by walkway to Copley Place, an enclosed mall full of upscale stores and restaurants. Downtown Crossing has the full range of national department stores, boutiques and pushcarts, which offer both the familiarity of home and local Boston souvenirs.
Sports: Boston is home to several well-known franchises, most especially the Boston Red Sox, who won the 2004 World Series Championship. Universities: In addition to Northeastern University, Boston has many other colleges and universities that are available to visit, including scientific and engineering-focused schools such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University, and Wentworth Institute of Technology. Other prominent institutions are Berklee College of Music, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Emerson College, New England Conservatory, and many more. More than a quarter million students attend colleges and universities in Boston alone making Boston a very young, energetic, and inspiring city.
IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics Management Committee Meeting
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Hospitality Suite
IFAC Mechatronics Technical Committee Meeting
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 11:30 am – 12:40 pm
Location: Salon I
DSCD Robotic Technical Committee Meeting
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Location: Hospitality Suite
DSCD Vibration and Smart Structure Technical Committee Meeting
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Location: Salon I
DSCD Mechatronics Technical Committee Meeting
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Location: Salon
IIDSCD Executive Committee Meeting
Time: Monday, 13 September 2010, 8:00 – 10:30 pm (Reception at 7:30 pm)
Location: Salon III
IFAC Mechatronics Journal Editorial Meeting
Time: Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Hospitality Suite
DSCD Model Identification and Intelligent Systems Technical Committee Meeting
Time: Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Hospitality Suite
ASME Systems and Design Group Operating Board Meeting
Time: Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Salon II
Joint 2010 and 2011 DSCC OpCom Meeting
Time: Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Location: Salon I
The Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) of the ASME has funds to support a limited number of ASME student members affiliated with the DSCD who will be presenting a paper at the 2010 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (2010 DSCC). Monetary support may be used towards transportation costs between the student’s home institution to Cambridge, Massachusetts, lodging costs and conference registration. Full travel support should not be expected due to the limited amount of funds. Students must seek additional sources of funding, to be reported in their applications and reimbursement requests (including personal sources). See the attached announcement for details.
Application Deadline: August 26, 2010
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General Chair Masayoshi Tomizuka University of California, Berkeley
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Program Chair Tsu-Chin Tsao University of California, Los Angeles
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Vice-Chair for Invited Sessions and Workshops Roberto Horowitz University of California, Berkeley horowitz@berkeley.edu
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Vice-Chair for Special Sessions May-Win Thein University of New Hampshire mthein@unh.edu
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Vice-Chair for Exhibits and Industrial Sponsorship Jeannie Falcon National Instruments Jeannie.falcon@ni.com
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Finance Chair Huei Peng University of Michigan hpeng@umich.edu
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Registration Chair Prabhakar PagillaOklahoma State University |
Local Arrangements Chair Yingzi Lin Northeastern University yilin@coe.neu.edu |
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Publications Chair George T.-C. Chiu Purdue University gchiu@purdue.edu |
Publicity Chair Bin Yao Purdue University byao@purdue.edu
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DSCC Editorial Board Chair Peter Meckl Purdue University meckl@purdue.edu |
Students and Young Members Chair Marcia O’Malley Rice University omalleym@rice.edu |
| Leonessa, Alexander | Virginia Tech. University |
| Kahveci, Nazli | Ford Motors Company |
| Yi, Jingang | Rutgers University |
| Sun, Zongxuan | University of Minnesota |
| Chiu, George | Purdue University |
| Horowitz, Roberto | University of California Berkeley |
| Meckl, Peter | Purdue University |
| Tsao, Tsu-Chin | University of California Los Angeles |
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Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA | |
| Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL, USA | |
| UniCamp, Campinas, Brazil | |
| Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA | |
| Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA | |
| Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA | |
| Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA | |
| Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA | |
| The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA | |
| Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA | |
| U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA | |
| General Motors Co., USA | |
| Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA | |
| Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus | |
| The Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada | |
| Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA | |
| Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA | |
| Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA | |
| Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID, USA | |
| Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada | |
| Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA | |
| Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA | |
| Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN, USA | |
| Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, USA | |
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Lawrence Tech, Southfield, MI, USA | |
| Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, USA | |
| The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA | |
| Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA | |
| The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA | |
| Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, USA | |
| Kuwait Univ., Kuwait | |
| MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA | |
| The Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA |