Venkat N. Krovi Associate Professor
Contact Address 318 Jarvis Hall Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260	Office Location 1012 Furnas Hall Tel: (716) 645-1430 Fax: (716) 645-3668 E-mail : vkrovi (at) eng.buffalo.edu URL: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~vkrovi

Research Interests Mechanical and mechatronic systems Design, modeling, control, and prototyping Rapid virtual and physical prototyping Human user customization Multi-robot cooperation

Links § Curriculum Vitae § Information for Prospective Students

Affiliations

· Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo

· Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo

· Participating faculty, Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors, University at Buffalo

· Director, Automation, Robotics & Mechatronics (ARM) Laboratory

Current Courses

Fall 2009	MAE 493/593	Mathematical Methods in Robotics
Spring 2009	MAE 413/513 Robotic Mobility and Manipulation MAE 340 Labs Systems Analysis Labs

Fall 2008	MAE 493/593	Mathematical Methods in Robotics
Spring 2008	On Sabbatical Leave
Fall 2007	MAE 412/512	Machines and Mechanisms II
Spring 2007	MAE 340 Labs	Systems Analysis Labs

Service

§ Editorial Duties

Technical Editor, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, April 2008- March 2011.

Associate Editor, Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Jan. 2008- Dec. 2010.

Guest Co-Editor, Focused Section on Anthropomorphism in Mechatronic Systems, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Expected Dec. 2009.

Organizer, “Bio-Robotics – Science and Systems: State of the Art and Future Directions, ” Frontier Session at 2008 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2008), October 2008

Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue of the International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 27, No. 2, February 2008

Guest Co-Editor, Focused Section on Biomimetics and Novel Aspects in Robotics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2006.

Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue on Novel Robotics and Control, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 128, No. 1, March 2006.

§ Professional Societies

Finance Chair, 2012 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, MN, May 1-6 2012, http://www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php

Program Chair, Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Montreal, Canada, August 22-24, 2010.

Finance Co-Chair, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, AL, May 3-7 2010, http://www.icra2010.org

Finance Chair, 2010 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Toronto, Canada, September 2010 , http://www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php

Awards Chair, Robotics Technical Committee, Dynamic Systems and Control Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2008-2010.

Elected Committee Member, Mechanisms Technical Committee, Design Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002-2008.

Founding Chair, Robotics Technical Committee, Dynamic Systems and Control Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006-2008.

Vice Chair, Robotics Technical Panel, Dynamic Systems and Control Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003-2006.

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Please visit the Automation Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) Lab webpages for further details on:

A. Research Projects

B. Links to Publications

C. Students (current and former)

D. Details of Educational Activities

E. Outreach Activity – High School Workshops, Industrial Training

Venkat Krovi(vkrovi (at) eng.buffalo.edu

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