Micro-mechatronic systems are miniature electro-mechanical devices that incorporate actuation, sensing, and control systems to provide novel functionality at a unique scale. Member of the Vibration and Acoustics Laboratory: Microsystems study a wide variety of topics related to micro-mechatronic systems, ranging from novel device design and fabrication to dynamic modeling, estimation and control.
Applications currently being studied by Professor Oldham and his students and colleagues include:
- Bio-inspired millimeter-scale autonomous micro-robots
- Miniaturized actuators, sensing, and control for endomicroscopy
- Miniature sensors for physiological monitoring
- Low-power control strategies for MEMS inertial sensor calibration
Past projects include
- Vibration suppression in computer hard disk drives
Research topics related to the above applications include microactuator design and control, nonlinear dynamics of MEMS devices, electromechanical system design for controllability, ultra-low-power control systems, optimal controller design techniques, high-accuracy estimation techniques for microsystems, and system identification for sensing applications.
Micro-robotics and endomicroscopy also the primary topics of the Oldham group’s engineering outreach for secondary education.
(see also: Center for Optical Imaging)
Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Kenn Oldham, oldham@umich.edu (Curriculum Vitae)
Graduate Students, Summer 2020:
| Mayur Birla |
| Tayebeh Sahraeibelverdi |
| Joonyoung Yu |
Undergraduate Students, Summer 2020:
| Dingkun Guo |
| Jiwen Chen |
Alumni (Major Project Date, if applicable):
Lu Wang (Ph. D. 2019)
Yi Chen (Ph. D. 2018)
Jinhong Qu (Ph.D. 2017)
Kendall Teichert (Ph.D. 2017)
Jongsoo Choi (Ph.D. 2016)
Jeong Ryou (Ph.D. 2013)
Bongsu Hahn (Ph.D. 2012)
Biju Edamana (Ph.D. 2012)
Choong-Ho (Chris) Rhee (Ph.D. 2012)
Wajiha Shahid (M.S. 2013)
Johannes Domke (M.S. 2011, Freiburg University)
Marius Clad (M.S. 2011, Freiburg University)
Xianke Lin (M.S. 2010)
Peter Park (M.S. 2008)
Zixiao Zhang (B.S. 2020)
Siyuan Yu (B.S. 2020)
Junjie Luo (B.S. 2020)
Cong Shen
Seonyoung Han
Jimin Yang
Jason Smyth
Alexandra Brzezinski
Larissa Wermers
Ari Levenson (B.S. 2019)
Clark Teeple (B.S. 2016)
Ran Lin (B.S. 2012)
Tong Zhang (B.S. 2009)
Danielle Park
Zahra Afkhami
Hermione Li
George Tsirukis
Joseph Tenbroek
Andrew Holmes
Jiawei Zhang
Daniel Slavin
Ryan Rudy
Meng Dong
Andrew Kuo
Paul Barnes
Eric Sihite
Joseph Jang
Christopher Kao
Samantha Kang
Joseph Rivas
Andrew Cohen
Henrietta Cho
Kyle Liepelt
Ramon Alonso
Sung Tu
Chengyun Hua
Shira Bennett
Paul Jones
Christopher Smock
Xianke Lin