Biography

University of Utah - Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor at University of Utah - Employment
Kam K.
Leang
Kam K. Leang is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Utah, where he joined in July 2014. Between 2008 and 2014, he was at the University of Nevada, Reno. While at the University of Nevada, Reno, he received the 2013 College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award and the 2014 Nevada Board of Regent’s Rising Research Award. Dr. Leang’s research interests include: modeling and precision control of electroactive (smart) material actuators (piezoelectrics and electroactive polymers), nanopositioning and scanning probe microscopy, and more recently design, motion planning, and control of autonomous robotic systems. He has published over 115 technical papers and his work is supported by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, Dept. of Energy, and industry partners. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Control Systems Magazine and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Nature Publishing. More details about his research can be found at http://www.kam.k.leang.com/academics/.

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