Luis G Rodriguez

 Luis G Rodriguez

Luis G Rodriguez

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May 8, 2018
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L-Rod is partial credit generous and is a solid choice for a professor. He will give you what you deserve. You must participate in class and turn in your homework. You will pass with a easy B.

Biography

Milwaukee School of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Luis
Rodriguez
Greater Milwaukee Area
Dr. Luis A. Rodriguez is currently an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He completed his doctoral training at the University of California-Irvine where he was a National Science Foundation Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow. His dissertation work involved the development, implementation, and validation of an efficient trajectory planning algorithm that can be used to build more agile and energy efficient machines. He completed his Masters degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a GEM fellow and Graduate Engineering Research Scholar. He also holds a Bachelor degree from University of California San Diego. His interests include robot control, design of mechatronics systems, motion planning and optimal control.


Experience

  • University of California San Diego

    Undergraduate Senior Design Progect

    Worked in the design and fabrication of the 2001 FSAE Car chassis and suspension. Duties included aiding in the design, fabrication and analysis of various chassis and suspension components.

  • University of California San Diego

    Undergraduate Research

    Worked on a biomedical research project entitled "Mechanical Analysis of Laryngoscopy"- Duties included the design and fabrication of specialized instrumentation, development of experimental fixtures and data analysis. Selected to present results at the SACNAS national conference.

  • Milwaukee School of Engineering

    Assistant Professor

    Luis worked at Milwaukee School of Engineering as a Assistant Professor

  • University of California Irvine

    Research Assistant

    PhD Dissertation, "Adaptive Discretization and Sequential Linear Quadratic Strategies in Optimal Control", Developed, implemented and validated a general Runge-Kutta based optimal control solver that uses efficient Riccati-based solutions.

  • University of California Irvine

    Teaching Assistant

    Dynamics (Engr MAE 80) Winter 2007, 08, 10
    Introduction to Control Systems (EngrMAE 170) Fall 2006, 07, 09

  • University of Wisconsin Madison

    Research Assistant

    Master thesis entitled, "The Sound of Slip". Project consisted in the design and development of an acoustic slip sensor for the detection of incipient slip for robotic applications.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    M.S

    Mechanical Engineering
    THESIS : "The Sound of Slip" ADVISOR : Dr. Nicola Ferrier

  • UC Irvine

    Ph.D

    Mechanical Engineering
    DISSERTATION : "Adaptive Discretization and Sequential Linear Quadratic Strategies in Optimal Control" ADVISOR : Dr. Athanasios Sideris

  • University of California San Diego

    B.S

    Mechanical Engineering

  • University of California San Diego

    Undergraduate Senior Design Progect


    Worked in the design and fabrication of the 2001 FSAE Car chassis and suspension. Duties included aiding in the design, fabrication and analysis of various chassis and suspension components.

  • University of California San Diego

    Undergraduate Research


    Worked on a biomedical research project entitled "Mechanical Analysis of Laryngoscopy"- Duties included the design and fabrication of specialized instrumentation, development of experimental fixtures and data analysis. Selected to present results at the SACNAS national conference.

ME 2002

3.3(4)

MEME 205206

5(1)

MEME 205207

4(1)