ME331B Advanced Dynamics and Simulation Spring 2011

Announcements Handouts Homework Office Hours Programs/Downloads Videos/Interesting Stuff Course Staff

Announcements

• Thank you for joining us this quarter and your interest in Advanced Dynamics!
  

Handouts

• Syllabus (pdf)
• Ten Commandments of Dynamics (pdf)
• Baby Boot Equations of Motion (pdf)

Homework Guidelines

1. On the due date, place your homework in the box by the end of class.
2. Show your work-- you'll get no credit for answers without explanations.
3. Circle / Highlight your answers -- if we can't find your answers, we can't grade your assignment.
4. Write your name on each page legibly-- if we can't read your name, we can't grade your assignment.
5. Staple pages-- if pages go missing, we can't grade your assignment.

Office Hours

Programs/Downloads

• Motion Genesis Home Page: link
• Download Motion Genesis Software: link
• Notepad++ (Windows): link
• TextWrangler (Mac): link
• Free Legal Versions of Kane's Books (Thanks Cornell): Cornell Library

Videos/Interesting Stuff

• PhD comics html
• xkcd comics html
• Grooveshark internet radio html
• Pandora internet radio html

Course Staff

	Instructor: Office: Cell phone: Office phone: E-mail:	Paul Mitiguy Terman 527 650-346-9595 Use cell phone Use cell phone	About Paul: Paul is a Consulting Professor at Stanford whose research interests center on kinematics, kinetics, dynamics, and motion simulation. Paul pioneered the creation of Online Dynamics Inc. symbolic manipulator Autolev and was responsible for research and development of MSC.Software's motion and FEA products including MSC.visualNastran 4D, Working Model 3D (versions 1-6), Working Model 2D (v. 2-5), and Interactive Physics (v.2-6). Paul also enjoys developing interactive teaching methods and curriculum in Stanford's engineering courses and is known for the enthusiasm he brings to the classroom.
	TA: E-mail:	Jeff Schlosser jschlosser@stanford.edu	About Jeff: Jeff is a PhD student in the BioRobotics Laboratory. His research involves the development of a telerobotic ultrasound image guidance system for cancer treatment using radiation. Originally from North Carolina, his undergraduate education was at Georgia Tech. Jeff's endless list of hobbies include soccer, mountaineering, skiing, tennis, biking, golf, piano, guitar, and drums.
	TA: E-mail:	Diana Gentry dgentry@stanford.edu	About Diana: Diana is an M.E. Ph.D. student working on high-altitude biosampling through a collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center. Her past research included work in the Telerobotics Lab studying virtual environments and their effects on and interactions with human workers. Diana also completed her undergrad degree in M.E. at Stanford. In her spare time (hah!), she enjoys debates about almost anything, storytelling, science fiction, classic video games and good vegetarian cooking.
	TA: E-mail:	Linus Park ljpark@stanford.edu	About Linus: Linus Park is a Ph.D. student in the Locomotion Laboratory. His current research involves studying walking and running gaits with applications in legged robotics. Prior to coming to Stanford, he worked as an engineering consultant and product designer in Boston and Chicago and did his undergraduate studies at MIT. His hobbies include procrastinating, sleeping, and healing from his increasingly frequent injuries from sports as he ages into oblivion.
	TA: E-mail:	Apoorva Rajagopal apoorvar@stanford.edu	About Apoorva:
	TA: E-mail:	Barrett Heyneman heyneman@stanford.edu	About Barrett: Barrett is a PhD student in the Biomimetic and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory. His past research has focused on sensing and control for a gecko-inspired, legged, climbing robot; Stickybot. More recently he has been working on novel sensing techniques for pressure and proximity. As Paul continually likes to point out and pick on, Barrett went to Caltech for his BS. Outside of school related activities, Barrett can be found watching too much TV, reading, or playing rugby.