ASME/IEEE
MESA 2011

The 7th International ASME/IEEE Conference on Mechatronics & Embedded Systems & Applications
August 28-31, 2011, Washington, DC, USA

Advisory Committee

  • D.M. Auslander, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA
  • K.C. Craig, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
  • K.C. Gupta, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, USA
  • C.S. George Lee, National Science Foundation, USA
  • R.C. Luo, National Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan
  • B. Ravani, Univ. of California, Davis, USA
  • B. Siciliano, Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Italy
  • M. Steinbuch, TU/e Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • T.J. Tarn, Washington Univ., USA
  • M. Tomizuka, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA
  • F. Wang, Univ. of Arizona, USA & Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Steering Committee Chair
  • H.H. Cheng, Univ. of California, Davis, USA

General Chair
  • P. Zingaretti, Polytechnic Univ. of Marche, Italy

General Co-Chair
  • Y.Q. Chen, Utah State Univ., USA

Program Chair
  • M. Horauer, UAS Technikum Wien, Austria

Chair of the Honors & Awards Committee
  • Z. Dong, Univ. of Victoria, Canada

Symposia Chairs
  • H.S. Ahn, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Y. Zhou, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, USA
  • S. Xie, University of Aukland, New Zealand
  • L. Zuo, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, USA
  • S. Nestinger, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
  • W. Chen, Wayne State University, USA
  • P. Rössler, UAS Technikum Wien, Austria
  • J. Brauer, RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • J. Xu, York University, Canada
  • D. Baleanu, Cankaya University, Turkey
  • Ch. Li, Shanghai University, China
  • J.A. Tenreiro Machado, ISEP-Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal
  • J. Sabatier, Universite Bordeaux, France
  • B.M. Vinagre, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • Ch. Ma, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, China
  • U.A. Rosa, University of California at Davis, USA
  • E. Frontoni, Polytechnic Univ. of Marche, Italy
  • Y.C. Chou, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
  • Z. Wang, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
  • X. Kong, Heriot-Watt University, UK
  • M. Zoppi, University of Genua, Italy
  • J.Ch. Koo, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • J.Y. Chang, Massey University, New Zealand
  • B. Chen, Michigan Technological University, USA
  • Y.Q. Chen, Utah State University, USA
  • Y. Zhang, Concordia University, Canada
  • M. Germani, Polytechnic Univ. of Marche, Italy
  • M. Mengoni, Polytechnic Univ. of Marche, Italy

Technical Program Committee & Reviewers
  • Aaron Dennis, Utah State University, USA
  • Abbas Chamseddine, Concordia University, Canada
  • Abdou-Fadel Boukari, COMAP, France
  • Adriano Mancini, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Ahmed ElSayed, University of Bridgeport, USA
  • Andre Stollenwerk, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • Andrew McDaid, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Antonio Sgorbissa, DIST - University of Genova, Italy
  • Audrey Rizzo
  • Austin Jensen, Utah State University, USA
  • Ayssam Elkady, University of Bridgeport, USA
  • Barbara Colaiocco, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Barun Pratiher, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad, India
  • Benjamin C. Groen, Brigham Young Univeristy, USA
  • Benjamin O'Brien, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Blas Vinagre, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • Brandon Stark, Utah State University, USA
  • Brian Trease, NASA JPL, USA
  • Byung June Choi, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Calvin Coopmans, Utah State University, USA
  • Carl F. Lorenzo, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
  • Carlo Menon, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Cezary Zielinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Chang-Chun Lee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
  • Chang-Pin Lin, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
  • Changpin Li, Shanghai University, China
  • Chao Chen, Monash University, Australia
  • Christof Kutschera, UAS Technikum Wien, Austria
  • Christophe Farges, IMS Bordeaux, France
  • Chuc Nguyen, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Chunhai Kou, Donghua University, China
  • Claire Davies, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Concepcion A. Monje, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
  • Corentin Cheron, Airinov SAS
  • Cynthia Corina Zazzarini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Dali Chen, Northeastern University, China
  • Damien Chablat, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
  • Dan Stan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Daniel Baumgartner, A&R TECH, Austria
  • Delfim F. M. Torres, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • Deshun Yin, Hohai University, China
  • Didier Leandri, Naval Complex Systems Laboratory, France
  • Dieter Zoebel, University Koblenz-Landau, Germany
  • Dietmar Schreiner, University of Technology Vienna, Austria
  • Dingyu Xue, Northeastern University, China
  • Dongfeng Wang, China
  • Duarte Valerio, IDMEC / IST, TU Lisbon, Portugal
  • Dumitru Baleanu, Cankaya University, Turkey
  • Ehsan Basafa, Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • Ehsan Hashemi, Qazvin Azad University, Iran
  • Eqab M. Rabei, Al al-Bayt University, Jordan
  • Eric Armengaud, Virtual Vehicle Competence Center, Austria
  • Eva Savina Malinverni, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Evangelos Georgiou, King's College London, London
  • Farid Sharifi, Concordia University, Canada
  • Fawang Liu, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Florian Gosselin, CEA, France
  • Francesco Mainardi, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Francois Levron, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Gang Tao, University of Virginia, USA
  • Gary Bohannan, Utah State University, USA
  • Gary Wang, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Gen'ichi Yasuda, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Japan
  • Gerhard R. Cadek, Oregano Systems, Austria
  • Guanlin Wang, Tsinghua University, China
  • Guobiao Song, Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Guodong Shao, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
  • Hadi Delavary, HUT
  • Hadi Malek, Utah State University, USA
  • Haiyang Chao, Utah State University, USA
  • Hameed Moradi, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
  • Hanlong Yang, Eaton Corp., USA
  • Hao Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • HongGuang Sun, Hohai University, China
  • Hu Sheng, Dalian University of Technology, China
  • Hui Jiang, York University, Canada
  • Hyo-Sung Ahn, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Iman Sadeghzadeh, Concordia University, Canada
  • InĂ©s Tejado, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • Ivo Petras, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
  • Ja Choon Koo, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Jan Haase, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Jawad Masood, University of Genova, Italy
  • Jean-Claude Trigeassou, Bordeaux 1 University IMS, France
  • Jeff Ma, Saint Louis University, USA
  • Jeffrey Laut, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
  • Jen-Yuan (James) Chang , National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Ji-hwan Son, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Jia Xu, York University, Canada
  • Jian Dai, King's College London, UK
  • Jinah Chung, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Jingang Yi, Rutgers University, USA
  • Jingzhou (James) Yang, Texas Tech University, USA
  • Jinlu Han, Utah State University, USA
  • John Whitefoot, University of Michigan, USA
  • Jörg Brauer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • Jose Tenreiro Machado, Institute of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
  • Juan J. Trujillo, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
  • Judy Vance, Iowa State University, USA
  • Jun Luo, Shanghai University, China
  • Junmin Wang, Ohio State University, USA
  • Junyi Cao, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
  • Kai-Xin Hu, Tsinghua University, China
  • Kean Aw, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Kecai Cao, NUPT
  • Kecai Cao, NUPT
  • Kexue Li
  • Kwang Jung, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
  • Lei Zuo, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
  • Liz Rincon, University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Luning Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Lydie Nouvekiere, University of Evry, France
  • Ma Chengbin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Magalie Thomassin, Nancy Universite, France
  • Mahdi Agheli, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
  • Malgorzata Klimek, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
  • Manuel Ortigueira, UNINOVA and DEE/ Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia da UNL, Portugal
  • Marco Fontana, Lab. PERCRO, Italy
  • Marie-Christine Neel, Universite d'Avignon, France
  • Masataka Fukunaga, Nihon University, Japan
  • Mathieu Pellet, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Matteo Zoppi, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Matthias Marx, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  • Maura Mengoni, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
  • Michael Kramer, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria
  • Michael Philen, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Minas Spetsakis, York University, Canada
  • Ming Yue, Dalian University of Technology, China
  • Minho Yang, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Mohamed Aoun, National Engineering School of Gabes, Tunisia
  • Mokhtar Aboelaze, York University, Canada
  • Monica Bordegoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Mznah Al-Rodhaan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
  • Narendra Gollu, Concordia University, Canada
  • Nicolas Bertrand, IMS Bordeaux, France
  • Nikos Aspragathos, University of Patras, Greece
  • Patrick Labenda, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
  • Paul Wali, Intel
  • Peilin Song, AMSAA, USA
  • Peng Li, Harbin Engineering University, China
  • Peter Balog, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria
  • Peter Roessler, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria
  • Peter Xu, Massey University, New Zealand
  • Pierre Couturier, Ecole des Mines d'Ales, France
  • Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, George Washington University, USA
  • Pinyo Puangmali, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  • Pooja Kavathekar, Utah State University, USA
  • Prashant Jamwal, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Primo Zingaretti, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Rianto Adhy Sasongko, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • Rianto Adhy Sasongko, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • Richard Galos, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
  • Roy Shibendu Shekhar, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
  • Sang-Chul Lee, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Sanghyuk Yun, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Sara Dadras, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
  • Sarosh Patel, University of Bridgeport, USA
  • Scott Nokleby, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
  • Seung-Guk Baek, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Shahed Shojaeipour, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Shahid Hassian, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Shuang Cong, University of Science and Technology China, China
  • Stephen Nestinger, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
  • Tae-kyung Lee, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Takao Kakizaki, Nihon University, Japan
  • Thomas Kittenberger, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria
  • Thomas Reinbacher, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Ting-Lan Lin, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
  • Tobias Fromm, Univ. of Applied Sciences Ravensbirg-Weingarten, Germany
  • Tobias Fromm, Univ. of Applied Sciences Ravensbirg-Weingarten, Germany
  • Toralf Scharf, EPFL OPT, Switzerland
  • Wang Guanlin, Tsinghua University, China
  • Weiguo Lin, Beijing University of Chemical and Technology, China
  • Weitian Chen, Australian National University, Australia
  • Wen Chen , Wayne State University, USA
  • Wenhui Wang, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Wenjia Liu, Michigan Tech, USA
  • Wenying Feng, Trent University, Canada
  • William Burke, GE Appliance and Lighting, USA
  • Wooram Park, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  • Xianwen Kong, Heriot-Watt University, UK
  • Xiao Dong Zhang, Wright State University, USA
  • Xiong Li, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Xu Zhong, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
  • Yan Jin, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
  • Yan-an Yao, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
  • Yangmin Li, University of Macau, China
  • Yanhong Yuan, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
  • Yanqiong Fei, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
  • Yanqiong Fei, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
  • Yanxin Zhang, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Yaojin Xu, Southeastern University, China
  • Yaojun Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
  • Yi-Hua Fan, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
  • Youg Seok Ihn, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  • Youmin Zhang, Concordia University, Canada
  • Young-Cheol Choi, Gwangju Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Yu Zhou, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
  • Yu-Cheng Chou, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
  • Yung Ting, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
  • Yunjiang Lou, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
  • Yuru Zhang, Beihang University, China
  • Zhang Lu, Zhejiang Sci-tech University, China
  • Zhaoqing Wang, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
  • Zhuming Bi, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA
  • Zoltan Rusak, TU Delft, Netherlands