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Krishna C. Gupta
Professor Emeritus

B.T.,Mechanical Engineering (1969)
Indian Institute of Techonolgy at Kanpur, India

M.S., Mechanical Engineering (1971)
Case Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (1974)
Stanford University

• National Merit Scholarship, IIT - Indian Institute of Technology (1964-69)
• Best Paper Award, 1978 ASME Mechanisms Conf., Minneapolis
• ASME Henry Hess Award, 1979
• Honorable Mention, 1981 AM&R Conf., Kansas City
• AM&R South Pointing Chariot Award, Cincinnati, 1989
• Best Paper Award, 1991 ASME Computers in Eng. Conf., Santa Clara
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), New York, NY, (1993- )
• George N. Sandor Award, 1997 AM&R Conf., Cincinnati
• ASME DED Mechanisms & Robotics Award, 2002
• Associate Editor, ASME J. Mechanical Design (1981-82)
• Editorial Advisory Board, ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews (1985-92)
• Editorial Advisory Board, J. Applied Mechanisms and Robotics (1993-2000)
• Associate Editor, Mechanism and Machine Theory (1998-2004), IFToMM Intl. Journal
• ASME Design Engineering Division Chairman (7/05-6/06)
• ASME Design Engineering Division Executive Committee (7/01-6/07)
• ASME Design Engineering Division Mechanisms Committee (1981-86; Chairman 1989-90)
• ASME Design Engineering Division Editor, Design Newsletter (Issues: Fall, 2000; Spring, 2001)
• ASME Design Engineering Division Papers Review Chairman, 1982 ASME Mechanisms Conf., Washington, DC
• ASME Design Engineering Division General Conference Chairman, 1990 ASME Design Technical Conf., Chicago, IL
• ASME Design Engineering Division Conference Chairman, 1990 ASME Mechanisms Conf., Chicago, IL
• ASME Design Engineering DivisionProgram Representative, IMECE 2003, IMECE 2004 (Annual ASME Congresses)
  

Recent Publications

Gupta, K. C., Mechanics and Control of Robots, Mechanical Engineering Series, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1997; ISBN 0-387-94923-2.

Ma, R. and Gupta, K. C., "Kinematics of Joy-Stick Type Robot Wrists," J. Applied Mechanisms and Robotics, 4(1): 26-32, 1997.

Gupta, K. C. and Beloiu, A. S., "Branch and Circuit Defect Elimination in Spherical Four-Bar Linkages," Mechanism and Machine Theory, 33(5): 491-504, 1998.

Samak, S. M. and Gupta, K. C., "Parametric Uncertainty on Manipulator Dynamics," Mechanism and Machine Theory, 33(7): 945-956, 1998.

Gupta, K. C., "Sensitivity Analysis of the SVD-QS Method for Object Position Determination," Proc. 6th National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conf., Cincinnati, December 12-15, 1999, AMR99- 044-1/6.

Gupta, K. C. and Li, J., "Robust Design Optimization with Mathematical Programming Neural Networks," Computers and Structures, 76(4): 507-516, 2000.

Gupta, K.C., “Design Considerations for Manipulator Workspace – An Historical Perspective,” Invited Presentation, Roth Symposium on Advanced Kinematics, Stanford, June 20-21, 2003.

Vithani, A. R. and Gupta, K. C., "Estimation of Object Kinematics from Point Data," ASME J. Mechanical Design, 126(1): 16-21, 2004.

Publications

Research Interests

Dr. Gupta's interests are in developing synthesis techniques for designing planar and spatial mechanisms, and robot arm/wrist structures, and in the efficient manipulation of robotic systems. For mechanisms which are to meet specified motion requirements, the goal is to insure that, in the design stage, certain quality related criteria (e.g., ensuring complete input-link rotatability, elimination of branch- and circuit-defects) can also be satisfied. The methods used are graphical, algebraic-geometrical and numerical (optimization, neural networks). The work on robotics includes kinematics and dynamics utilizing the zero-reference-position method (1981), robot workspace analysis and design, analysis of positioning errors, control and trajectory planning. Other interests are in the design of cam-follower systems, especially cam-profile modifications which can lead to improved performance at higher speeds, and the applications of optimization and neural network techniques to mechanical design. The nature of these investigations is analytical and numerical. Typically, the related software is also developed and it is utilized to conduct extensive parametric studies.