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Robert Sturges Jr., Ph.D.
Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech
100 Durham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-7420
540-231-9100 (fax)
EDUCATION:
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B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969;
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Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1986.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Human and Machine Dexterity
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Design Theory and Methodology
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Concurrent Design-Manufacturing Systems for Machining, Assembly, and Sheet Metal Processing
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
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Fong, N.H., Sturges, R.H & Shewchuk, J. “Dynamic Modeling of Multi-Stage Feedback Control Manufacturing Systems” IJMR in press.
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Fong, N.H., Shewchuk J.. P., and Sturges R. H, “Classical Control Theory Analysis of a Lean Manufacturing System”, Proceedings Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), May 15-19, 2004, Houston, TX, “Best Paper Award in Manufacturing Systems”
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Sturges, R.H., and Laowattana, S., "Design of an Orthogonal Compliance for Polygonal Peg Insertion," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 118, No. 1, 1995, pp. 106-114.
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Sturges, R.H. and Hunt, D.O., "Acquisition Time Reduction through New Design for Assembly Heuristics," Journ. of Engineering Design, Vol. 7 No. 2, Spring, 1996, pp. 195-208.
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Sturges, R.H. and Sathirakul, K, "Jamming Conditions for Multiple Peg and Hole Assemblies," Robotica, 1997, in press.
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Roston, G. and Sturges, R.H., "A Genetic Design Methodology for Structural Design," Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1995, pp. 175-184.
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Sturges, R.H., Kilani, M., and OShaughnessy, K., "Computational Model for Conceptual Design Based on Extended Function Logic", AI EDAM., Vol. 10 1996, pp. 255-274.
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Roston, G. and Sturges, R.H., "Genetic Algorithm Synthesis of Four-bar Mechanisms," AI EDAM., Vol. 10, 1996, pp. 371-390.
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Sturges, R.H., "Design of a Vernier Punch and Die Set for Single-Minute Bending Set-Ups," Journ. of Mechanical Design, Vol. 117, No. 3, 1994, pp. 396-401.
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Elkins, K. and Sturges, R.H., "In-Process Angle Measurement and Control for Sheet Metal Manufacture," Journ. of Intelligent Manufacturing, 1995.
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Sturges, R.H., and Ayyadevara, V., "Analysis of Stability of Sheet Metal Parts for Automatic Handling," Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Boston, MA, July, 1996.
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