Editorial Board Members
Editor in Chief
I-Ming Chen
Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639798
michen@ntu.edu.sg
Managing Editor
Kara McArthur
JWM Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, USA
kmcarthur@jwmconsulting.net
Senior Editors
GURSEL ALICI
School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
gursel@uow.edu.au
MICHAEL BASIN
School of Physical and Math. Sciences
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
mbasin2007@gmail.com
XIANG CHEN
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Windsor
Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
xchen@uwindsor.ca
ROBERT GAO
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
robert.gao@case.edu
HUIJUN GAO
Research Institute of Intelligent Control and Systems
Harbin Institute of Technology
Nangang, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
hjgao@hit.edu.cn
KONSTATINOS J. KYRIAKOPOULOS
Mechanical Engineering Department
National Technical University of Athens
9 Heroon Polytechniou Str. Zografou, Athens – 15780, Greece
kkyria@mail.ntua.gr
YUNHUA LI
Beihang University
No. 37 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China
yhli@buaa.edu.cn
MARCIA O'MALLEY
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Rice University
Houston, Texas 77005-189, USA
omalleym@rice.edu
XIAOBO TAN
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
xbtan@egr.msu.edu
NIKOLAOS TSAGARAKIS
Humanoid and Human Centered Mechatronics,
Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems,
Italian Institute of Technology
Genova 16163, Italy
nikos.tsagarakis@iit.it
WENJUN (CHRIS) ZHANG
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
chris.zhang@usask.ca
QINGZE ZOU
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08854, USA
qzzou@rutgers.edu
Technical Editors
QADEER AHMED
Center for Automotive Research
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210, USA
qadeer62@gmail.com
MOHAMMAD AL JANAIDEH
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
maljanaideh@mun.ca
ALMA Y. ALANÍS
Dept. of Computational Sciences
University of Guadalajara
44160 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico
almayalanis@gmail.com
GIOVANNI BERSELLI
Dept. of Design Methods and Tools for Industrial Engineering
University of Genova
Via Balbi, 5, 16126 Genova GE, Italy
giovanni.berselli@unige.it
ZHUMING BI
Dept. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USA
biz@pfw.edu
GIUSEPPE CARBONE
Dept. of Mechanical, Energy, and Management Engineering
University of Calabria
Arcavacata, Rende CS, Italy
giuseppe.carbone@unical.it
JEN-YUAN (JAMES) CHANG
Dept. of Power Mechanical Engineering
National TsingHua University
Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
jychang@pme.nthu.edu.tw
DONGMEI CHEN
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712, USA
dmchen@me.utexas.edu
XINKAI CHEN
Shibaura Institute of Technology
307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku
Saitama-shi, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
chen@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp
GARRETT M. CLAYTON
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19083, USA
garrett.clayton@villanova.edu
CÉDRIC CLEVY
Dept. of Automatic Control and Micro-Mechatronic Systems (AS2M)
FEMTO-ST
25000 Besançon – FRANCE
cclevy@femto-st.fr
MICHAEL DEFOORT
Laboratory of Automation, Mechanics, and Industrial and Human Computing
University Polytechnic Hauts-de-France (UPHF)
59300 Famars, France
michael.defoort@uphf.fr
JASPREET DHUPIA
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Auckland
Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
j.dhupia@auckland.ac.nz
DAOYI DONG
School of Engineering and Information Technology
University of New South Wales
UNSW CANBERRA 2600, Australia
d.dong@adfa.edu.au
SANJEET KUMAR DWIVEDI
R&D Design Center Europe
Danfoss Power Electronics
Gråsten, Ulsnæs, 1, DG-1514 DK-6400, Denmark
sanjeet@danfoss.com
SHAOHUI FOONG
Pillar of Engineering Product Design
Singapore University of Technology and Design
8 Somapah Rd, Singapore 487372
foongshaohui@sutd.edu.sg
MARKUS GREBENSTEIN
Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
DLR German Aerospace Center
82234 Wessling, Germany
markus.grebenstein@dlr.de
YU GU
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
West Virginia University
8 Somapah Rd, Singapore 487372
yu.gu@mail.wvu.edu
YI GUO
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
yguo1@stevens.edu
JAE-HO HAN
Dept. Brain and Cognitive Engineering
Korea University
145 Anam-ro, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
hanjaeho@korea.ac.kr
CHUXIONG HU
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, China
cxhu@tsinghua.edu.cn
PANFENG HUANG
School of Astronautics
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi’an 710072, China
pfhuang@nwpu.edu.cn
MARINA INDRI
Dip. di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni
Politecnico di Torino
10129 Torino, Italy
marina.indri@polito.it
HIROYUKI ISHII
School of Creative Science and Engineering
Waseda University
Tokyo 169-8050, Japan
hiro.ishii@waseda.jp
KAZUAKI ITO
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Gifu University
Gifu City, 501-1193, Japan
kazu_it@gifu-u.ac.jp
FARROKH JANABI-SHARIFI
Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
fsharifi@ryerson.ca
SOO JEON
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
soojeon@uwaterloo.ca
XINGJIAN JING
Dept. Mechanical Engineering,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Hong Kong
xingjian.jing@polyu.edu.hk
HAMID REZA KARIMI
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano
via La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy
hamidreza.karimi@polimi.it
SEIICHIRO KATSURA
Dept. of System Design Engineering
Keio University
Yokohama, Japan
katsura@sd.keio.ac.jp
ERDAL KAYACAN
Dept. of Engineering – Electrical and Computer
Aarhus University
8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
erdal.kayacan@gmail.com
WONHEE KIM
School of Energy Systems Engineering
Chung-Ang University
Seoul, South Korea
whkim79@cau.ac.kr
JENS KOBER
Department of Cognitive Robotics
Delft University of Technology
2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
J.Kober@tudelft.nl
MASAHARU KOMORI
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Science
Kyoto University
Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
komorim@me.kyoto-u.ac.jp
SALAH LAGHROUCHE
Energy Department
Université de Technologie de Belfort Montbéliard
Belfort, France
salah.laghrouche@utbm.fr
CHAO-CHIEH LAN
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Taiwan
cclan@mail.ncku.edu.tw
ALEXANDER LEONESSA
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
leonessa@vt.edu
WEIHUA LI
School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
weihuali@uow.edu.au
ZHANG LI
Advanced Nanomaterials & Micromachines Laboratory
Chinese University Hong Kong
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR Australia
lizhang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
ZHIJUN LI
Dept. of Automation
University of Science and Technology of China
Shushan District, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
zjli@ieee.org
PEI-CHUN LIN
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan 10617
peichunlin@ntu.edu.tw
CHAO LIU
Dept. of Robotics
French National Center for Scientific Research
34095 Montpellier, France
liu@lirmm.fr
JINGUO LIU
Shenyang Institute of Automation
Chinese Academy of Sciences
52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing, China
liujinguo@sia.cn
YONG LIU
College of Control Science and Engineering
Zhejiang University
Xihu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310027
yongliu@iipc.zju.edu.cn
ZHENG LIU
Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering
The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada zheng.liu@ubc.ca | zheng.liu@ieee.org
SAVVAS LOIZOU
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Cyprus University of Technology
45 Kitiou Kyprianou Street, Limassol, Cyprus
savvas.loizou@cut.ac.cy
PHILIPPE LUTZ
FEMTO-ST, AS2M Department
University of Besançon
24 rue Alain Savary 25000 Besançon, FRANCE
philippe.lutz@femto-st.fr
JOSHUA MARSHALL
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Queen’s University
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
joshua.marshall@queensu.ca
SANDIPAN MISHRA
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180, USA
mishrs2@rpi.edu
SANTHAKUMAR MOHAN
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
Kerala 678557, India
santhakumar@iitpkd.ac.in
DAVID NASO
Dept. of Electrical & Information Engineering
Politecnico di Bari
70125 Bari, Italy
naso@poliba.it
DENNY OETOMO
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
doetomo@unimelb.edu.au
KENN OLDHAM
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
3130 G.G. Brown 2350 Hayward Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
oldham@umich.edu
YA-JUN PAN
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
yajun.pan@dal.ca
HAE-WON PARK
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Daejeon, South Korea
haewonpark@kaist.ac.kr
JAEHEUNG PARK
Dynamic Robotics Systems Laboratory
Seoul National University
Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea
park73@snu.ac.kr
JOSHUA SCHULTZ
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
joshua-schultz@utulsa.edu
ADOLFO SENATORE
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
University of Salerno
132 – 84084 Fisciano, Italy
a.senatore@unisa.it
TAEWON SEO
School of Mechanical Engineering
Hanyang University
Seoul 04763 Republic of Korea
taewonseo@hanyang.ac.kr
JINJUN SHAN
Dept. of Earth and Space Science & Engineering
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
jjshan@yorku.ca
JINHUA SHE
School of Engineering
Tokyo University of Technology
Tokyo 192-0982, Japan
she@stf.teu.ac.jp
DAWEI SHI
Institute of Intelligent Sensing & Motion Control, School of Automation
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing, 100081, P.R. China
daweishi@bit.edu.cn
YANG SHI
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
yshi@uvic.ca
TOMOYUKI SHIMONO
College of Engineering Science
Yokohama National University
Yokohama 240-8501 JAPAN
shimono-tomoyuki-hc@ynu.ac.jp
YURI SHTESSEL
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
shtessy@uah.edu
TARUNRAJ SINGH
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-4400, USA
tsingh@buffalo.edu
HUNGSUN SON
Dept. of Mechanical System Design and Manufacturing
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Ulju-gun, Ulsan, South Korea
hson@unist.ac.kr
YUSUKE SUGAHARA
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
sugahara@mech.titech.ac.jp
ZONGXUAN SUN
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
zsun@umn.edu
MAHDI TAVAKOLI
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
mahdi.tavakoli@ualberta.ca
ALESSANDRO DO NASCIMENTO VARGAS
Electrotechnical Department
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Cornélio Procópio, Paraná, Brazil
avargas@utfpr.edu.br
HUSEYIN ATAKAN VAROL
Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics
Nazarbayev University
Astana, Z05H0P9, Kazakhstan
ahvarol@nu.edu.kz
JIAFU WAN
School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering
South China University of Technology
Guangzhou, China
mejwan@scut.edu.cn
HE-SHENG WANG
Dept. of Automation
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai 200240, P.R. China
wanghesheng@sjtu.edu.cn
ZHENG WANG
Dept. of Mechanical and Energy Engineering
Southern University of Science and Technology
Guangdong, Shenzhen, China
wangz@sustech.edu.cn
ZEYANG XIA
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
zy.xia@siat.ac.cn
HUI XIE
State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin, China
xiehui@hit.edu.cn
MING XIN
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211, USA
xin@missouri.edu
CAIHUA XIONG
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, China, 430074
chxiong@hust.edu.cn
QINGSONG XU
Dept. of Electromechanical Engineering
University of Macau
Taipa, Macau, P.R. China
qsxu@umac.mo
XIU-TIAN YAN
Space Mechatronic Systems Technology Laboratory
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
x.yan@strath.ac.uk
HER-TERNG YAU
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Chiayi, Taiwan
htyau@
JINGANG YI
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
jgyi@rutgers.edu
YUENKUAN YONG
School of Electrical Engineering and Computing
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
yuenkuan.yong@newcastle.edu.au
JUNGWON YOON
School of Integrated Technology
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Gwangju, South Korea
jyoon@gist.ac.kr
JUNZHI YU
Dept. of College of Mechanics & Engineering Science
Peking University
Haidian District, China
junzhi.yu@ia.ac.cn
JUNHUI ZHANG
School of Mechanical Engineering
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
benzjh@zju.edu.cn
XUEBO ZHANG
Institute of Robotics
Nankai University
Nankai District, China, 300071
zhangxuebo@nankai.edu.cn
KUNPENG ZHU
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
zhukp@iamt.ac.cn
LI-MIN ZHU
School of Mechanical Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai 200240, P.R. China
zhulm@sjtu.edu.cn
