Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Mechanical Design of machinery and electromechanical systems. Kinematic and dynamic synthesis of mechanisms. Compliant Mechanisms: Design methods and applications to MEMS, Adaptive Structures and Product Design for No-Assembly. Reconfigurable Machine Tools and Design of Reconfigurable Products.
Teaching
Courses in Mechanisms Design, Machine Design, Senior
Capstone Design Projects, and Design for Manufacture.
Selected Publications
Kota S., Erdman A.G. “Motion
Control in Product Design,” ASME
Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 119, No.8, pp. 74-77, August 1997.
Ananthasuresh G.K, S. Kota,
“Designing Compliant Mechanisms,” ASME
Mechanical Engineering, November 1995.
S. Kota, J. Hetrick, Z. Li, L.
Saggere, “Tailoring Unconventional Actuators with Compliant Transmissions: Design Methods and Applications,”
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics,
Vol. 4, No. 4 December 1999 pp396-408.
Saggere, L., Kota
S., “Static Shape Control of Smart Structures Using Compliant
Mechanisms,” AIAA
Journal, Volume 37, Number 5, pp.572-578,
May 1999.
Kota S., Hetrick J., Li Z.,
Rodgers S., Krygowski T., "Synthesizing High-Performance Compliant Stroke
Amplification Systems for MEMS, Proc. of the Thirteenth Annual International
Confernece on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Miyazaki, Japan, Jan. 2000.
Kota S., Chiou S-J, “Automated
Conceptual Design of Mechanisms,” International
Journal of Mechanisms and Machine Theory, No. 34 (1999) pp. 467-495,
Pergamon Press.
Text Book
Arthur Erdman, George Sandor, Sridhar Kota, Mechanisms Design - Analysis and Synthesis, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, Jan 2001.
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Compliant MechanismsJoint-less mechanism where elastic deformation is intended as source of motion
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Reconfigurable Machine ToolsA new generation of machine tool that can be easily reconfigured to quickly accommodate changing demands in product design (machining requirements). This arch-type machine is designed to provide maximum flexibility and work-envelope with minimum number of active axis
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ME450 - Design and Manufacturing IIIA mechanical engineering design project by which the student is exposed to the design process from concept through analysis to layout and report. Projects are proposed from the different areas of study within mechanical engineering and reflect the expertise of instructing faculty. Two hours of lecture and two laboratories.
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ME452 - Design for ManufacturabilityConceptual design. Design for economical production, Taguchi methods, design for assembly; case studies. Product design using advanced polymeric materials and composites; part consolidation, snap-fit assemblies; novel applications. Design projects.
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ME551 - Mechanisms DesignThe course provides a comprehensive treatment of fundamental principles of kinematics of mechanized motions using linkages, cam-follower systems & gear trains. Students will also learn state-of art synthesis software tools. A semester-long design project provides an opportunity to design and build novel mechanisms.
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Compliant Mechanisms
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Reconfigurable Machine Tools
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Current graduate students
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Recent graduate students
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Faculty collaborators
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Compliant Mechanism Research Groups
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Research Sponsors
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External Collaborator's
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E-mail: kota@engin.umich.edu
U.S. Mailing Address:
2250 GG Brown Lab Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
2350 Hayward St
Ann Arbor MI 48109-2125Office Phone: (734) 936-0357
FAX: (734) 647-3170
