Dr. Ashok Midha
PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF PICC
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota (1977) - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota (1970) - B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, R.I.T., Jamshedpur, India (1968) - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UMR (1997-date) - Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UMR (1997-date) - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (1989-1997) - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (1983-1989) - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1982-1983) - Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1978-1982) - Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University (1977-1978)
Research Interest
Mechanical design, rigid-body and compliant mechanism design, high-performance machinery analysis and design, machine vibration and stability.
Publications
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L. L. Howell and A. Midha, "A loop-closure theory for the analysis and synthesis of compliant mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 118 (1996) 121-125.
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L. L. Howell, A. Midha and T. W. Norton, "Evaluation of equivalent spring stiffness for use in a pseudo-rigid-body model of large-deflection compliant mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 118 (1996) 126-131.
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B. A. Salamon and A. Midha, "An introduction to mechanical advantage in compliant mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 120 (1998) 311-315.
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B. A. Salamon, and A. Midha, "An introduction to mechanical advantage in compliant mechanisms," Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, 120 (1998) 1-5.
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A. Midha, L. L. Howell, T. W. Norton, "Limit positions of compliant mechanisms using the pseudo-rigid-body model concept," Mechanism and Machine Theory, 35 (2000) 99-115.
