Welcome to the Precision Mechatronics Lab at the University of Newcastle
Conferences
IEEE International Conference On Mechatronics – Loughborough, UK, March 15-17, 2023
IEEE International Conference On Mechatronics - Loughborough, UK, March 15-17, 2023. IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics 2023 (IEEE ICM 2023) continues a series of biennial conferences dedicated to recent and prospective developments in various fields [...]
Micromechatronic Systems at IFAC World Congress, 2020
Join us for the open track sessions on Modeling, Identification, Estimation and Control in Micromechatronic Systems, at IFAC World Congress 2020, in Berlin, Germany. Organizers: Prof Helon Vicente Hultmann Ayala, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio [...]
News
A/Prof Andrzej Sikora’s visit to PML
As part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) ENSIGN project, we were pleased to host A/Prof Andrzej Sikora from Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland. A leading expert in metrology, he shared invaluable expertise [...]
Fabricating Microneedles Using Pulsating Electrohydrodynamic Force
Associate Professor Yuen Yong and her research team at Griffith University have introduced an innovative method known as PIDES—pulsating in situ dried electro stretching—for fabricating microneedles. The method produces needles under 1 mm in length, [...]
Paszkal’s Visit to Newcastle
It has been a fun 3 months working and learning from Paszkal on CFD modelling using OpenFoam. We had also done some interesting experiments together in the lab and will continue our collaboration in the [...]
Seminars
Linlin Li: Tracking control of the scanner for high-speed scanning of the AFM
Date & Venue Tuesday, 04 February 2020, 04:00pm EF122 Abstract The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has emerged as an indispensable research tool in the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Piezoelectrically actuated nanopositioning stages are widely [...]
Daniel Martin Jimenez: Atomic Force Microscopy: From Liquid to Ultra-high Vacuum Environments
Date & Venue Monday, 10 February 2020, 10:00am EF122 AbstractThe atomic force microscope (AFM) is a versatile tool that can operate in contact or dynamic mode on metallic, semiconductor, insulator or biological samples in liquid, [...]
Harm Schepens: Ultrasonic Orthopaedic Implant Release
Date & Venue Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 02:00pm EF122 Abstract In order to recover from fractures suffered in the limbs, intramedullary (IM) rods are inserted into the bone marrow canal. When in place, the IM [...]
Publications
Series-parallel impedance structure for piezoelectric vibration damping Proceedings Article
In: Proc. SPIE International Symposium on Smart Materials, Nano, and Micro-Smart Systems, Melbourne, Australia, 2002.
Optimization and implementation of multi-mode piezoelectric shunt damping systems Journal Article
In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 87–94, 2002.
Subspace-based system identification for an acoustic enclosure Journal Article
In: Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Vibration & Acoustics, vol. 124, no. 3, pp. 414–419, 2002.
Power harvesting from piezoelectric transducers Miscellaneous
Patent, 2002.
New method for multiple-mode shunt damping of structural vibration using a single piezoelectric transducer Proceedings Article
In: Proc. SPIE International Symposium on Smart Structures -- Damping & Isolation, pp. 239–250, New Port Beach, CA, 2001.