PENG SONG                  [PDF]

 

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
98 Brett Road, Engineering Building B-242
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8058

Phone: (732)445-0732   Fax: (732)445-3124

URL: http://cronos.rutgers.edu/~pengsong

Email: pengsong  [at]  jove . rutgers . edu

 

 

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

 

Robotics for Medical and Biological Applications

Micro Manipulation

Haptics and Human-Computer Interfaces

Multi-Robot Coordination

Kinematics and Mechanism Design

Rehabilitation Engineering

 

 

EXPERIENCES

 

Assistant Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 2004

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University, 2003-2004

Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-2002

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2002

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1998

M.Eng., Precision Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China,  1996

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 1993

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Journal Papers and Book Chapters

 

1.       J.S. Pang, V. Kumar, and P. Song, Convergence of Time-Stepping Methods for Initial and Boundary Value Frictional Compliant Contact Problems", SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 2200-2226, 2006. [pdf]

2.       P. Song, J.S. Pang, and V. Kumar, "A Two-Point Boundary-Value Approach for Planning Manipulation Tasks", Robotics: Science and Systems, S. Thrun, G. Sukhatme, and O. Brock (eds.), pp. 121-129, The MIT Press, 2005. [pdf]

3.       R. Fierro and P. Song, Coordination of Robot Teams: A Decentralized Approach", Applications of advanced Control Theory to Robotics and Automation, L Menini, L. Zaccarian, and C. T. Abdallah (eds.), pp. 447-463, Kluwer Academic Press, 2005. [pdf]

4.       P. Song, P. Kraus, V. Kumar, and P. Dupont, “Analysis of Rigid Body Dynamic Models for Simulation of Systems with Frictional Contacts”. ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 118-128, 2001.

5.       R. Fierro, P. Song, A. Das, and V. Kumar, “Cooperative Control of Robot Formations”. Cooperative Control and Optimization, R. Murphey and P. Pardalos (eds.), Applied Optimization, Vol. 66, Chapter 5, pp. 73-93, Kluwer Academic Press, 2001.

6.       S. Li, A. Zhang, P. Song, and T. Jin, “Stability Analysis of a Laser Micrometer for Dynamic Measurement”, Journal of the University of Science and Technology of China, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 568-572, 1997.

 

Conference Proceedings

 

7.       P. Song, J.C. Trinkle, V. Kumar, and J.S. Pang, “Design of Part Feeding and Assembly Processes with Dynamics”. The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, LA. Kayamori Best Paper Award.

8.       P. Song and V. Kumar, “Distributed Compliant Model for Efficient Dynamic Simulation of Systems with Frictional Contacts”, In the Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.

9.       P. Song and V. Kumar, “A Potential Field Based Approach to Multi-Robot Manipulation”. In the Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washington D.C., 2002.

10.    P. Song, M. Yashima, and V. Kumar, “Dynamics and Control of Whole Arm Grasps”. In the Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, 2001.

11.    P. Song, M. Yashima, and V. Kumar, “Dynamic Simulation for Grasping and Whole Arm Manipulation”. In the Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, California, 2000. Finalist for the Best Paper in Manipulation Award.

12.    P. Song, V. Krovi, V. Kumar, and R. Mahoney, “Design and Virtual Prototyping of Human-Worn Manipulation Devices”, In the Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999.

13.    P. Song, V. Krovi, V. Kumar, and R. Mahoney, “Design of Human-Worn Assistive Devices for People with Dis­abilities”. In the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Stanford, California, 1999.

14.    V. Krovi, P. Song, V. Kumar, and G.K. Ananthasuresh, “Design of Customized Articulated Assistive Devices”. In the Proceedings of the National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, Mumbai, India, 1999.

15.    P. Song, V. Krovi, V. Kumar, R. Mahoney, and R. Bajcsy, “Supporting Tools for Design and Virtual Proto­typing of One-of-a-Kind Assistive Devices”. In the Proceedings of the NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Long Beach, California, 1999.

16.    P. Song, S. Li, and T. Jin, “On the Research and Development of a Novel Laser Micrometer for Dynamic Measurement”, In the Proceedings of the 1996 Japan-China Bilateral Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan, pp. 193-197, 1996.

 

Techanical Reports

 

16.   P. Song, P. Kraus, V. Kumar, and P. Dupont, “Analysis of Rigid Body Dynamic Models for Simulation of Systems with Frictional Contacts”. Technical Report MS-CIS-00-08, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2000.

17.   R. Fierro, P. Song, A. Das, and V. Kumar, ”A Framework for Scalable Cooperative Navigation of Autonomous Vehicles,” Technical Report MS-CIS-01-09, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Penn­sylvania, March 2001.

 

 

AWARDS:

 

·         Kayamori Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004.

·         Finalist for the Best Paper in Manipulation Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, California, 2000.

·         Third Prize in the 4th Challenge Cup National Science and Technology Competition for students in higher educational institutions, Wuhan, China, 1995.

 

 

SERVICES

 

·         Program Coordinator, ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2005. (See http://cronos.rutgers.edu/~pengsong/compete2005 for details).

·         Program Coordinator, the 27th Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2002. (See: http://asme2002.seas.upenn.edu for details).

·         Graduate Advisor, NSF Gateway design competition, 1996-1997

 

 

INVITED TALKS

 

·         Workshop on Differential Variational Systems and Applications, the 1st International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Troy, NY , Aug. 2004

·         Workshop on Multi-point Interaction in Robotics and Virtual Reality, New Orleans, LA May. 2004

·         Lindbergh Lecture, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Apr. 2004

·         Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Apr. 2004

·         Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, Mar. 2004

·         Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2002