Eric Barth
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Bio:
As Director of the C* Control, PI Barth has approximately 1000 square feet of dedicated laboratory space. This space includes an 8 camera high-bandwidth submillimetric optical tracking system, six mechanical breadboard tables, a host of pneumatic equipment including high-bandwidth servo-valves, a range of specialized pressure sensors, high temperature pressure sensors, mass-flow sensors, a thermographic camera, a high-speed stop-motion video camera, several 3D printers, and a 2D laser cutter, among more common laboratory sensors and equipment such as DC power supplies, digital storage oscilloscopes, function generators, and multiple Kepco amplifiers and digital PWM servoamplifiers. Computational facilities include a small computer network of approximately 20 machines that contain MATLAB/Simulink and SolidWorks, among other more standard productivity software. Also available are other standard shop machines including a vertical milling machine, lathe, drill press, and band saw. Additionally, the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt houses two multi-axis CNC machines, in addition to three multi-axis CNC machines housed by the University.
Research Interests:
design, modeling and control of mechatronic and fluid power systems, free-piston internal combustion and free-piston Stirling engines, energy storage and energy harvesting, MRI compatible pneumatic robots, and applied non-linear control.
Lab:
C-Star Control Lab