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Kam K. Leang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mech. Engineering, MS 312
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
Voice: 775.784.7782
Fax: 775.784.1701

Personal web site


Expertise: Dynamic systems and control; mechatronics; nanopositioning; and scanning probe microscopy.

Ph.D. Mech. Eng., Univ. Washington, Dec. 2004.

M.S. Mech. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Dec. 1999.

B.S. Mech. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Dec. 1997.

July 2008 - present, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno.

Aug. 2005 - June 2008, Assistant Professor in Mech. Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Research funded by federal agencies such as The National Science Foundation.

Detailed CV available upon request.


Brian Kenton working on a new nanopositioning platform.
(Click here for for details about the lab)


Division of Undergraduate Education (In collaboration with Drs. Zou, Devasia, & Pannozzo)

Nanomanufacturing Program (In collaboration with Dr. Curtis R. Taylor)

(In collaboration with Dr. Kwang J. Kim)

EASY Lab welcomes Dr. Andrew J. Fleming, Visiting Scholar

Ph.D. graduate assistantship available!

Recent article on the design of a high-speed serial kinematic SPM scanner with Dr. Fleming

Article with Drs. Devasia and Zou on feedforward control for AFMs, IEEE Control Systems Magazine special issue on hysteresis

Recent article on low-cost IR  sensors for micropositioning, published in IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics

Article on control of SMA actuator to appear in January issue of the ASME J. Dyn. Sys. Meas. and Contr.

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The University of Nevada, Reno, is a land-granted institution that was established in 1874. UNR  engineering faculty are experienced, active in research, and dedicated to education.  Come join leading researchers at UNR to make discoveries and an impact.

For more information, visit the ME Department's, UNR's website, or see opportunities at The EASY Lab.

 
 
 

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