Problem statement: Piezoelectric actuator is a kind of key driving components for micropositioning stages, micropumps, micro valves, micro gripper and so on in the fields of micro/nano technology such as integrated circuit manufacturing, precision instruments, ultra precision fabrication, biomedical manipulation. It has lots of advantages including high stiffness, fast response times, less heat...

Title of Dissertation: Control of Smart Actuators Xiaobo Tan, Doctor of Philosophy, 2002 Dissertation directed by: Professor John S. Baras Professor P. S. Krishnaprasad Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Hysteresis in smart materials hinders wider applicability of such materials in actuators and sensors. In this dissertation we study modeling, identification and control of hyster...

We discuss the impact of mathematical modeling on our understanding of the cell cycle. Although existing, detailed models confirm that the known interactions in the cell cycle can produce oscillations and predict behaviors such as hysteresis, they contain many parameters and are poorly constrained by data which are almost all qualitative. Questions about the basic architecture of the oscillator...

Modeling techniques evolved a lot during the last half century. Acceleration models used for microscopic traffic simulation are heterogeneous. For instance, differential equation based models are different from agent based ones. Comparison of those models is a difficult task because studies are often conducted based on a suitable and particular theory, usually not applicable to all models. So w...

Inverse-feedforward control can substantially improve the performance of piezoelectric positioners (piezopositioners). The feedforward-input is found by modeling and inverting the piezopositioner dynamics. The primary challenge in such an approach is the complexity of modeling and inverting the hysteresis nonlinearity in the piezopositioner dynamics. The main contribution of this work is to all...

The purpose of this review is to detail the current theoretical understanding of the origin of piezoelectric and ferroelectric phenomena in polymers; to present the state-of-the-art in piezoelectric polymers and emerging material systems that exhibit promising properties; and to discuss key characterization methods, fundamental modeling approaches, and applications of piezoelectric polymers. Pi...

The paper presents results of validation of the anhysteretic magnetization model for a soft amorphous alloy with significant perpendicular anisotropy. The validation was carried out for the Jiles-Atherton model with Ramesh extension considering anisotropy. Due to the fact that it is difficult to measure anhysteretic magnetization directly, the soft magnetic core with negligible hysteresis was u...