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Craig Goehler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
GEM 209
219-464-6811
Craig.Goehler@valpo.eduEducation
Ph.D. - University of Notre Dame 2007
M.S.M.E. - University of Notre Dame 2004
B.S.M.E. - University of Notre Dame 2002Areas of Specialization
Robotic manipulator kinematics, dynamics and control; musculoskeletal modeling; mechanism analysis and synthesis; computer aided design (CAD) Courses Taught
- Dynamics
- Senior Design
- Computer Aided Design
- Fundamentals of Engineering
- Mechanisms
- Robotics
Research Interests
Robotics
Kinematics, dynamics and control of robotic manipulators. Specifically path-planning, vision-based movement and coordinated movement between multiple robotic manipulators.Musculoskeletal modeling
Kinematics and dynamics of human motion. My work has mostly dealt with the upper extremity and focused on the hand. This work is in collaboration with the Applied Research in Musculoskeletal Simulation (ARMS) lab at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.Publications
- “Using an Anatomically Realistic Three-Dimensional Model of the Thumb to Predict Thumb-Tip Forces Produced by Single Muscles”, Journal of Biomechanics, February 2010 (W.M. Murray)
- “Should the Neural-mechanical Behavior of a Muscle Be Coupled or Co-vary?”, Journal of Physiology, 587 (Pt 13), 2009 (J.P.M. Mogk, X. Hu, and Z.A. Riley)
- “Reproducing Human Arm Motion Using a Kinematically Coupled Humanoid Shoulder-Elbow Complex”, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2008 (M.M. Stanisic)
- "A Quantified Description of the Coupling between the Reaching Direction and Elbow Axis Direction", Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2007 (M.M. Stanisic and M. Tomsic)
- "Singular Planes of Serial Wrist-Partitioned Manipulators and Their Singularity Metrics", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 42, No. 8, 2007 (M.M. Stanisic)
- "A Generalization of T1 Motion Applied to the Synthesis of Planar Mechanisms", Mechanism and Machine Theory,Vol. 39, No. 11, 2004 (M.M. Stanisic and V.M. Perez)
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Society for Engineering Education