Robert Gao Pratt and Whitney Endowed Chair Professor United Technologies Engineering Building Rm. 456 Phone: (860) 486-7110 Fax: (860) 486-5088 E-mail: rgao@engr.uconn.edu Class website: http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~rgao Research website: Electromechanical Systems Lab This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Research website: Electromechanical Systems Lab

Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 1991

Research Areas: Sensing, Mechatronics, Biomechanics.

Dr. Robert Gao joined the department in 2008. He was formerly a professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Gao has extensive experience in sensors and sensor networks as well as machine condition monitoring. His research interests span areas of integrated sensing methodologies for manufacturing equipment; mechatronics; smart structures and materials; energy-efficient sensor networks for coordination-based information acquisition; energy harvesting from the environment; multi-domain sensor signal processing; wireless data communication and biomechanics. Dr. Gao holds three patents and is a co-editor of the book Condition Monitoring and Control for Intelligent Manufacturing ('06). Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control and an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. He received his M.S. ('85) and Ph.D. ('91) degrees in mechanical engineering from Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Dr. Gao is a Fellow of the ASME and IEEE, and a 1996 recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.