Carl D. Crane III
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611
352-392-9461
352-392-1071 (fax)
ccrane@ufl.edu
Education:
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1978.
- M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1979.
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 1987.
Areas of Expertise:
- Robotics and remote systems operation.
- Three dimensional kinematics.
- Mechanical design.
- Real time computer graphics animation.
Professional Experience:
- 1998- Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
- 1992-98 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
- 1986-92 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
- 1984-86 Research Associate, University of Florida
- 1983-84 Captain, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Belvoir Research and
Development Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- 1979-82 Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 23rd Engineer Company (Combat Heavy) ,
Fort Richardson, Alaska
Honors:
- ASME Fellow, 2003.
- Awarded the 1992 University of Florida Research Achievement Award.
- Awarded the 1991 University of Florida Research Achievement Award.
- Awarded Sadowsky Prize at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for thesis work
dealing with the analysis of the general 7-link spatial mechanism.
- Awarded Green and Jonsson prizes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in
1978 for engineering excellence. Ranked first in undergraduate class.
Selected Grants and Contracts:
- Principal Investigator of research contracts totaling over $4 million.
Funding agencies include the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S.
Army Belvoir R,D,&E Center.
- Co-Principal Investigator of research contracts totaling over $2.7 million.
Funding agencies were the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Air Force Civil
Engineering Support Agency, and the National Science Foundation.
Publications:
- Author of book entitled Kinematic Analysis of Robot Manipulators
published by Cambridge University Press. Author or co-author of forty refereed
publications in the area of autonomous robotic systems.
Patents:
- Crane, C., and Duffy, J., "Method and Apparatus for Determining a Weight
of a Payload," patent no. 6,518,519, issued 11 Feb 03.
- Knight, B., Duffy, J., Crane, C., and Rooney, J., "Deployable Antenna
using Screw Motion-Based Control of Tensegrity Support Architecture",
patent no. 6,441,801 , issued 27 Aug 02.
- Crane, C., and Haukoos, D., "Hybrid Robotic Vehicle," patent no. 4,977,971
issued 18 Dec 90.