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.