Shane Farritor

     email: sfarritor at unl.edu
     phone: (402) 472-5805
       fax: (402) 472-1465
department: Mechanical Engineering
   address: N118 Walter Scott Engineering Center
            University of Nebraska
            Lincoln, NE 68588-0656
     title: Associate Professor

 

Research Interests

·
 Robotics for Planetary Exploration
·
 Design and Control of Field Robotic Systems
·
 Modular Design
·
 Planning Methods for Planetary Exploration and Field Robots


Education 

·
 Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
·
 M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
·
 B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1992 


Experience 

·
 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Associate Professor, 1998 to present
·
 Field and Space Robotics Laboratory, MIT, Research Assistant, 1995-1998.
  Working with Jet Propulsion Laboratory Robotics Program
·
 Unmanned Vehicle Laboratory,C.S. Draper Labs, Research Assistant, 1992-1995
·
 Structural Dynamics Test and Research Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Coop Student, 1989 to 1991
·
 Space Life Sciences Training Program, NASA Kennedy Space Center, 1989 


Teaching 

·
  MECH 453/853 Robotics: Kinematics and Design
 

·
  MECH 498/898 Mechatronic Systems Design
 

·
  MECH 996 Advanced Mechatronics
·
  MECH 100 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
·
  MECH 350 Introduction to Dynamics and Control of Engineering Systems




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