Kazerounian, Kazem

Kazem Kazerounian

Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering

Email kazem.kazerounian@uconn.edu
Mailing Address School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Rd. U-3139, Storrs, CT 06269
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Brief Bio

Dr. Kazerounian joined the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1984 after receiving his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1980, 1981 and 1984, respectively. Dr. Kazerounians expertise is in analytical and computational kinematics and dynamics applied in diverse application fields, such as protein based nano-scale mechanical devices, optimization of mechanisms and gear systems, robotics, and human motion analysis.

He is a consultant on the design of consumer products to OSIM International in Singapore, a consultant on gear systems dynamics to Pratt & Whitney and a consultant on ultra-precision, high-speed automation systems to the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board.

Professor Kazerounian has served on the editorial board of ASME Applied Mechanics Review and ASME Journal of Medical Devices and has been Associate Editor of both the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and the Journal of Mechanisms and Machine Theory. He is a Fellow of ASME and is the recipient of the ASME Design Division Mechanisms and Robotics award (a life time achievement award) in recognition of Cumulative Contributions to the Field of Mechanisms Design and Theory in 2006, the George Wood award in recognition of Significant Contributions to the Field of Mechanisms and Robotics in 1997, and the ABB Outstanding Faculty Award in 1997.

  • Analysis and design of protein molecules and the study of their folding pathway as a basis for bio-nano machines,
  • Dynamics and design of gear systems,
  • Product design with focus on health and ergonomic aspects of the products,
  • Robotic manipulation,
  • Creativity in engineering education
Barriers to creativity in engineering education: A study of instructors and students perceptions
K Kazerounian, S Foley
Global versus local optimization in redundancy resolution of robotic manipulators
K Kazerounian, Z Wang
The International Journal of Robotics Research 7 (5), 3-12
Accurate robotic belt grinding of workpieces with complex geometries using relative calibration techniques
Y Sun, DJ Giblin, K Kazerounian
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 25 (1), 204-210
Object norms: A class of coordinate and metric independent norms for displacements
K Kazerounian, J Rastegar
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and …
Efficient evaluation of spur gear tooth mesh load using pseudo-interference stiffness estimation method
M Pimsarn, K Kazerounian
Mechanism and machine theory 37 (8), 769-786
Highly piezoelectric, biodegradable, and flexible amino acid nanofibers for medical applications
MT Chorsi, TT Le, F Lin, T Vinikoor, R Das, JF Stevens, C Mundrane, ...
Science advances 9 (24), eadg6075
Improved numerical solutions of inverse kinematics of robots
K Gupta, K Kazerounian
Proceedings. 1985 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2 …
On the numerical inverse kinematics of robotic manipulators
K Kazerounian
Protofold: A successive kinetostatic compliance method for protein conformation prediction
K Kazerounian, K Latif, C Alvarado
A simulation platform for optimal selection of robotic belt grinding system parameters
S Wu, K Kazerounian, Z Gan, Y Sun
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 64 (1), 447-458
Analysis and design of protein based nanodevices: Challenges and opportunities in mechanical design
GS Chirikjian, K Kazerounian, C Mavroidis
Kinematic calibration of robotic manipulators
K Kazerounian, GZ Qian
Journal of mechanisms, transmissions, and automation in design 111 (4), 482-487
From mechanisms and robotics to protein conformation and drug design
K Kazerounian
J. Mech. Des. 126 (1), 40-45
Redundancy resolution of robotic manipulators at the acceleration level
K Kazerounian
in Proc. 7th IFToMM World Congress, 1207-1211
Using chaos to obtain global solutions in computational kinematics
VT Jovanovic, K Kazerounian
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and …
Manipulator dynamics using the extended zero reference position description
K Kazerounian, K Gupta
IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation 2 (4), 221-224
A material removal model for robotic belt grinding process
S Wu, K Kazerounian, Z Gan, Y Sun
Machining Science and Technology 18 (1), 15-30
Nano-kinematics for analysis of protein molecules
K Kazerounian, K Latif, K Rodriguez, C Alvarado
The nexus between science literacy & technical literacy: A state by state analysis of engineering content in state science frameworks
CM Koehler, EW Faraclas, D Giblin, DM Moss, K Kazerounian
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research 14 (3)
Engineering frameworks for a high school setting: Guidelines for promoting technical literacy for high school students
C Koehler, SK Latif, E Faraclas, S Sanchez, K Kazerounian
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