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Laura Ray

Laura Ray

Associate Professor of Engineering
603/646-1243
Laura.Ray@Dartmouth.edu

Education

  • B.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University 1984
  • M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1985
  • Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University 1991

Research Interests

Dynamics and controls; nonlinear estimation; mobile robots; active noise control; damage detection in smart structures; mechatronics.

Current Research Projects

Teaching, 2008-2010

Entrepreneurship

Selected Publications

  • L.R. Ray, D. Brande, J.H. Lever, Estimation of Net Traction for Differential-Steered Wheeled Robots, J. Terramechanics Special Issue on Robotics, in press.

  • A. Ramasubramanian and L. Ray, On the Applications of Extended Kalman-Bucy Filtering to Friction Cancellation, ASME J. Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 129(2), pp. 236-242, March 2007

  • L. Ray, A. Streeter, J. Lever, A. Price, Design and Power Management for a Solar-Powered 'Cool Robot' for Polar Instrument Networks, J. Field Robotics, 24(7), pp. 581­-599, July 2007

  • L. Ray, J. Solbeck, A. Streeter, and R. Collier, Hybrid Active Noise Reduction for Hearing Protection and Communication, J. Acoustical Society America, 120(4), 2026-2036, Oct 2006

  • J.A. Solbeck and L.R. Ray, Damage Identification Using Sensitivity-Enhancing Control and Identified Models, ASME J. Vibration and Acoustics, 128(2), 210-220, April 2006

  • L.R. Ray, A. Price, A. Streeter, D. Denton, J. Lever, Cool Robots: Scalable Mobile Robots for Instrument Network Deployment in Polar Climates, The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering, 34(4), 5-12, Winter 2004

  • J.H. Lever, L.R. Ray, A. Streeter, and A. Price, Solar Power for an Antarctic Rover, Hydrological Processes, 20(4), 629-644, March 2006

  • L.R. Ray, Nonlinear Tire Force Estimation and Road Friction Identification: Simulation and Experiments. Automatica, 33(10), 1819-1833, 1997

Awards

  • American Society for Non-destructive Testing Fellowship (2001)
  • SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (1997)

Selected Patents

  • L.R. Ray, D.A. Cartes, and R.D. Collier, Method for Tuning an Adaptive Leaky LMS Filter, Patent No. 6741707. Filed June 22, 2001.

  • L.R. Ray and A. Streeter. Tuned Feedforward LMS filter with feedback control, Patent No. 6996241, a continuation in part of application No. 09/887942, filed on Jun. 22, 2001, granted, now 6,741,707. Filed May 10, 2004.

Professional Activities

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers member
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers member

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