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E-mail : clusk2@eng.usf.edu Website: Faculty Profile Telephone: 813-974-1394 Location: ENC 2507
Education Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2005 M.S. Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 1999 B.S. Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 1998 Research Interests Compliant mechanisms, MEMS design, biomechanics, theoretical kinematics
Recent Research Topics Ortho-planar mechanisms for MEMS Design of a compliant prosthetic ankle Spherical mechanisms for MEMS |
Dr. Craig Lusk,
Assistant Professor
past
twenty years have enabled the development of micro-scale integrated
mechanical and electrical systems. These microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) are usually fabricated using planar processing
methods which complicates the design of devices capable of motion
out from the plane of fabrication. Precise spatial motion control of
micro-mirrors and optical filters is needed to enable further
progress in adaptive optics and optical networking applications.
When these applications call for a micro mechanism that rotates out
of the plane of fabrication with an in-plane rotational input, or
that rotates spatially about a point, spherical kinematics may
represent an appropriate solution.