Faculty

John P.H. Steele, Associate Professor

University of New Mexico, Ph.D.

Faculty Member Dr. Steele's research interests are in the area of intelligent machines and mechatronics, especially robots. Recent projects have focused on robotic welding, mobile robot navigation, and design of rock cutting machines for NASA.

Homepage - http://inside.mines.edu/~jsteele/
Dr. Steele has been working in the area of robotics and mobile robots for twenty four years. He has designed and built a number for robots and worked with a large number of graduate and undergraduate students on robotic and mechatronic projects. In the past he worked as a welder, and is currently working on developing intelligent robotic welders using a variety of control techniques including neural networks and fuzzy logic. He is also the faculty advisor to the CSM Robotics club. Before coming to CSM he did robotics research at Sandia National Labs and designed robots for clean room applications in industry. He is a registered professional engineering in Colorado.

Current Courses - Fall 2009
EGGN482A - Microcomputer Architecture
EGGN518A - Robot Mechanics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control