Dr. Ron Lumia

Fellow, IEEE

Positions

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• Served on Board of Directors of Cimetrix, Inc., a publicly traded company, from 1996 to 2001. Cimetrix manufactures open architecture motion controllers for high speed surface mount technology (SMT), electronic assembly, multi-axis robots, and packaging machines. Cimetrix also develops software to help companies build OEM interfaces that meet SEMI standards for the semiconductor manufacturing sector.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Virginia, Electrical Engineering, 1979
• M.S. University of Virginia, Electrical Engineering, 1977
• B.S. Cornell University, Electrical Engineering, 1972

Teaching

• ME460 - Senior Design
• ME380 - Feedback Control Systems
• ME585 - Modern Manufacturing Methods
• ME586 - Design for Manufacturability
• ME589 - Intelligent Controls in Manufacturing

Research Interests

• Automation
• Open architecture control
• Software for manufacturing
• Sensory-interactive robot control
• Directed (active) vision and image processing
• Micromanipulation

Consulting Interests

• Automation systems - robotics, image processing, and ancillary sensing and processing
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Software development methodologies
• Electronic control systems and industrial applications
• Critical review of designs and alternatives
• Definition of technology direction - strategic planning

Current Research Projects

• Fuzzy Logic Grasping
• Robotics and Automation Design and Drive System (RADDS)
• Modeling Unknown Environments
• Directed Vision
• Development of a Microgripper Using Artificial Muscles
• Vision-based Assembly -- collaboration with University of Naples

Recent Publications

• Recent Publications

Previous Positions

• Director, Cimetrix Inc.
• Group Leader, Intelligent Controls Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
• Senior Teaching Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Research Scientist, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
• Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
• Assistant Professor, Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieurs en Electrotechnique et Electronique (ESIEE) Paris, France.
• Systems Engineer, Teradyne, Inc., Boston, MA

Mailing Address

Other WWW Links:

• UNM Mechanical Engineering Home Page
• UNM Manufacturing Engineering Home Page
• UNM Home Page