Technical Committee for Linkages and Mechanical Controls

Leadership

Function Name Affiliation
Chair Dr Chin-Hsing Kuo
University of Wollongong
chkuo@uow.edu.au
School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522
AUSTRALIA
Deputy chair Professor Gökhan Kiper
Izmir Institute of Technology
gokhankiper@iyte.edu.tr
Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
35430 Urla, İzmir
TURKEY

Members

MO
Name Affiliation
Azerbaijan Prof. Dr. Tech. Sc. Rasim I. Alizade Azerbaijan Technical University
China-Beijing Prof. Xianmin Zhang South China University of Technology
China-Beijing Prof. Yan Chen Tianjin University
China-Beijing Xin-Jun Liu Tsinghua University
China-Beijing Prof. Yu-Xin Wang Zhejiang University
China-Beijing Prof. Shimin Wei University of Posts and Telecommunications
China-Beijing Dr. Yan-An Yao Beijing Jiaotong University
China-Taipei Prof. Kuan-Lun Hsu National Taiwan University
China-Taipei Prof. Chao-Chieh Lan National Cheng Kung University
Croatia PhD. Ing. Petr Ferfecki VSB Technical University of Ostrava
Czech Republic Prof. Martin Bilek Technical University of Liberec
Czech Republic Prof. Miroslav Vaclavik Research Institute of Textile Machines
Finland Prof. Heikki Martikka Himtech Oy
France Prof. Med Amine Laribi Université de Poitiers
Germany Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dr. h. c. Karl-Heinz Modler Technische Universität Dresden
Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Corves RWTH Aachen University Aachen
Germany Dr. Uwe Hanke Technische Universität Dresden
Italy Prof. Vincenzo Niola Università degli Studi Napoli Federico II
Italy Prof. Guiseppe Quaglia Politecnico di Torino
Italy Prof. Dr. Eng. Domenico Mundo University of Calabria
Japan Prof. Masaharu Komori Kyoto University
Japan Prof. Dr.-Eng. Hidetsugu Terada University of Yamanashi
Japan Prof. Takaai Oiwa Shizuoka University
Japan Prof. Yusuke Sugahara Tokyo Institute of Technology
Lebanon Prof. Rany Rizk Lebanese University
Lithuania Prof. Ruta Rimasauskiene Kaunas University of Technology
Poland Dr. Jaroslaw Szrek Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Romania Prof. Corina-Mihaela Gruescu University Politehnica Timisoara
Romania Prof. Ioan Doroftei “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi
Romania Prof. Josif Tempea University Politechnica Bucharest
Romania Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Erwin Christian Lovasz Politechnica University of Timisoara
Russia Dr. Alexey Fomin Siberian State Industrial University
Spain Prof. Monica Urízar University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Spain Prof. Alfonso Hernandez University of the Basque Country
Turkey Prof. Özgün Selvi Cankaya University
Turkey Prof. Eres Söleymez Middle East Technical University
Turkey Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ismet Can Dede Izmir Institute of Technology
USA Ass. Prof. Dongming Gan Purdue University, West Lafayette
Vietnam Prof. Nguyen Phong Dien Hanoi University of Science and Technology

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