Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2300
(631) 632 1110 (Voice), (631) 632 8544 (Fax)
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• EDUCATION

• University of California, Irvine, Ph.D. 1990
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, M.S. 1986
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, B.S. 1985 (Dual B.S. in ME and EE)

• 9/99 – present , Associate Professor,  Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• 8/00 – 7/01, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Automation and Computer Aided Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• 9/93 – 8/99, Assistant Professor,  Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• 8/91 – 7/93, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans                    
• 6/90 – 8/91, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Director, Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Davis

Jeff Ge's current research areas include Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Robotics and Manufacturing Automation, Mechanical System Design and Simulation, and Application of Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics in Engineering. He is one of the first to bring together the fields of Geometric Modeling and Kinematics to develop a computational-geometric framework for motion interpolation and approximation. For work in this area, he received an Applicon Award for CAD/CAM and its Applications in 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. He has also been working on the development of a new methodology for integrated structure/actuator/control design of high performance computer controlled machinery. He has published over 60 papers in these areas and has been chair/co-chair/organizer for over 10 sessions of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences. Jeff Ge is a member of ASME, IEEE, SIAM and ASEE. 

Research Awards and Grants

• "Computational Kinematic Geometry of NURBS Motions" , National Science Foundation,  $271,105, period 04/01/2005 – 03/31/2008.  PI: Q.J. Ge.
• Best Paper Award, “On the use of quaternions, dual quaternions, and double quaternions for freeform motion synthesis”, 14th National Mechanisms Research Conference, Chongqin, Sichuan, China, July 10-14, 2004.
• Equipment donation, ZeDrive 2000 DC Motor Speed Controller, Parker Hannifin Corportation, valued at $1,400.00, Dec. 21, 2001.
• “Senior Design Projects at SUNY Stony Brook to Aid Children with Disabilities”, National Science Foundation, $75,853, 9/1/2000 – 8/31/2005. PI: Q.J. Ge, Co-PI: F.-P. Chiang, period 9/2001—8/2006.
• CATIA software grant, IBM HEAT Program, 25 licenses for Windows NT platform, valued at 2.5 million dollars by IBM, PI: Q.J. Ge, 2000.
• “Kinematics Driven Geometric Modeling for Virtual Design and Manufacturing”, National Science Foundation, $298,740, with $55,000 matching from SUNY, 8/1/98 – 7/31/2002, PI: Q.J. Ge, Co-PI: A. Varshney. 
• “Integrated Structure/Actuator/Control Design of Trajectory Pattern Tuned Computer Controlled Ultra-High Speed and Accuracy Machinery”, National Science Foundation,  $220,033, with $34,500 matching from SUNY, period 6/1/97-5/31/2000.  PI: Q.J. Ge, Co-PI: J. Rastegar.
• “Faculty in Industry: Development of Low-Harmonic Bezier and Spline Curves For Motion Planning and Design of High-Speed Machinery”, National Science Foundation, $20,000, 5/15/96--1/31/98.
• Research Initiation Award, “Computer Aided Geometric Design and Motion Synthesis”, National Science Foundation, $92,350, period 09/01/92-1/31/96.
• “Development of Windows 95/NT Plug-and Play Drivers for VXI Cards”, $2,852 from North Atlantic Instruments Inc. $5,000 from New York State SPIR Program, 3/15/98 -- 3/14/99.
• “Conceptual Design and Feasibility Study of a Positioning System for Transurgical Inc.”,  $3,953 from Transurgical Inc. and $4,400 from SPIR,  May-August, 1998.
• “Detailed Design and Performance Analysis of High-Speed Actuators and Active Damping Devices”, OmniTek Research & Development, $11,329, 6/1/95-5/31/98.
• “Integrated Manufacturing Education Initiative: Engineering and Management Principles”, SME Education Foundation, $300,000 (software equipment grant), awarded August 1994 (PI: A. Deshmukh,  Co-PIs: Q. J. Ge, P. Huang, and W. Tan).
• ASME Design Engineering Division Award: Applicon Award for the Best Paper in CAD/CAM  and Applications (2nd Prize), Paper title “Fine tuning of rational B-spline motions”, by Srinivasan, L., and Ge, Q. J., 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sacramento, CA.U.S.

PATENTS

• "An Apparatus and Method for Computer Aided Low Harmonic Trajectory Planning for Computer Controlled Machinery”,  Inventors: Q.J. Ge, and J. Rastegar, US Patent No. 5,920,679.
• “A Roadway for Decelerating and/or Accelerating a Vehicle or a Take-off/Landing Aircraft”, Inventors: J. Rastegar, Q.J. Ge, US Patent pending.
• “Orientation Adjustable RF Waveguide Sensor Platforms,” Inventors: J. Rastegar, C. Pereira, Q. J. Ge, US Patent pending.
• “Gun-Fired Sensor Platforms”, Inventors: J. Rastegar, C. Pereira, Q. J. Ge, US Patent pending.

PUBLICATIONS

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Doctoral Dissertations Supervised

• Design and Fine-tuning of One- and Two-Parameter Rational Motions, Anurag Purwar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, August 2005, Sponsor: NSF.
• Motion Based Geometric Modeling, Jun Xia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, November 2001, Sponsor: NSF.
• Multisensory Virtual Design Environments, C.-F. Chang, Department of Applied Mathematics, SUNY at stony Brook. July 2000, Sponsor: NSF.
• Optimal Design and Motion Synthesis of High Speed Robot Manipulators,. M. Mattice, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook. Sponsor:NSF.
• Computer Aided Motion Synthesis for Improved Kinematic and Dynamic Performance of Mechanical Systems, Lakshmi Srinivasan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook,  December, 1997. Sponsor: NSF.
• Motion Synthesis for Computer Aided Geometric Design, Donglai Kang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook,  August, 1997. Sponsor: NSF.

MS Thesis Supervised

• Fine-Tuning of Two-Parameter Rational B-Spline Motions, Xiaoyi Chi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, May 2002.
• Approximation of Rational Cartesian Trajectories Using Low-Harmonic Robot Joint Trajectories, Guolin Cheng, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, May 2000.
• Internet Based Computer Aided Geometric Design of Line-Symmetric Motions, Mr. Shutian Li, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, May 2000.
• Design of a 6-DOF Input Device for Computer Graphics Applications, Mr. Olav Moi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, December 1998.
• Geometric Design of Kinematically Generated Freeform Surfaces, Mr. Michael Sirchia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, May 1998.
• Geometric Construction of Motion Interpolants, Mr. S. R. Valipe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, June 1993. Sponsor: NSF.
• Kinematic Localization From Geometric Features, Mr. R. Shashikanth, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, June 1993.

Other Dissertation/Thesis Advisory Activities

Doctoral Committees Served

Chair, Mr. Dan Yin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, 2002
Chiar, Ms. Lifang Yuan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, 2001
Chair, Mr. Chih-Feng Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, 2000.
Member, Ramendra K. Sahoo, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1998.
Chair, Wooshik Kim, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1997.
Chair, Shengzhong Zhang, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1997.
Chair, Mr. Linghua Liu, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1994.

Master’s Committees Served

Chair, Ms. Lifang Yuan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brookm 1999.
Member, Chi Ngo, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook,  May 1998.
Member, Ragothamen Ranganathan, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, 1997.
Member, Sushil Kodgire, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, 1997.
Chair, Anish Mathew, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1996.
Chair, Meihua Tai, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1996.
Chair, XiaoYan Wu, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1996.
Chair, Ying Qin, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1995.
Member, Weizhong Wang, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1995.
Member, Isaac Esparza, School of Naval Architecture, University of New Orleans, 1993.
Member, Joseph Lo Sciuto, School of Naval Architecture, University of New Orleans, 1993.
Member, Yang Ping Hou, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, 1991.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Chair, Curriculum and Teaching Policy Committee, College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2005
• CEAS Representative and Member, Undergraduate Council of the Senate of State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2005
• Director, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2004-present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY

• Associate Technical Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2003-2006
• Member of Editorial Board, Machine Design and Research, ISSN 1006-2343.
• Proposal Reviewer for US National Research Council and US National Science Foundation.
• Proposal Reviewer for Hong Kong SAR Government Research Grants Council.
• Proposal Reviewer for Singapore Government Research Grants Council.
• Members, Standing Committee on Honors and Awards, ASME Design Engineering Division, 2005-2008.
• Executive Committee Member and Secretary, Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, ASME Design Engineering Division, 2003-2006.
• Elected Member, ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, 2000-2006
• Elected Member, Mechanisms Committee, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, 2002-2008.
• External Examiner for Doctoral and Master theses, National University of Singapore
• Chair of Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Kinematics, ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2004
• General Technical Program Coordinator, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2002
• Technical Program Coordinator, ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2000.
• Paper Review Coordinator,  ASME Design Automation Conference, 1996, 1997, and 1998
• Session Chair, CAD and Co-Chair, CAM, 1999 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Organizer and Chair, Special session on “Kinematics for CAD/CAM”, 1998 ASME Mechanisms Conference.
• Session Vice-Chair, “Spherical Mechanisms”, 1998 ASME Mechanisms Conference.
• Session Chair, “Geometric Modeling”, 1998 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Vice-Chair, “Structural Optimization”, 1998 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Chair, “Geometric Reasoning for Design and Manufacture”, 1998 ASME Design For Manufacturing Conference.
• Session Co-Chair, “Curves and Surfaces”, 1997 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Co-Chair”, Geometric Modeling”, 1997 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Chair, “Robotic Manipulators”, 1996 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Vice-Chair, “Geometric Modeling”, 1996 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Chair, “Workspace and Trajectory Analysis”, 1995 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Chair, “Geometry, Motion Analysis and Visual Reasoning”, 1994 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Session Vice-Chair, “Synthesis of Spatial Mechanisms”, 1994 ASME Mechanisms Conference.
• Session Vice-Chair, “Design and Analysis of Automated Production Systems”, 1993 ASME Design Automation Conference.
• Reviewer for ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Robotic Systems, Computer Aided Design, Mechanism and Machine Theory, IEEE Transaction on Computer Graphics and Visualization, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, International Journal of Composites Engineering, ASME Design Automation Conference (1991-present), ASME Mechanisms Conference (1992-present), Computer Graphics International (1996).
• Panelist, ASME/NSF Research Planning Workshop on “Task Oriented Design of Reduced Complexity Robotic Systems: The Inverse Problem in Robotics.”, 1998 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences.
• Member, Northeast Focus Group on Machine Design Textbooks, invited by McGraw Hill, New York city, 1998.