Bill Messner
Professor – MechE, ECE
| Contact Information | |
|---|---|
| Department | Mechanical Engineering |
| Office | 307 Scaife Hall |
| Telephone | (412)-268-2510 |
| Fax | (412)-268-3348 |
| bmessner@andrew.cmu.edu | |
| Website | http://www.me.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=messner |
| Assistant | Michael Scampone |
Research Interests
Control Theory
Professor Messner's research emphasis is on system identification and controller design for time-varying, nonlinear, highly distributed or multi-input/multi-output systems. Professor Messner has worked on the development of repetitive and learning control algorithms, adaptive control and multi-input controller design.
Data Storage Systems
Professor Messner's interest is in increasing the storage capacity of data storage systems through improving servo system performance through work on sensors, actuators, system dynamics and algorithms. Example projects are improving position error signal generation on disk drives and tape drives, using active vibration control in disk drive actuators, compensating for nonlinear friction dynamics in disk drive actuator ball bearings, control for dual-stage actuator systems, and multi-input/ multi-output control for high-speed and low-tension tape transport.
Biology
Professor Messner is developing controlled microfluidic devices for spatiotemporal investigation of the dynamics of biological cells.
Other Interests
Professor Messner is also interested in aspects of the fabrication and control of microelectromechanical systems devices, control of autonomous land and air vehicles, and robotic manipulation.
In the News
- Bain To Discuss Perpendicular Recording Alternatives at MMM 2010
- Different Color Hair Day to Benefit Tsunami Relief
- Messner, Zhu, & Student Issued Patent for DSSC Research
- Different Color Hair Day 2004
- Messner Elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 4th Annual Different Color Hair Day to Benefit Children's Hospital
- Messner Receives Ahrens Development Professorship
Keywords
Controls for data storage systems, robots, biology
Education
PhD, 1992
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
MS, 1989
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
BS, 1985
Mathematics
MIT