Associated International Professional Societies:
American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (IMechE)
International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN, ASPE, ASPEN)
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
Several popular SCI indexed Journals in Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics are recommended as follows:
Journal of Mechanical Design (ASME Transactions)
Journal of Mechanism and Robotics (ASME Transactions)
Mechanism and Machine Theory (Official Research Journal of IFToMM)
Robotica (An Official Journal of the International Federation of Robotics)
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (IEEE Transactions)
The International Journal of Robotics Research (First Scholarly Publication on Robotics Research)
Proceedings of the IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (IMechE Proceedings)
Mechanical Sciences (Open-Access Scientific Journal of IFToMM)
Precision Engineering (Journal of the International Societies for Precision Eng. and Nanotechnology)
Meccanica (An International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics )
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (IEEE/ASME Journal)
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (IOP Science journal)
Transactions of Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering
Review of Scientific Instruments
In summary, the journals in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and/or Mechanics can be suitable for publications.
Several leading Research Groups in Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics are listed as follows:
1. Compliant Mechanisms Research Group,Brigham Young University, Led by Prof. L.L. Howell
3. Precision Systems Design Laboratory, University of Michigan, Led by Prof. Shorya Awtar
4. Parallel Mechanism Research Group, Heriot-Watt University, Led by Dr. Xianwen Kong
5. Robotics Laboratory, Laval University, Led by Prof. Clément M. Gosselin
6. Center for Robotics Research/Centre for Advanced Mechanisms and Robotics, King's College London/Tianjin University, Led by Prof. Jiansheng Dai
7. Flexible Research Group lead by Prof. J. Hopkins at UCLA
Introduction about UCC and Ireland can be found in:
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Representative famous Irish Scientists and Nobel Laureates:
1. 1660s: Modern Chemistry founded by Robert Boyle, and Boyle's law discovered by Robert Boyle
2. 1843: Quaternion first described by Sir William Rowan Hamilton
3. 1848: Kelvin scale created by William Thomson
4. 1874: Electron introduced as a concept by George Johnstone Stoney
5. 1930s: The first disintegration of an atomic nucleus by artificially accelerated protons (splitting the atom) discovered by Ernest Walton (Nobel Laureate) et al
6. 1923: Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature: William Butler Yeats (Nobel Laureate)