Charles Kim

Educational Background

• B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1999
• M.S.E., University of Michigan, 2002
• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005

Research Interests

• Compliant mechanisms
• Mechanical Design of Medical Devices
• Sustainable Development
• Soft Robotics

Courses

• Mechanical Design
• Senior Capstone Design

Selected Publications

Krishnan, G., Bishop-Moser, J., Kim, C., Kota, S., "Kinematics of a Generalized Class of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles", J. Mechanisms Robotics. 2015; 7(4):041014-041014-9. doi: 10.1115/1.4029705

Hopkins, J., Rivera, J., Kim, C., Krishnan, G., "Synthesis and Analysis of Soft Parallel Robots Comprised of Active Constraints", J. Mechanisms Robotics, 2015; 7(1):011002-011002-13. doi: 10.1115/1.4029324

Krishnan, G., Kim, C., Kota, S., "A Kinetostatic Formulation for Load-Flow Visualization in Compliant Mechanisms", J. Mechanisms Robotics, Volume 5, 021007 (2013) (9 pages). doi: 10.1115/1.4023872

Krishnan, G., Kim, C., Kota, S., "A Metric to Evaluate and Synthesize Distributed Compliant Mechanisms", J. Mech. Des., January 2013,135, Issue 1, 011004. DOI: 10.1115/1.4007926

Kim, C., Ebenstein, D., "Curve Decomposition Analysis for Fixed-Guided Beams with Application to Statically Balanced Compliant Mechanisms," J. Mechanisms Robotics, November 2012, 4, Issue 4, 041009 (9 pages). DOI: 10.1115/1.4007488.