Biography:Kira Barton
Kira L. Barton is an American mechanical engineer whose research concerns the applications of control theory to the coordination of multi-agent and autonomous robot systems, including in additive manufacturing. Her work has also involved the development of a digital twin framework for smart manufacturing.[1] She is a professor of mechanical engineering, professor of robots, and Miller Faculty Scholar at the University of Michigan.[2]
Education and career
She graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2001 where she majored in mechanical engineering. She continued her studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she received a master's degree in 2006 and completed her Ph.D. in 2010,[2][3] under the supervision of Andrew G. Alleyne.[4]
She joined the University of Michigan as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in 2011.[3]She is currently a professor in the robotics and mechanical department of the University of Michigan[5]. She is the associate director of the automotive research center, which is a center that specializes in the modeling and simulation of civilian and military ground systems[6].
Recognition and Awards
- Barton was a 2015 recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award,[7] and in 2015 became the inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering.[8] She was the 2017 recipient of the biennial Outstanding Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dynamic Systems & Control Division.[9]
- She was named as an ASME Fellow in 2024.[10]
- AY23-24 MMRI UM Faculty Proposal Team Awards, for the project:Generative AI for Materials and 3D Printing Co-Design: Toward a Center for Additive Manufacturing and Material Advancements in Construction (CAMMAC), in collaboration with Dr. Mania Aghaei Meibodi. Presented by the Michigan Materials Research Institute (MMRI), University of Michigan (UM).[11]
References
- ↑ Wolff, Ilene (June 7, 2022), "25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing", Advanced Manufacturing (SME), https://www.advancedmanufacturing.org/industries/aerospace-defense/25-leaders-transforming-manufacturing/article_d9b45102-1a9a-11ef-ad07-6791281ffb02.html, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kira Barton", People (University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering), https://me.engin.umich.edu/people/faculty/kira-barton/, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kira L. Barton", IEEE Xplore (IEEE), April 22, 2025, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37393918000, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ "Alumni", Alleyne Research Group (UIUC Mechanical Science and Engineering), https://arg.mechse.illinois.edu/alumni/, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ "Kira Barton – Mechanical Engineering" (in en-US). https://me.engin.umich.edu/people/faculty/kira-barton/.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37393918000. - ↑ Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award Recipients (1980 to present), SME, March 14, 2025, https://www.sme.org/globalassets/sme.org/about/awards/oyme/past-recipients-oyme.pdf, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ Barton receives 2015 UIUC MechSE Outstanding Young Alumni Award, University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering, March 23, 2015, https://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/news/barton-receives-2015-uiuc-mechse-outstanding-young-alumni-award/, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ "Outstanding Young Investigator Award", Dynamic Systems & Control Division (ASME), https://www.asme.org/get-involved/groups-sections-and-technical-divisions/technical-divisions/technical-divisions-community-pages/dynamic-systems-control-division/outstanding-young-investigator-award, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ All Fellows, ASME, March 2025, https://www.asme.org/getmedia/e5fc20e9-402f-4b8c-8525-086077831936/fellows-all-updated-march-2025_1.pdf, retrieved 2025-06-29
- ↑ "Prof. Kira Barton and Dr. Mania Aghaei Meibodi named AY23–24 MMRI UM Faculty Proposal Team Awardees". Michigan Materials Research Institute, University of Michigan. https://materialsresearch.umich.edu/projects/.
External links
- Barton Research Group
- Kira Barton publications indexed by Google Scholar
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