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Jean-Paul Pinaud

Ph.D. Candidate, C.Phil.
Citizenship: U.S.A.

Structural Systems and Control Laboratory
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
Phone: (858) 534-6146 
FAX: (858) 822-3107 
E-Mail: jpinaud@mae.ucsd.edu

Office: EBU I 2114

Curriculum Vitae: PDF file

Advisor | Research Interests | Education | Academic Experience | Publications | Professional Experience | Other Interests

Advisor

• Robert E. Skelton

Research Interests

• Linear Control
• Sensor and Actuator Selection
• Deployment of Flexible Structures
• Systems Design
• Tendon Actuated Control of Tensegrity Structures

Education

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USA 

• C.Phil., Aerospace Engineering, 2003.
  • Advisor: Robert E. Skelton
• M.S., Aeropace Engineering, 2002.
• B.S., Physics with Specialization in Biophysics, 1998.
• B.S., Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, 1998.

Awards

• San Diego Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001-2003

Academic Experience

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USA

• Research Assistant/Graduate Student, Structural Systems and Control Lab  1998 - present

  • Includes current Ph.D. research, Ph.D. and Masters level coursework and research.

• Teaching Assistant, Mathematics Department  1999 - June 2000

  • Duties at various times have included office hours, review sessions, weekly sections, grading exams. Multivariable Calculus.

• Teaching Assistant, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department,  Fall 2003

  • Duties at various times have included office hours, weekly sections, grading.  Linear Circuits

Publications

• Skelton, R.E., Pinaud, J.P., Mingori, D.L., Dynamics of the shell class of tensegrity structures. Journal of the Franklin Institute., 338/2-3:255-320, 2001.

• Skelton, R.E., Helton, J.W., Adhikari, R., Pinaud, J.P., Chan, W., An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tensegrity Structures. The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modeling, Measurement, and Control, CRC Press, 2001.

• Skelton, R.E., Helton, J.W., Adhikari, R., Pinaud, J.P., Chan, W., Dynamics of the shell class of tensegrity structures.The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modeling, Measurement, and Control, CRC Press, 2001.

Conference Papers

• Pinaud, J.P., Solari, S., Skelton, R.E. Deployment of a Class 2 Tensegrity Boom.  SPIE’s 11th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 2004.

• Pinaud, J.P., Masic, M., Skelton, R.E. Path planning for the deployment of tensegrity structures.  SPIE’s 10th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 2003.

• Skelton, R.E., Helton, J.W., Adhikari, R., Pinaud, J.P., Chan, W., An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tensegrity Structures. Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, Florida, December 2001.

Professional Experience

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California USA

• Molecular Neurobiology Lab, Laboratory Assistant/Intern 1995-1997

  • Duties included sectioning techniques of brain tissue, microscopy and imaging, animal surgical techniques, and various molecular biology techniques.

Other Interests

• Ice Hockey
• Tennis
• Golf
• Foosball Champion of the World
• Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar.
• PHOTOS