Ted Chapman

Current website:

• https://www.usna.edu/Users/physics/echapman/

Education:

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2014 – 2018.
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, 2008.

Dissertation:

• Efficiency and Function: Design and Analysis of Smart Actuators and Systems using Fluidic Artificial Muscles

Publications:

1. Chapman, E., MacLeod, M., and Bryant, M., “Electrohydraulic modeling of a fluidic artificial muscle actuation system for robot locomotion,” in Proc. ASME SMASIS 2015, Colorado Springs, CO, Sept. 21-23, 2015.
2. Chapman, E. M., Jenkins, T. E., and Bryant, M., “Parametric Study of a Fluidic Artificial Muscle Actuated Electrohydraulic System,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 28-30, Stowe, VT, 2016.
3. Chapman, E. M., and Bryant, M., “Bio-inspired Passive Variable Recruitment of Fluidic Artificial Muscles,” Proc. SPIE 10593, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VIII, 105930Y, March 27, Denver, CO, 2018.
4. Chapman, E. M., Jenkins, T. E., and Bryant, M., “Modeling and Analysis of a Meso-Hydraulic Climbing Robot with Artificial Muscle Actuation,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2017.
5. Chapman, E., and Bryant, M., “Bioinspired passive variable recruitment of fluidic artificial muscles”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2018.
6. Chapman, E., Jenkins, T., and Bryant, M. “Design and Analysis of Electrohydraulic Pressure Systems for Variable Recruitment in Fluidic Artificial Muscles,” Smart Mater. Struct., Vol. 27, No. 10, 2018.

Acknowledgement:

• iSSRL Lab – For providing equipment, infrastructure and supporting the project.
• Lord Corporation – For providing Lord Doctoral Fellowship