Prof. Christopher D. Rahn Profile

Prof. Christopher D. Rahn

at Pennsylvania State Univ

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 16 March 2018 Paper

Modeling and design of electromagnetic and piezoelectric chest strain energy harvesters including soft tissue effects

Tahzib Safwat, Zoubeida Ounaies, Christopher Rahn

Proceedings Volume 10595, 105951W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296672

KEYWORDS: Ferroelectric polymers, Chest, Tissues, Electromagnetism, Energy harvesting, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 10 April 2013 Paper

Vibration damping of a cantilever beam utilizing fluidic flexible matrix composites

Bin Zhu, Christopher Rahn, Charles Bakis

Proceedings Volume 8688, 86880T (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014763

KEYWORDS: Cadmium, Composites, Protactinium, Solids, Wind energy, Structured optical fibers, Fourier transforms, Buildings, Aluminum, 3D modeling

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Proceedings Article | 29 March 2011 Paper

PVDF core-free actuator for Braille displays: design, fabrication process, and testing

Thomas Levard, Paul Diglio, Sheng-Guo Lu, Lee Gorny, Christopher Rahn, Q. Zhang

Proceedings Volume 7976, 797611 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880561

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Electrodes, Ferroelectric polymers, Capacitance, Polymers, Adhesives, Electroactive polymers, Metals, Annealing, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2008 Paper

A variable transverse stiffness sandwich structure using fluidic flexible matrix composites (F2MC)

Suyi Li, Amir Lotfi, Ying Shan, K.W. Wang, Christopher Rahn, Charles Bakis

Proceedings Volume 6928, 69280M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.768417

KEYWORDS: Composites, Analytical research, Aluminum, Silicon, Prototyping, Structured optical fibers, Interfaces, Differential equations, Mathematical modeling, Calculus

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2007 Paper

Fluidic flexible matrix composites for autonomous structural tailoring

Ying Shan, Amir Lotfi, Michael Philen, Suyi Li, Charles Bakis, Christopher Rahn, K. W. Wang

Proceedings Volume 6525, 652517 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.715080

KEYWORDS: Composites, Silicon, Carbon, Silicon carbide, Data modeling, Skin, Fluorine, Ferroelectric polymers, Complex systems, Shape memory alloys

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Proceedings Article | 9 May 2006 Paper

Design and experimental testing of the OctArm soft robot manipulator

Michael Grissom, Vilas Chitrakaran, Dustin Dienno, Matthew Csencits, Michael Pritts, Bryan Jones, William McMahan, Darren Dawson, Chris Rahn, Ian Walker

Proceedings Volume 6230, 62301F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665321

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Control systems, Optical spheres, Remote sensing, Sensors, Biology, Prototyping, Polyurethane, Algorithm development, Computer programming

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Proceedings Article | 27 May 2005 Paper

Continuum robot arms inspired by cephalopods

Ian Walker, Darren Dawson, Tamar Flash, Frank Grasso, Roger Hanlon, Binyamin Hochner, William Kier, Christopher Pagano, Christopher Rahn, Qiming Zhang

Proceedings Volume 5804, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606201

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Kinematics, Control systems, Systems modeling, Connective tissue, Electroactive polymers, Tissues, Motion controllers, 3D modeling, Robotics

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