厙ぴ勛圖

School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Changki Mo

Professor

Changki Mo
Changki MoAcademic Director; Professor, Mechanical EngineeringTFLO 134A唬喝娶娶勳釵喝梭喝鳥泭博勳喧硃梗
Education
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, the University of Oklahoma, 1996
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering the University of Oklahoma, 1992
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, South Korea, 1983

Joined 厙ぴ勛圖��in 2010 from the��University of Pittsburgh

Academic Interests

Teaching

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Dynamic Systems
  • Mechatronics
  • Mechanical System Design
  • Control Systems
  • Advanced Dynamics of Physical Systems
  • Vibration Control Systems

Research

  • Robotics and Automation
  • Renewable Bio-nanomaterials
  • Vehicular and Structural Vibration Control
  • Smart Materials and Structures
    • Vibration-based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
    • MEMS Actuators and Sensors
    • Adaptive Structures using Shape Memory Polymers
Recent Publications
  • Bhattarai, U., Sapkota, R., Kshetri, S., Mo, C., Whiting, M. D., Zhang, Q., and Karkee, M., ���A Vision-Based Robotic System for Precision Pollination of Apples: Design, Development and Field Evaluation,��� Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 234, 110158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.110158, 2025.
  • Ochoa E. and Mo, C., ���Design and Field Evaluation of an End Effector for Robotic Strawberry Harvesting,��� Actuators, 14 (2), 42, https://doi.org/10.3390/act14020042, 2025.
  • Price, J., Aaberg, E., Mo, C., and Miller, J., ���Tracking Sensor Location by Video Analysis in Double-Shell Tank Inspections,��� Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, 8708, https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158708, 2023.
  • Singh, B., Mahzan, N., Abdul Rashid, N. S., Isa, S., Hafeez, M. A., Saslow, S., Wang, G., Mo, C., and Um, W., ���Efficient Sequestration and Immobilization of 99Tc in Suitable Matrices,��� Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 57, pp. 6776-6798, 2023.
  • Arnoldussen, B., Alhamid, J., Wang, P., Mo, C., Zhang, X., Zhang, Q., and Whiting, M., ���Internal freezing and heat loss of apple (Malus Domestica Borkh.) and sweet cherry (Prunus Avium L.) reproductive buds are decreased with cellulose nanocrystal dispersions,��� Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 949537, doi:3389/fpls.2022.949537, 2022.
  • Alhamid, J. and Mo, C., ���Numerical Analysis of Cellulose Nanocrystals CNC for Reducing Cold Damage to Reproductive Buds in Fruit Crops,��� Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 26, 101123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2021.101123,
  • Breur, P. A., Ortega, G. S., Rowson, P. C., Saldanha, R., Mong, B., Oriunno, M., and Mo, C., ���Measurement of the onset of nucleate boiling in liquid xenon,��� Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 16, T02004, 2021.
  • Mohammed, A., Mo, C., Miller, J., Lowry, D., and Alhamid, J., ���Simulating Ultrasound Piezoelectric Power Transfer in the Near Field and Experimental Validations,��� Current Smart Materials, Vol. 5, No. 2, https://doi.org/10.2174/2405465805666210709152527,
  • Cree, C., Carter, E., Wang, H., Mo, C., and Miller, J., ���Automation in Robotic Inspection of Double-Shell Nuclear-Waste Storage Tanks,��� Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, 7318, 2020.
  • Davidson, J., Bhusal, S., Mo, C., Manoj, K., and Zhang, Q., ���Robotic Manipulation for Specialty Crop harvesting: A Review of Manipulator and End-Effector Technologies,��� Global Journal of Agricultural and Allied Sciences, Vol. 2(1), 2020.
  • Hohimer, C. J., Petrossian, G., Ameli, A., Mo, C. and P繹tschke, P., ���3D Printed Conductive Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Carbon Nanotube Composites for Capacitive and Piezoresistive Sensing in Soft Pneumatic Actuators,��� Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 34, 101281, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.addma.2020.101281, 2020.
  • Karri, N. K. and Mo, C., ���Geometry Optimization for Structural Reliability and Performance of a Thermoelectric Generator,��� SN Applied Sciences Journal, 1: 1097, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1120-1,
  • Hohimer, J. H., Wang, H., Bhusal, S., Miller, J., Mo, C., and Karkee, M., Received a 2020 Superior Paper Award, ���Design and field evaluation of a robot apple harvesting system with 3D printed soft-robotic end-effector,��� Transactions of the ASABE, Vol. 62(2), pp. 405-414, 2019.
  • Han, F., Mo, C., and Hao, H., ���An Adaptive Hybrid Differential Evolution Algorithm for the Parameter Identification of Rotating Machinery,��� Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 24(21), 5087-5096, 2018.
  • Karri, N. K. and Mo, C., ���Structural Reliability Evaluation of Thermoelectric Generator Modules – Influence of End Conditions, Leg Geometry, Metallization, and Processing Temperatures,��� Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 47(10), pp. 6101-6120, 2018.
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