GEORG F. MAUER

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

 

Highlights:

Ph.D. Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, West Germany June 1977

Assistant Professor U of Washington, Seattle 1982 - 1985

Professor at UNLV since 1986

Areas of Teaching and Research: Dynamic Systems, Measurements, Automatic Control and Robotics.

Grants: 24 grant awards since joining UNLV in 1986, totaling approx. $2.2M

Click here for a detailed resume.

 

Teaching

ME 100 Introduction to Engineering Design  Go to the ME 100 web page        This popular course comprises a Robotics Laboratory where students working in small teams design and build small autonomous robots. A robot competition is held at the end of each semester.

ME 421 Automatic Control  This course covers the fundamentals of classical control theory. Click here for a link to the ME 421 course web page.

HON 400A History of Technology.  This course is offered intermittently as part of the UNLV Honors curriculum Here is a hyperlink providing  HON 400A Course Information 

ME 242 Engineering Dynamics Here is a hyperlink providing    ME 242 Course Information  

ME 421 Automatic Control  This course covers state-variable and discrete control theory. Here is a hyperlink providing  MEG 746  Course Information  

 

 

Research Projects

Robot for Radionuclide Contamination Survey and Mapping. Funded by the DOE.

Robotic Methods for Transmuter Fuel Fabrication. Funded by the DOE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior-Friendly Home Support and Communication Systems. Funded by  the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and INTEL Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-Axis Shaker Systems. Funded by DoD.