Daniel C. Kammer Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Publications Awards & Honors Professional Experience For additional information, see my

Contact Information

539 Engineering Research Building 1500 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1687

Tel: 608/262-5724 Fax: 608/262-6707 E-mail: kammer@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Engineering Physics
• Mechanical Engineering

• Center for Mathematical Sciences
• Engineering Mechanics
• Fusion Technology Institute

Courses

• EMA 202: Dynamics
• EMA 542: Advanced Dynamics
• EMA 545: Mechanical Vibrations
• EMA 642: Satellite Dynamics
• EMA 742: Theory and Applications in Advanced Dynamics
• EMA 745: Advanced Methods in Structural Dynamics

Education

• BS 1976, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• MS 1977, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• PhD 1983, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fields of Interest

• dynamics and vibrations
• stability and control of flexible structures
• system identification and damage detection
• nonlinear systems

Publications

• Kammer, D. C., "Optimal Placement of Triaxial Accelerometers for Modal Vibration Tests," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2004, pp. 29-41.
• Kammer, D. C., Alvin, K. F., and Malkus, D. S., “Combining Metamodels and Rational Function Representations of Discretization Error for Assessment and Propagation of Model Errors, Uncertainty, and Variability,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 191, No. 13-14, pp. 1367-1379, 2002.
• Kammer, D. C., and Alvin, K. F., “Component Metamodel Synthesis for the Construction of Master Response Surfaces,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 191, No. 41-42, pp. 4555-4568, 2002.
• Gray, G. L., Kammer, D. C., Dobson, I., and Miller, A. J., "Heteroclinic Bifurcations in Rigid Bodies Containing Internally Moving Parts and a Viscous Damper," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 66, No. 3, September 1999, pp. 720-728.
• Kammer, D. C., "Optimal Sensor Placement for Modal Identification using System-Realization Methods," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 3, May 1996, 729-731.
• Kammer, D. C., "Input Force Reconstruction using a Time Domain Technique," Journalof Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 120, No. 4, October, 1998, pp. 868-874.
• Kammer, D. C., "Estimation of Structural Response using Remote Sensor Locations," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 20, No. 3, June 1997, pp. 501-508.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Professional Experience

• Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, San Diego, CA
• General Dynamics Convair Division, San Diego, CA