John J. Uicker, Jr. Professor Emeritus Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Summary

Contact Information

2067 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/262-0225 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: uicker@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Mechanical Engineering

Courses

• ME 990: Dissertator Research and Thesis

Education

• BSME, 1961, University of Detroit
• MS, 1963, Northwestern University
• PhD, 1965, Northwestern University

Fields of Interest

• kinematics
• mechanical system-dynamics
• computer graphics
• solid modeling
• simulation of solidification in metal castings
• simulation of multi-body dynamic systems

Summary

Professor Uicker co-authored (with Prof. J.E. Shigley, University of Michigan) a leading international textbook, Theory of Machines and Mechanisms.

His research program has developed an extensive computer software system called the Integrated Mechanisms Program (IMP) for the kinematic, static, and dynamic simulation of rigid body mechanical systems such as robots and automotive suspensions. The IMP program is currently used by more than 200 companies and universities.

Cooperating with faculty from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, he and his students have developed geometric modeling and computer-aided design techniques useful to the foundry industry for the simulation of solidification in metal castings and for improved design for more predictable and cost-effective manufacture.

He has also developed solid geometric modeling software and techniques for the computer determination of possible collisions between arbitrarily shaped 3-D moving objects.

Uicker is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has been awarded the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Award for his many years of service on the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee; he has also served on the Computational Geometry Committee and the Design Automation Committee. In addition He also serves as Editor Emeritus of the IFToMM international journal Mechanism and Machine Theory.

Uicker has been awarded a Senior Fulbright Lectureship as a visiting professor in Cranfield, England. He has also been awarded twice for significant research contributions, twice for historically outstanding papers, and three times for outstanding teaching.

Uicker is a registered professional engineer in Wisconsin.

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