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KAM LEANG

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1189-1673 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dynamical systems, control, mechatronics, and robotics.

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    TRAILBLAZER PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL: LEVERAGING EXTREME ENVIRONMENT MECHANICS TO INVESTIGATE DEEP EARTHQUAKE FAULTING MECHANISMS
    1 Oct 2025 - 31 Dec 2028
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR PRECISION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT USING WIRELESSLY POWERED, LONG LIFE BURIED SENSORS
    1 Aug 2024 - 14 Aug 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    OPTIMIZED DISTRIBUTION OF UAV SWARMS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE MISSIONS
    15 Nov 2020 - 31 Aug 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    STTR Phase II: Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Compatible Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensors
    U.S. Airforce1 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2022
    U.S. Airforce
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    STTR Phase I: Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Compatible Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensors
    U.S. Airforce1 Jul 2019 - 30 Apr 2020
    U.S. Airforce
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    EFRI C3 SORO PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL: MAGNETO-ELECTROACTIVE SOFT, CONTINUUM, COMPLIANT, CONFIGURABLE (MESO-C3) ROBOTS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS ACROSS SCALES
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION15 Sep 2018 - 31 Aug 2024
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MICROENGINEERED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER STRAIN SENSORS TOWARDS SOFT SELF-POWERED WEARABLE CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
    15 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Development of Dark Skies Drone for Light Pollution Studies
    Keck Foundation12 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
    Keck Foundation
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    DPS SKI PRODUCTION AUTOMATION
    DPS10 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
    DPS
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    STTR Phase II: Autonomous Broad Spectrum Environmental Sentinels
    U.S. Army8 Jul 2016 - 7 Jul 2018
    U.S. Army
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES FOR INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN SOFT ROBOTICS
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS1 Oct 2015 - 30 Sep 2024
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Clinic project gift
    ECE Clinic Project8 Mar 2015 - 5 Jan 2017
    ECE Clinic Project
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    DOE VIDEO-RATE AFM
    MOLECULAR VISTA INC1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
    MOLECULAR VISTA INC
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    PFI:BIC: Enhanced Situational Awareness Using Unmanned Autonomous Systems for Disaster Remediation
    National Science Foundation8 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2017
    National Science Foundation
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    NSHE-Industry UAS Partnerships
    State of Nevada5 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
    State of Nevada
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Nevada Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center (NAASIC)
    State of Nevada4 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
    State of Nevada
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Nevada Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS) and Advanced Manufacturing (AM) Research Infrastructure
    UNR VPRI Office Acquisition of Instructional and Research Equipment (AIRE) Program3 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2014
    UNR VPRI Office Acquisition of Instructional and Research Equipment (AIRE) Program
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    STTR Phase I: Autonomous Broad Spectrum Environmental Sentinels
    U.S. Army1 Jan 2014 - 31 May 2014
    U.S. Army