SHAD ROUNDY
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5256-628X (opens in a new tab)
- ProfessorMechanical Engineering
- Adjunct ProfessorElectrical & Computer Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
We design, analyze, build, and characterize small-scale electromechanical devices and systems. These include energy harvesting power sources that convert energy from vibrations and human motion using piezoelectric and electromagnetic transducers, robotic actuators, transducers for wireless power transfer (magnetic and ultrasonic), and micro-sensors. The connecting theme of our work is the intersection of electromechanical system design and dynamics. In short, we design, analyze, build, and characterize small-scale electromechanical systems
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSELF-CHARGING, MEDICAL-GRADE WEARABLE SMART INSOLE TECHNOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME NON-INVASIVE BIO-SENSING, PHYSICAL STATE MONITORING, HEALTH PROTECTION, AND SAFETY MONITORING USING EDGE AND CLOUD COMPUTINGINVIZA HEALTH1 Sep 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR PRECISION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT USING WIRELESSLY POWERED, LONG LIFE BURIED SENSORS15 Aug 2024 - 14 Aug 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTU.S.-IRELAND R&D PARTNERSHIP: HIGHLY EFFICIENT MAGNETOELECTRIC NANO-ANTENNA ARRAYS WITH WIDE OPERATIONAL BANDWIDTH1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTU.S.-IRELAND R&D PARTNERSHIP: HIGHLY EFFICIENT MAGNETOELECTRIC NANO-ANTENNA ARRAYS WITH WIDE OPERATIONAL BANDWIDTH1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOLLABORATIVE: SPACE CHARGE INDUCED FLEXOELECTRIC (SCIF) TRANSDUCERS: A NEW TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF LEADED PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOLLABORATIVE: SPACE CHARGE INDUCED FLEXOELECTRIC (SCIF) TRANSDUCERS: A NEW TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF LEADED PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMAGNETIC COGGING PARALLEL-ELASTIC ACTUATORS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT ROBOTIC LEGS1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTUPTIME - GENERATING DATABATEMAN HORNE CENTER8 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTQuantifying Human Posture with a Motion Sensing Garment (MSG) SystemAnalog Devices (United States)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Merryweather A
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTME/CFS CONTRIBUTORSSOLVE ME/CFS INITIATIVE1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSITS NSF-UKRI: WIRELESS IN-SITU SOIL SENSING NETWORK FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE1 Dec 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPYROELECTROCHEMICAL CELL: ENABLING INTELLIGENT SELF-POWERED SYSTEMS VIA DIRECT CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY TO STORED ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGYNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION15 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDUAL MODE ENERGY HARVESTING: MECHANICAL WRIST-WORN ENERGY HARVESTER AND MAGNETOELECTRIC RECEIVERS FOR DIRECTED MAGNETIC POWER TRANSFER1 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2023
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTIntegration of biocompatible microneedles and micropump for continuous glucose monitoring systemAnalog Devices (United States)1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Kong YL
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCAREER: Powering Micro Scale Biomedical Implants through Controlled Low Frequency Magnetic Fields and Multiferroic TransducersU.S. National Science Foundation1 Aug 2017 - 31 Jul 2022
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTEnergy Harvesting for Wearable DevicesAnalog Devices (United States)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTAcoustic Power and Communication Platform for a Deeply Implanted Intraluminal Glucose SensorU.S. National Science Foundation1 Aug 2014 - 31 Jul 2017People funded by this grant:
- Young D
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTNON-RESONANT ENERGY HARVESTER10 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBRIGE: Adaptive Vibrational Energy Harvesting Systems Through Semi-Passive Control of Nonlinear OscillatorsU.S. National Science Foundation1 Aug 2013 - 31 Jul 2016