Bio
I'm Justin Madsen, and I am a graduate student working in Mechanical Engineering.
I began working with Professor Negrut in December 2006. In Spring 2007 I worked
on an
independent study project which examined tracked vehicle simulation. A
follow-up project was undertaken in Summer 2007 with an internship student from
Lebanon, Noubar Pechdimaljian. Together we examined the
time complexity of different collision detection and determination algorithms in
rigid body dynamics. In Fall 2007, I began working with Toby Heyn and Gene
Shiau on a project to determine the feasibility of implementing multibody
dynamics software on high performance commodity graphics cards.
I received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering at UW - Madison in
December 2007 and decided to continue my research as a graduate student under
Professor Negrut. During Spring 2008 I have been working
on implementing tracked vehicle simulation using the
multibody dynamics SDK
Chrono::Engine, which uses a continuous collision detection formulation in
conjunction with a fixed-point iterative process to solve contacts with near
linear time and memory complexity. I am also working with Yakira Braden and
Prof. Negrut on the ProCSI project
which will debut in July 2008.
Research Projects
- High Fidelity Modeling and Simulation of Tracked Elements for Off-Road Applications Using MSC/ADAMS
-
Penalty Versus Complementary-Based Frictional Contact of Rigid Spheres: a
CPU Time Comparison
Contact Information
Justin Madsen
2046 Mechanical Engineering
1513 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
Email: jcmadsen@wisc.edu