Ask six engineers what a model is and you may get six different answers. In mechatronics, the word model carries a specific meaning, and modeling is perhaps the single most important activity in ...

While the fogginess around mechatronics may not have dissipated entirely, one thing is increasingly clear: as a conceptual schema for design, mechatronics continues to become more visible—and its ...

Buildings comprise more than a third of the total energy used in the US, with a carbon footprint greater than the transportation sector. The application of control and automation to buildings can lead ...