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                    CYRUS RAOUFI, Ph.D., P.E.

                    Assistant Professor

                     Department of Applied Technology
                     Humboldt State University
                     1 Harpst Street
                     Arcata, CA 95521-8299
                     Phone: (707) 826-3239
                     Fax:     (707) 826-4270
                     Email:  raoufi@humboldt.edu

 

 

EDUCATION   

Ph.D. (University of Toronto). M.Sc.(Queen’s University). B.Sc.(Isfahan University of Technology)   
     
RESEARCH INTERESTS   

Mechatronics. Robotics. Engineering/Product Design Methodologies. Biomedical Engineering. CAD/CAE. Manufacturing Processes and Systems.

 

WHAT'S NEW?

May 2008

- Dr. Raoufi successfully conducted a key training session "Lean Manufacturing: Value Stream Mapping" to help local manufactures with lean techniques to improve their capacity and productivity at Humboldt State University on May 2nd.

- Publication- Journal Paper-

 Raoufi, C., Goldenberg, A., and Kucharczyk W., " Design and Control of a Novel Hydraulically/Pneumatically Actuated Robotic System for MRI-Guided Neurosurgery ", Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBISE), 1, pp 61-74, 2008

- Publication- Conference Paper-

 Raoufi, C., Goldenberg, A., and Kucharczyk W., “ A New Hydraulically/Pneumatically Actuated MR-Compatible Robot for MRI-Guided  Neurosurgery”, Proceeding of International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering ICBBE, Shanghai, May. 2008

 

April 2008

 - Publication- Conference Paper-

 Raoufi, C., Goldenberg, A., and Kucharczyk W., “ Design and Development of a Control System for a New Hydraulically/Pneumatically Actuated Tele-robot  for MRI-Guided  Interventions”, Proceeding of The 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications ESA'08, Las Vegas, July 2008,Accepted for publication.

 

- Computer Aided Design course projects have been posted on CAD Lab website. Thank you all for wonderful jobs!!

 

  

CAD course project by Jed D. Tollner (Spring 2008)

March 2008

 - Publication- Journal Paper-

 Goldenberg A., Trachenberg J., Kucharczyk W., Yang Y., Leo M., Robert W., Masoom H., and Raoufi C., "Development of a MR-Compatible Robotic System for MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions", IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Accepted for Publication March 2008 .

 

February 2008

- Dr. Raoufi and Dr. Russell successfully conducted a workshop and training session "Lean and Green Manufacturing" to help local manufactures with lean and green techniques to improve their capacity and productivity at Arcata, CA.

- Dr. Raoufi attended the conference "American Society for Quality 2008 Lean Six Sigma Conference", Phoenix, Arizona,

 

September 2007- January 2008

- Publication- Conference Papers-

Raoufi, C., Ben-Tzvi, P., Goldenberg, A., and Kucharczyk W., “ A MR-Compatible Tele-Robotic System for MRI-Guided Intervention: System Overview and Mechanical Design”, Proceeding of 2007 IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Diego, 2007.

Ben-Tzvi, P., Raoufi, C., Goldenberg, A., and Zu, J., “ Virtual Prototype Development and Simulations of a Tracked Hybrid Mobile Robot”, Proceeding of MSC Software 2007 Americas Virtual Product Development Conference, Detroit, 2007.

Raoufi, C., Goldenberg, A., and Kucharczyk W., “ Control Paradigm and Design for a Novel MR-Compatible Tele-Robotic System for MRI-Guided Neurosurgery”, Proceeding of 2007 IEEE Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Harbin , 2007.

- Mechatronics and Design Lab (MDL): New Hardware and Software

The following items have been purchased and installed at MDL:

- Dr. Raoufi attended the conference "National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference", Portland, Oregon.

- Grant

Department of Applied Technology and the Office for Economics and Community Development at HSU awareded a grant from USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant Award. The The grant has an unmatched award amount of $64,000 and a total budget amount of $143,000. This grant funds the training and development of lean manufacturing and green process improvements for small industry in the rural North Coast of California. The grant will be completed by the end of the summer of 2008. Dr. Raoufi and Dr. Russell will lead the project.

 

 

 

 

 

Phone: (707) 826-3239 :: Department of Applied Technology :: Humboldt State University