Curriculum Vitae - J. Edward Colgate - Northwestern University

Journal of Robotic Systems, 14(1):37-47, 1997
Real-time Impulse-based Simulation of Rigid Body Systems for Haptic Display
Beeling Chang, J. Edward Colgate, Northwestern University
Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, DSC-Vol. 61, 145-152, 1997
Collaborating with Design Professionals and Industry to Build a Design Course for Freshmen
Penny Hirsch, Barbara Shwom, John Anderson, J. Edward Colgate, Dave Kelso, Steve Jacobson, Charly
Yarnoff and John Lake
International Journal of Engineering Education, 19(1), January 2003.
Robust Impedance Shaping Telemanipulation
J. Edward Colgate
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 9(4):374-384, August 1993
Minimum Mass for Haptic Display Simulations
J. Michael Brown and J. Edward Colgate
Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 1998
Passive Implementation of Multibody Simulations for Haptic Display
J. Michael Brown, J. Edward Colgate, Northwestern University
Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, DSC-Vol. 61, 85-92, 1997
Effects of Non-Uniform Environment Damping on Haptic Perception and Performance of Aimed Movements
Paul A. Millman and J. Edward Colgate
Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, vol. 2 DSC-Vol. 57-2, 703-712, 1995
Other Activities
Curriculum Development: Insitute for Design Engineering and Applications (IDEA)
I am the founding director of IDEA (www.idea.northwestern.edu) which has been chartered with implementing
“design throughout the curriculum” at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.
IDEA builds on an earlier effort of mine, the development of an ambitious freshman program called
“Engineering Design and Communication” (EDC). EDC is now a standard part of the engineering curriculum
at Northwestern and is taken by nearly 400 students annually. EDC introduces students to a customer-oriented
process of engineering design, and it teaches design and technical communication in a highly integrated
fashion. My responsibilities have included teaching, course development, creation of an 8000 square foot
“Engineering Design Studio,” hiring and supervision of five permanent staff members, and fundraising.
Commercialization: Cobotics, Inc. and Chicago PT, LLC
I have a strong interest in product development. In 1997 my colleague Michael Peshkin and I formed a company to
develop commercially viable products in the area of cobotics and related “Intelligent Assist Devices”. I took a
leave during the 99-00 academic year to jump-start this company. Cobotics Inc., now under the ownership of
The Stanley Works, provides Intelligent Assist Devices to the industrial marketplace. In 2003 Prof. Peshkin
and I, along with colleague David Brown, co-founded Chicago PT, which is working to develop assistive
devices for physical therapy.
Board Membership
I am a member of the Board of Directors of Methode Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: METH). Methode designs,
manufactures, and markets component devices and subsystems world-wide for Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) of information processing and networking equipment, voice and data communications
systems, consumer electronics, automobiles, aerospace vehicles and industrial equipment. Products employ
electrical, electronic, and optoelectronic technologies such as sensors, interconnects, and controls