Prof. Pierre M Larochelle HKSME

Nov. 10, 2022

Dr. Jessica Bian from IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) will give a plenary talk on 2023 8th Asia Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering (ACPEE 2023), Tianjin, China from April 14 to 16, 2023. More information can be found at: https://www.acpee.net/

Nov. 15, 2022

Prof. Zhengtao Ding from The University of Manchester will give Keynote speech on 2023 8th Asia Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering (ACPEE 2023), Tianjin, China from April 14 to 16, 2023. More information can be found at: https://www.acpee.net/

Dec.1 28, 2022

Prof. Jingsong Leng from Harbin Institute of Technology will give Keynote speech on 2023 7th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research and Manufacturing Technologies (AMRMT 2023), Macau, China during Sept. 22-24, 2023! More information can be found at: https://www.amrmt.org/

Prof. Pierre M Larochelle

Biography: Pierre Larochelle serves as Department Head and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Previously he served as an Associate Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the design of complex robotic mechanical systems and enabling creativity and innovation in design. He is the founding director of the RObotics and Computational Kinematics INnovation (ROCKIN) Laboratory, has over 100 publications, holds three US patents, and serves as a consultant on robotics, automation, machine design, creativity & innovation, and computer-aided design. In 2012 at NASA’s request he created a 3-day short course on Creativity & Innovation. This course has been very well received and he has taught it exclusively more than 30 times at NASA’s various centers and laboratories across the nation to more than 600 of NASA scientists and engineers. He currently serves as the Chair of the U.S. Committee on the Theory of Mechanisms & Machine Science and represents the U.S. in the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism & Machine Science (IFToMM) (2016-22). He serves as a founding Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems (2020-23). Moreover, he serves on the Executive Committee of ABET’s Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and as an ABET Accreditation Visit Team Chair. He has served as Chair of the ASME Design Engineering Division (2018-2019), the ASME Mechanisms & Robotics Committee (2010-2014), and as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms & Robotics (2013-19), the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (2005-11), and for Mechanics Based Design of Structures & Machines (2006-13). He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, ASEE, and the Order of the Engineer.