Petras Swissler
Petras Swissler
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engr
326 Mechanical Engineering Center (ME)
About Me
Petras Swissler received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, USA in 2012 and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, in 2022.He is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA.
Education
Ph.D.; Northwestern University; Mechanical Engineering; 2022
M.S.; Northwestern University; Mechanical Engineering; 2018
B.S.; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mechanical Engineering; 2012
M.S.; Northwestern University; Mechanical Engineering; 2018
B.S.; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mechanical Engineering; 2012
Experience
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Mechanical Engineer, June 2012 - August 2016
2024 Spring Courses
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
Teaching Interests
Mechatronics, Robotics, Design
Past Courses
ME 625: INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS
ME 791: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM
ME 791: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM
Research Interests
Collective robot behaviors, self-assembling systems, robot mechanism design
Journal Article
Swissler, Petras, & Rubenstein, Michael (2023). FireAntV3: A modular self-reconfigurable robot towards free-form self-assembly using attach-anywhere continuous docks. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters , 8(8), 4911-4918.