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D-Index
44
Citations
8726
World Ranking
1595
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kenneth J. Waldron is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the health professions, with particular attention to occupational therapy and its related fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Health Professions

Within these fields, Waldron specializes in several subfields of study:

  • Occupational Therapy
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Philosophy

The key topics covered in their work include:

  • Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society

Kenneth J. Waldron has contributed research published in various venues, including:

  • Journal of Occupational Science
  • ASME 1994 Design Technical Conferences collocated with the ASME 1994 International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exhibition and the ASME 1994 8th Annual Database Symposium
  • UNC Libraries

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Displacement Analysis of an Articulated Wheeled Vehicle Configuration on Uneven Terrain," 2021, ASME 1994 Design Technical Conferences collocated with the ASME 1994 International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exhibition and the ASME 1994 8th Annual Database Symposium
  • "Co-creating occupational science research with 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous communities: Developing community-driven research priorities through relationship-building," 2025, Journal of Occupational Science
  • "Co-creating occupational science research with 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous communities: Developing community-driven research priorities through relationship-building," 2025, UNC Libraries

The researcher collaborates frequently with several coauthors:

  • Holly Reid
  • A.L. Waddell
  • Katrina H. Johnson
  • Owen Ballendine
  • Ryan J. Wilson

Kenneth J. Waldron was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Machines That Walk: The Adaptive Suspension Vehicle

    Shin-Min Song;Kenneth J. Waldron

  • Kinematics, dynamics, and design of machinery

    Kenneth J. Waldron

  • The Workspaces of a Mechanical Manipulator

    A. Kumar;K. J. Waldron

  • Direct kinematic solution of a Stewart platform

    P. Nanua;K.J. Waldron;V. Murthy

  • Force distribution in closed kinematic chains

    V.R. Kumar;K.J. Waldron

  • Kinematics of a Hybrid Series-Parallel Manipulation System

    K. J. Waldron;M. Raghavan;B. Roth

  • Configuration Design of the Adaptive Suspension Vehicle

    Kenneth J. Waldron;Vincent J. Vohnout;Arrie Pery;Robert B. McGhee

  • A Study of the Jacobian Matrix of Serial Manipulators

    K. J. Waldron;Shih-Liang Wang;S. J. Bolin

  • Series-parallel dualities in actively coordinated mechanisms

    Kenneth J. Waldron;Kenneth H. Hunt

  • The constraint analysis of mechanisms

    K.J. Waldron

  • An analytical approach for gait study and its applications on wave gaits

    Shin-Min Song;Kenneth J. Waldron

  • The adaptive suspension vehicle

    K. Waldron;R. McGhee

  • Force and motion management in legged locomotion

    K. Waldron

  • Geometric optimization of serial chain manipulator structures for working volume

    R Vijaykumar;K J Waldron;M J Tsai

  • Hybrid overconstrained linkages

    K.J. Waldron

  • System Design of a Quadrupedal Galloping Machine

    J. Gordon Nichol;Surya P.N. Singh;Kenneth J. Waldron;Luther R. Palmer

  • Force Distribution in Walking Vehicles

    V. Kumar;K. J. Waldron

  • Technical description of the adaptive suspension vehicle

    D. Pugh;Eric A. Ribble;Vincent J. Vohnout;Thomas M. Walliser

  • Sub-optimal algorithms for force distribution in multifingered grippers

    V. Kumar;K.J. Waldron

  • Closed-form direct displacement analysis of a 6-6 Stewart platform

    S.V Sreenivasan;K.J Waldron;P Nanua

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert B. McGhee
Robert B. McGhee Naval Postgraduate School
David E. Orin
David E. Orin The Ohio State University
Gamini Dissanayake
Gamini Dissanayake University of Technology Sydney
Rajendra Singh
Rajendra Singh The Ohio State University
Marcus G. Pandy
Marcus G. Pandy University of Melbourne
Ronald C. Arkin
Ronald C. Arkin Georgia Institute of Technology
Charles P. Friedman
Charles P. Friedman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Larry Matthies
Larry Matthies Jet Propulsion Lab
Ngaiming Kwok
Ngaiming Kwok University of New South Wales
Jean-Claude Latombe
Jean-Claude Latombe Stanford University

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