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Overview

Spencer P. Magleby is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States and has an extensive background in engineering research. Their work spans multiple subfields within engineering, with a particular focus on mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, control and systems engineering, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The main research topics covered by Magleby include:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Piezoelectric Actuators and Control
  • Antenna Design and Analysis

Magleby has published frequently in the following venues, reflecting a focus on mechanical design and robotic mechanisms:

  • Journal of Mechanical Design
  • Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
  • Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • ASME Open Journal of Engineering
  • IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Recent papers authored by Magleby's collaborators and associated with their research area include:

  • "Origami Antennas," 2021, IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
  • "Self-Deployable, Self-Stiffening, and Retractable Origami-Based Arrays for Spacecraft," 2020, AIAA Journal
  • "A Foldable and Reconfigurable Monolithic Reflectarray for Space Applications," 2020, IEEE Access
  • "Rigidly Foldable Thick Origami Using Designed-Offset Linkages," 2020, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
  • "A Foldable Reflectarray on a Hexagonal Twist Origami Structure," 2021, IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Throughout their career, Magleby has collaborated with various researchers, highlighting a network of contributors in related fields. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Larry L. Howell
  • Collin Ynchausti
  • Stavros V. Georgakopoulos
  • Abdul-Sattar Kaddour
  • Nathan Brown

Magleby's work contributes to the deeper understanding of mechanical systems, robotics, and advanced material applications, with interdisciplinary relevance across aerospace and civil engineering contexts.

Best Publications

  • A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project‐Oriented Capstone Courses

    Alan J. Dutson;Robert H. Todd;Spencer P. Magleby;Carl D. Sorensen

  • Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays

    Shannon A. Zirbel;Robert J. Lang;Mark W. Thomson;Deborah A. Sigel

  • A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America

    Robert H. Todd;Spencer P. Magleby;Carl D. Sorensen;Bret R. Swan

  • Handbook of compliant mechanisms

    Larry L. Howell;Spencer P. Magleby;Brian Mark Olsen

  • Waterbomb base: a symmetric single-vertex bistable origami mechanism

    Brandon H Hanna;Jason M Lund;Robert J Lang;Spencer P Magleby

  • Generalized 3-D tolerance analysis of mechanical assemblies with small kinematic adjustments

    Jinsong Gao;Kenneth W. Chase;Spencer P. Magleby

  • Designing a Senior Capstone Course to Satisfy Industrial Customers

    Robert H. Todd;Carl D. Sorensen;Spencer P. Magleby

  • Including Geometric Feature Variations in Tolerance Analysis of Mechanical Assemblies

    Kenneth W. Chase;Jinsong Gao;Spencer P. Magleby;Carl D. Sorensen

  • A Review of Thickness-Accommodation Techniques in Origami-Inspired Engineering

    Robert J. Lang;Kyler A. Tolman;Erica B. Crampton;Spencer P. Magleby

  • An Approach to Designing Origami-Adapted Aerospace Mechanisms

    Jessica Morgan;Spencer P. Magleby;Larry L. Howell

  • Lamina Emergent Torsional (LET) Joint

    Joseph O. Jacobsen;Guimin Chen;Larry L. Howell;Spencer P. Magleby

  • Rigidly foldable origami gadgets and tessellations.

    Thomas A. Evans;Robert J. Lang;Spencer P. Magleby;Larry L. Howell

  • Lamina Emergent Mechanisms and Their Basic Elements

    Joseph O. Jacobsen;Brian G. Winder;Larry L. Howell;Spencer P. Magleby

  • Dynamic modeling of compliant constant-force compression mechanisms

    Cameron Boyle;Larry L. Howell;Spencer P. Magleby;Mark S. Evans

  • Identifying links between origami and compliant mechanisms

    H. C. Greenberg;M. L. Gong;S. P. Magleby;L. L. Howell

  • Ortho-planar linear-motion springs

    John J. Parise;Larry L. Howell;Spencer P. Magleby

  • A Classification of Action Origami as Systems of Spherical Mechanisms

    Landen A. Bowen;Clayton L. Grames;Spencer P. Magleby;Larry L. Howell

  • Oriceps: Origami-Inspired Forceps

    Bryce J. Edmondson;Landen A. Bowen;Clayton L. Grames;Spencer P. Magleby

  • Evaluating Compliant Hinge Geometries for Origami-Inspired Mechanisms

    Isaac L. Delimont;Spencer P. Magleby;Larry L. Howell

  • Comparison of Assembly Tolerance Analysis by the Direct Linearization and Modified Monte Carlo Simulation Methods

    Jinsong Gao;Kenneth W. Chase;Spencer P. Magleby

  • Compliant Joint Design Principles for High Compressive Load Situations

    Alexandre E. Guérinot;Spencer P. Magleby;Larry L. Howell;Robert H. Todd

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry L. Howell
Larry L. Howell Brigham Young University
Mary Frecker
Mary Frecker Pennsylvania State University
Timothy W. Simpson
Timothy W. Simpson Pennsylvania State University
Giovanni Berselli
Giovanni Berselli University of Genoa

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