Jan Paul Huissoon

Jan Paul Huissoon is a professor of knowledge currently teaching at Canada's University of Waterloo. Working in the department of Mechanical Engineering Huissoon founded Canada's first Mechatronics Engineering program which opened to students in September, 2003.

• Dynamic Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding. More Info
• Automatic end-of-arm and tool-centre-point calibration More Info
• Autonomous Navigation Using Artificial Neural Networks More Info
• Arc Acoustics in GMA welding More Info
• Walking Wobot Welder More Info
• Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Modeling of Human Locomotion
• Collaborative Driving and Connected Vehicle Technology

1. J.P. Huissoon, "Robotic Laser Welding: Seam Sensor and Laser Focal Frame Registration", Robotica, 20, 2002, pp261–268.
2. J.P. Huissoon, F. Ismail, A. Jafari and S. Bedi, "Automated Polishing of Die Steel Surfaces", J. Advanced Manufacturing, 19, 2002, pp 285–290.
3. C.C. Brown & J.P. Huissoon, "Temporal Gait Control of a Quadruped Robot", J. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 30(4), 2000, pp305–314.
4. A.M. Mansoor & J.P. Huissoon, "Acoustic Identification of the GMAW Process", 9th Intl. Conf. on Computer Technology in Welding, Detroit, Sept. 1999, pp312–323.
5. M.C. Hellinga, J.P. Huissoon & H.W. Kerr, "Identifying Weld Pool Dynamics for GMA Fillet Welds", Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 4(1), 1999, pp15–20.
6. J.P. Huissoon, "Method and Device for Robot Tool Frame Calibration", US Patent 6044308, March 2000, US Patent Office.
7. J.P. Huissoon & D.L. Strauss, "System and Method for Tracking a Feature on an Object using a Redundant Axis", US Patent 5465037, July 1995, US Patent Office.

• Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), 1983

University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

• B.A. (Mathematics), B.A.I. (Engineering Science), 1979

University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.