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Jorge Angeles has excelled in the theory and practice of kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems. In these areas his contributions span: a) fundamental concepts; b) computational algorithms; and c) design and implementation. His pioneer work on the singularity analysis of parallel robots, for example, broke ground in the understanding of the functioning of this kind of system, a paradigm of which is the familiar flight simulator, a.k.a. the "Stewart platform." Moreover, Angeles' work on the formulation of the mathematical models governing the dynamics of complex mechanical systems of multiple rigid and flexible bodies, using what he calls the natural orthogonal complement, has led to fast algorithms for robotics applications. While developing new concepts and new methods, Professor Angeles has succeeded in applying them to novel robotic manipulators and mechanical transmissions of which he has designed and commissioned various prototypes. Furthermore, Angeles has supervised or co-supervised 21 Ph.D. and 18 M.Eng. theses, besides a number of M.Eng. projects and B.Eng. Honors theses. The author of numerous journal papers and six books in the above research areas, Angeles is Past President of IFToMM, The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, besides being a Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Angeles is the recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, (Germany), a Nanyang Professorship (Singapore) and the ASME Mechanisms Committee Award for outstanding contributions to the field.

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Jorge Angeles has excelled in the theory and practice of kinematics and dynamics. His pioneer work on the singularity analysis of parallel robots broke ground in the understanding of the functioning of these systems. His research has led to fast algorithms for robotics applications.