Andy with sewn hat

Andy Ruina

I have a robotics and biomechanics lab. I teach mechanics and basic math classes. My main study is coordination, mostly legged locomotion. I like classical rigid-object dynamics especially contact (collisions, friction, non-holonomic constraints). I used to work mostly on friction and sliding instability. I have also worked on bicycles, solid mechanics and fracture. I usually prefer simple and ideal models. My degrees are from Engineering at Brown (ScB. 76, ScM. 78, Ph.D. 81).

Mechanical Engineering
(formerly in TAM)

566 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
ruina@cornell.edu
ruina.org
+1 607 327-0013

Andy

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Some things Andy has worked on

Dynamic Walking 2017,  Åland, June 2017.
Animal Coordination seminar:- 1st yr sched.
TAM Seminars: Planning for 02-03 season.
RIBs: Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles:
         helps people fix and earn bicycles.
Face Masks

Office hrs on Zoom 
    Spring 2021:   M3:30 - 5:30; W3:30-4:30; F3:30-5:30
    Where?  Andy's zoom room.  (Password is Andy Ruina)

Courses (most recent at top)

ME 2030  Dynamics (Spring 2021) Lecture Videos (2013)
ME 4730/5730 Piazza Intermediate Dynamics (Fall 2020)
                  Canvas site (w/ lecture videos).
MAE 4710/5710 Applied Dynamics: Robots,
                       machines and biomechanics  (Sp '2020)
ENGRG 1112 Practical computing with Matlab (Fall 2019)
Robotic Bike team (2017-19)
Robotic Sailboat team (2017-19)
Walking House (w/ Architecture) 2017-2018
ADVISING 1050   Freshman advising 2017-2018
ME 6700: Advanced Dynamics (Spring 2016)
ME 5070: Flight Dynamics (Spring 2015)
TAM 7960: Legged locomotion of robots and animals (fall 2014, not).
TAM 2020: Statics and Mechanics of Materials. Lecture Videos.
Engr 1170: Intro to Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Videos.
MATH 2940: Sophomore linear algebra. Lecture Videos.
TAM 570: Introduction to analytical mechanics.
MATH 1910: First semester calculus (Fall 2005)
TAM 663: Intro to Solid Mechanics (Notes from about 1990)
ME 3250: A junior mechanical design analysis.
TAM 674: Applied Multibody Dynamics (Arend Schwab).
MATH 2930: A sophomore math class (mostly ODEs).
Moonbuggy: A student team built a pedaled rough-terrain vehicle (Moonbuggy mirror site). (2002 Moonbuggy Site)

Course Related 

Text Book:  Statics and Dynamics
Matlab tutorials, one each for Cornell Eng. Math courses
(1910, 1920, 2930, 2940).
MATH 293 & 294 problems:
     Hundreds of  problems from MATH 293 and MATH 294.


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