Mr. Randall F. Lind is a senior development staff engineer in the Engineering Science and Technology Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He earned a B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Illinois (1976) and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee (1992). He began his career with Union Carbide Corporation where he developed automation systems for large chemical processing plants in the U.S., Puerto Rico and France. He came to ORNL’s Instrumentation and Controls Division in 1987 where he initially developed automatic controls and instrumentation for uranium metal casting and later led the development of an environmentally sealed robotic batch processor for uranium oxide reduction. Mr. Lind has developed and designed a number of special purpose robotic and mechanical systems. Recently he has focussed on human amplifiers and extenders including the USAF Next Generation Munitions Handler omnidirectional vehicle prototype. This high payload servo-hydraulic system is based on the novel ORNL patented "Holonomic Omnidirectional Platform" and was used to demonstrate advanced human-amplification for loading heavy weight munitions on fighter aircraft. Mr. Lind’s interests include sensors, controls, mechanism, materials, servo-hydraulics, 3D modeling and simulation.

Publications

Pin, F. G., L. J. Love, J. F. Jansen, R. F. Lind, P. D. Lloyd, and J. C. Rowe, "A Novel Ship Motion Simulation Platform (SMSP) and Ship Motion Compensation for Force-Controlled Systems (SMCFCS)," Proceedings of ShipTech 2007, Biloxi, Miss., January 30–31, 2007.

Pin, F. G., J. F. Jansen, R. F. Lind, P. D. Lloyd, L. J. Love, J. C. Rowe, and C. L. Fitzgerald, Jr., "Compact Agile Material Mover (CAMM) for Shipboard Transport of Large Payloads," Proceedings of ShipTech 2007, Biloxi, Miss., January 30–31, 2007.

Richardson, B. S., J. F. Birdwell, Jr., F. G. Pin, J. F. Jansen, and R. F. Lind, "Sodium Borohydride Based Power System," Journal of Power Sources 145(1), 21–29 (2005).

Jansen, J. F., R. F. Lind, L. J. Love, and J. B. Chesser, "Modeling and Testing of a Novel Piezoelectric Pump," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004), New Orleans, La., April 26–May 1, 2004, Vol. 5, pp. 5238–5243.

Jansen, J. F., J. F. Birdwell, A. C. Boynton, H. P. Crowell, III, W. K. Durfee, J. D. Gongola, S. M. Killough, D. J. Leo, R. F. Lind, L. J. Love, M. Mungiole, F. G. Pin, B. S. Richardson, J. C. Rowe, O. A. Velev, and T. Zambrano, Phase I Report: DARPA Exoskeleton Program, ed. B. S. Richardson, ORNL/TM-2003/216, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., January 2004.

Jansen, J. F., R. F. Lind, J. B. Chesser, and L. J. Love, "Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Testing of a Novel Piezoelectric Pump," ORNL/TM-2003/188, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., October 2003.

Pin, F. G., J. F. Jansen, R. F. Lind, J. C. Rowe, J. V. Draper, D. L. Conner, and T. L. Ray, Next Generation Munitions Handler – Advanced Telerobotics Technologies Demonstrator (NGMH-ATTD): Demonstration and Evaluation Report, ORNL/TM-13736, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 1999.

Jansen, J. F., B. S. Richardson, F. G. Pin, R. F. Lind, and J. F. Birdwell, Exoskeleton for Soldier Enhancement Systems Feasibility Study, ORNL/TM-2000/256, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 2000.

Lewis, B. E, P. D. Lloyd, S. M. Killough, R. F. Lind, D. E. Rice, M. A. Johnson, and O. D. Mullen, Basis for Selection of a Residual Waste Retrieval System for Gunite and Associated Tank W-9 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/TM-2000/251, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 2000.

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