Date
Thu, 14 Oct 2021
Time
12:00 - 13:00
Location
L5
Speaker
Oliver O'Reilly
Organisation
(UC Berkeley)

In this talk, I will discuss a wide range of mechanical systems,
including Hoberman’s sphere, Euler’s disk, a sliding cylinder, the
Dynabee, BB-8, and Littlewood’s hoop, and the research they inspired.
Studies of the dynamics of the cylinder ultimately led to a startup
company while studying Euler’s disk led to sponsored research with a
well-known motorcycle company.


This talk is primarily based on research performed with a number of
former students over the past three decades. including Prithvi Akella,
Antonio Bronars, Christopher Daily-Diamond, Evan Hemingway, Theresa
Honein, Patrick Kessler, Nathaniel Goldberg, Christine Gregg, Alyssa
Novelia, and Peter Varadi over the past three decades.

Further Information

Oliver M. O’Reilly is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at the University of California at Berkeley. 

Research interests:

Dynamics, Vibrations, Continuum Mechanics

Key publications:

To view a list of Professor O’Reilly’s publications, please visit the Dynamics Lab website.

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