Tristan W Hill Tristan Hill was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 22, 1987. He moved to St. Louis, MO and then to Nashville, TN where he spent the majority of his childhood and adolescence. In 2005, he graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, TN. During his time at TTU, he studied robotics, mechanisms, and embedded systems. Tristan received his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in May 2013. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University, and Tristan is also a researcher in the group. He has been working with Dr. Canfield since 2012 on various mobile robotics and education projects.
Publications
Kumar, P., Hill, T. W., Bryant, D.A. and S. L. Canfield, “Modeling and Design of a Linkage-Based
Suspension for Tracked-Type Climbing Mobile Robotic Systems,” Proc. of the 2011 ASME
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Washington, DC, Aug. 29-31, 2011,
DETC2011-48555
Ghafoor, S., Canfield, S. L., Kelley, M., and T. Hill, “Assessment of Student Attitudes and Its
Impact in a Hands-On Programming Model for the Introductory Programming Course,” Pro-
ceedings of the 2011 ASEE Middle Atlantic Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 29-31, 2011.
Canfield, S., Hill, S., Hill, T., and S. Zuccaro, ”Evaluating the of Digitized, Online, Automated
Homework in a Dynamics of Machinery Course”, Proc. of the 2015 ASME International Design
Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, Aug. 2-5, 2015, DETC2015-47558
Qualls, J.,Canfield, S., Hill, T., and A. Shibakov, ”Kinematic Analysis of a Mobile Robot Per-
forming Manufacturing Tasks on Non-Planar Surfaces”, Proc. of the 2015 ASME International
Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, MA, Aug. 2-5, 2015, DETC2015-47637