Dr. J. Josiah Steckenrider, PhD Assistant Professor Dynamics Thread Leader Civil and Mechanical Engineering Center for Applied Engineering john.steckenrider [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Dr. Josiah Steckenrider received his BS in engineering physics from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana before completing his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. In 2018, he spent a semester teaching in the Physics and Engineering Department at Taylor University. After a short postdoc at the University of Virginia following his PhD, he joined the faculty in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME) at West Point in 2020. Since 2023, Dr. Steckenrider has been the Dynamics and Mechatronics Thread Leader in the Mechanical Engineering division of CME. He also serves as an Associate Director for Dynamics and Robotics in the Center for Innovation and Engineering (CIE). He has a diverse research background, including applied optics, biomechanics, and computer vision/image processing, but his core expertise lies at the intersection of dynamics, robotics, controls, estimation, and information fusion. PhD- Virginia Tech MS- Virginia Tech BS- Taylor University Research Interests Dynamics, Biomechanics, Robotics, Controls, Estimation, Information fusion Current Research Flight path optimization for aerial search, Autonomous aerial detection and mapping of landmines, Co-localization for heterogeneous human/robot teams, Posture-controlled video game for evaluating human balance and agility, Human biomechanics measurement and estimation via wearable sensors Selected Publications Journals:W. Zhang, J. J. Steckenrider, and T. Furukawa, “Motion Tracking of a High-Speed Multi-Link System Using Dynamic Measurements Fusion,” Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, vol. 146, no. 2, 2024. doi: 10.1115/1.4063798.E. Rabb and J. J. Steckenrider, “Walking Trajectory Estimation Using Multi-Sensor Fusion and a Probabilistic Step Model,” Sensors, vol. 23, no. 14, 2023. doi: 10.3390/s23146494.A. E. Bloch, J. J. Steckenrider, R. A. Zifchock, G. M. Freisinger, V. G. Bode, and S. Elkin-Frankston, “Effect of Fatigue on Movement Patterns During a Loaded Ruck March,” Mil. Med., p. usad086, 2023. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usad086.W. Zhang, J. J. Steckenrider, A. Nakata, and T. Furukawa, “Incorporation of Motion Prediction and State Estimation to Track Dots for Vision-Based In-Crash Toeboard Deformation Measurement,” Measurement, vol. 216, p. 112841, Jul. 2023. doi: 10.1016/J.MEASUREMENT.2023.112841.J. J. Steckenrider, “Adaptive Aerial Localization Using Lissajous Search Patterns,” IEEE Trans. Robot., pp. 1 -20, Dec. 2021. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2021.3126225.J. J. Steckenrider and T. Furukawa, “Simultaneous Estimation and Modeling of Nonlinear, Non-Gaussian State-Space Systems,” Inf. Sci. (Ny)., vol. 578, pp. 621 -643, Nov. 2021. doi: 10.1016/J.INS.2021.06.097.J. J. Steckenrider and T. Furukawa, “Probabilistic Observation Model Correction Using Non-Gaussian Belief Fusion,” Inf. Fusion, vol. 75, pp. 16 -27, Nov. 2021. doi: 10.1016/J.INFFUS.2021.04.002.J. J. Steckenrider and T. Furukawa, “A Probabilistic Model-adaptive Approach for Tracking of Motion with Heightened Uncertainty,” Int. J. Control. Autom. Syst., vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 2687-2698, May 2020. doi: 10.1007/S12555-019-0697-X.J. J. Steckenrider and T. Furukawa, “Multi-Dimensional Belief Fusion of Multi-Gaussian Structures,” Inf. Fusion, vol. 57, pp. 71 -88, May 2020. doi: 10.1016/J.INFFUS.2019.12.006.J. S. Steckenrider and J. J. Steckenrider, “High-Speed Alternative Phase-Extraction Method for Imaging Array-Coupled Binary Moire Interferometry,” Appl. Opt., vol. 54, no. 30, pp. 9037-9044, Oct. 2015. doi: 10.1364/AO.54.009037.