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Jared Butler

Assistant Professor
Student Engagement Coordinator

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Engineering Design and Innovation
  • Engineering Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering

207 Engineering Design and Innovation Building

jpb6635@psu.edu

814-863-1537

Research Website

Research Areas:

Engineering Design

Interest Areas:

Mechanical System Design, including Compliant Mechanisms, Origami-Inspired Mechanisms, Developable Mechanisms, Space Mechanisms, Medical Devices; Budding Interest: Design Pedagogy

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Physics, Utah State University, 2014
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2017
  • Ph D, Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2020

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Connor Huxman, Gregory Stephen Lewis, April D. Armstrong, Gary F Updegrove, Zachary Koroneos and Jared Butler, 2024, "Mechanically Compliant Locking Plates for Diaphyseal Fracture Fixation: A Biomechanical Study", Journal of Orthopedic Research
  • Connor Huxman and Jared Butler, 2024, "Modeling Stiffness and Stress in Serpentine Flexures for Use in a Compliant Bone Plate", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 146, (4)
  • Christopher S Bentley, Jared Butler and Ryan Harne, 2024, "Tailoring the time delay of deployable structures using the Intermediate Axis Theorem", Engineering Structures, 303
  • Henry Vennard, Jacob Greenwood and Jared Butler, 2024, "Design Considerations for the Dimensional Synthesis of Cylindrical Developable Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 146
  • Connor Huxman and Jared Butler, 2023, "An Analytical Stress–Deflection Model for Fixed-Clamped Flexures Using a Pseudo-Rigid-Body Approach", ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 15, (6)
  • Connor Huxman and Jared Butler, 2021, "A Systematic Review of Compliant Mechanisms as Orthopedic Implants", ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 15, (4)
  • Junqi Zhao, Boyang Zhou, Jared Butler, Randall Bock, Joseph Portelli and Sven Bilen, 2021, "IoT-Based Sanitizer Station Network: A Facilities Management Case Study on Monitoring Hand Sanitizer Dispenser Usage", Smart Cities, 4, (3)
  • Lance Hyatt, Jacob Greenwood, Jared Butler, Spencer Magleby and Larry Howell, 2021, "Methods for Mapping Mechanisms to Developable Surfaces", International Journal of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems, 5, (1/2)
  • Jared Butler, Jacob Greenwood, Larry Howell and Spencer Magleby, 2021, "Bistability in Cylindrical Developable Mechanisms Through the Principle of Reflection", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 143, (8)
  • Jared Butler, Jacob Greenwood, Larry Howell and Spencer Magleby, 2021, "Limits of Extramobile and Intramobile Motion of Cylindrical Developable Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 13, (1)
  • Brandon Sargent, Jared Butler, Kendall Seymour, David Bailey, Brian Jensen, Spencer Magleby and Larry Howell, 2020, "An Origami-Based Medical Support System to Mitigate Flexible Shaft Buckling", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 12, (4), pp. 041005-1 to 041005-12
  • Jared Butler, Nathan Pehrson and S Magleby, 2019, "Folding of Thick Origami Through Regionally Sandwiched Compliant Sheets", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 12, (1)
  • Jared Butler, Landen Bowen, Eric Wilcox, Adam Shrager, Mary Frecker, Paris von Lockette, Timothy Simpson, Robert Lang, Larry Howell and Spencer Magleby, 2018, "A Multi-Input Model for Mechanical Advantage in Compliant and Origami-Based Mechanisms", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Conference Proceedings

  • Connor Huxman, Gary F Updegrove, April D. Armstrong, Gregory Stephen Lewis and Jared Butler, 2024, "A Flexible Patella Fracture Device for Increased Anterior Cortical Compression", Design of Medical Devices
  • Connor Huxman, April D. Armstrong, Gary F Updegrove, Gregory Stephen Lewis and Jared Butler, 2024, "Compression Plating of Long Bone Fractures with Flexure-Based Compliant Locking Plates", Design of Medical Devices
  • Connor Huxman and Jared Butler, 2023, "A Force- and Stress-Deflection Model of Serpentine Flexures for Use in a Compliant Bone Plate", ASME International Design, Engineering, and Technical Conferences
  • Henry Vennard, Jacob Greenwood and Jared Butler, 2023, "Design Factors for the Dimensional Synthesis of Cylindrical Developable Mechanisms", ASME International Design, Engineering, and Technical Conferences
  • Evelyn Thomas, Nicholas Meisel and Jared Butler, 2023, "A Framework Establishing the Bounds of Small Angle Assumptions in Multi-material Additively Manufactured Compliant Mechanisms", ASME International Design, Engineering, and Technical Conferences, State College, United States
  • Connor Huxman, Gregory Stephen Butler, Gary F Updegrove, April D. Armstrong and Jared Butler, 2023, "A Compliant Fracture Fixation Plate for Controlled Axial Motion in Long Bone Healing", Design of Medical Devices Conference
  • Evelyn Thomas, Jared Butler and Nicholas A. Meisel, , "A Design and Additive Manufacturing Framework for Voxel-Based, Multi-Material, Thick-Folding Origami", International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
  • Sumant Rokade, Nicholas A. Meisel and Jared Butler, , "Design for Additive Manufacturing Considerations for Compliant Constant Force Mechanisms", International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • Compliant Mechanism Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August 2019

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