Philip A. Voglewede (M'00) received the B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, in 1994, the M.S. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 2004, all in mechanical engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia. From 1994 to 2000, he was with the Whirlpool Corporation, first in their Technical Excellence Program, and then as a Process Engineer and Shift Superintendent. His research interests include theoretical kinematics, parallel manipulators, gripper design, and machine vision, with particular emphasis on industrial applications.