J. Michael McCarthy

J. Michael McCarthy
Born
John Michael McCarthy

1952 (age 73–74)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine
Main interests

John Michael McCarthy (born c. 1952) is an American mechanical engineer known for his work in robotics, kinematics, and linkages.[1] He is a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where he has taught since 1986.[2][3]

Biography

McCarthy attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1974.[2] He later attended Stanford University, where he earned a master's degree in 1975 and a doctorate in mechanical engineering in 1979.[2]

He joined the faculty of the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering in 1986. He was appointed Henry Samueli Chair and director of the Center for Engineering Science in Design from 2006 to 2014.[2] He was also director of the UCI Performance Engineering Program from 2010 to 2020.[4] 

McCarthy's research has focused on robotic systems, mechanical linkages, and geometric modeling.[5][6] His research team maintains the Synthetica,[7] Sphinx, and MecGen software packages used in the computer-aided design of spherical and spatial linkage systems.[1]

He was chief technology officer (CTO) of Accuray in 2001, where he helped develop and deploy robotic surgery devices using radio wave control. Since 2005, McCarthy has headed his eponymous consulting firm McCarthy Design Associates, specializing in intellectual property and patents for machine design.

McCarthy is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.[8] He was a chief editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design from 2002 to 2007 and the founding editor for the Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics from 2007 to 2014. He was secretary for the Orange County Engineering Council in 2012. He was also a visiting professor at the Stanford University School of Engineering where he taught Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms in 2018.[9] 

Racing

McCarthy has participated, advised, and refereed Formula racing for three decades. He competed in the Xtreme Gravity Racing (XGR) Competition in 2006 and 2007 and won Most Innovative Design for a novel virtual kingpin steering linkage.[10] He was chair of the governing board of SAE International's Southern California section from 2009 to 2011.[9] He has been a project advisor for UCI Anteater Racing, a college Formula SAE competition team, since 2003.[9]

Awards

Books

  • Geometric Design of Linkages, Springer (2000); 2nd Ed. 2010; ISBN 978-1441978912[16]
  • 21st Century Kinematics, Springer (2012); ISBN 978-1447145097
  • Introduction to Theoretical Kinematics: The Mathematics of Movement, MDA Press (2018); ISBN 978-0978518035
  • Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms, MDA Press (2019); ISBN 978-0978518059
  • Design of Mechanical Walking Robots, MDA Press (2021); ISBN 978-0978518066[17]

References

  1. 1 2 Kecskeméthy, Andrés; Flores, Francisco Geu (November 1, 2014). Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics: Proceedings of the International Conference, Lima, Peru, September 9-11, 2013. Springer. p. 171. ISBN 978-3-319-10723-3. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". www.faculty.uci.edu. University of California, Irvine. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  3. ↑ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  4. ↑ "GRASP Special Seminar: Michael McCarthy, University of California, Irvine, "Design of Linkage Systems to Draw Specified Curves"". General Robotics, Automation, Sensing & Perception Lab (GRASP). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  5. ↑ Lenarčič, Jadran; Galletti, C. (June 9, 2004). On Advances in Robot Kinematics. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 171–178. ISBN 978-1-4020-2248-7. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  6. ↑ Lenarčič, Jadran; Thomas, Federico (June 30, 2002). Advances in Robot Kinematics: Theory and Applications. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-4020-0696-8. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Kinematic Synthesis of Robotic Systems: J. Michael McCarthy". synthetica.eng.uci.edu. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  8. ↑ "J. Michael McCarthy | SIAM". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 "About Professor J Michael McCarthy". Mechanical Design 101. Mechanical Design Educational Resource. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Extreme Gravity Racing XGR". My Life at Speed. December 9, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  11. ↑ "21st Century Kinematics". 2012 NSF Workshop. 2013. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4510-3. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Outstanding Engineering Professors Honored with Fariborz Maseeh Best Research and Teaching Awards | Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Machine Design Award". www.asme.org. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Mechanisms and Robotics Award". www.asme.org. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Robert E. Abbott Award". www.asme.org. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ Siciliano, Bruno; Khatib, Oussama (May 20, 2008). Springer Handbook of Robotics. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1543. ISBN 978-3-540-23957-4. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  17. ↑ McCarthy, J. Michael; Chen, Kevin (September 15, 2021). Design of Mechanical Walking Robots. MDA Press. ISBN 978-0-9785180-6-6.
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