Leadership

Scientific Leadership

Manufacturing USA Institutes (previously called NNMIs)

  • Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing Innovation Institute(ARM) http://arminstitute.org

  • Academic Lead, Regional Robotics Innovation Collaborative South-East (representing Clemson University as a Core Academic Member, 2017- 2019)

  • Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) http://dmdii.org

  • Member, Executive Committee (representing the University at Buffalo as a Tier-1 Member, 2015-2016)

  • Member, Technical Advisory Committee (representing the University at Buffalo, 2015-2016)


National Road mapping Workshops/Reports/Site-Visits


Dr. Venkat Krovi has held leadership roles in various professional societies (A) Design Division (DED) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and (B) Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; and (C) Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

  • Steering Committee Member, IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (May 2022 – present), charged with providing steering governance for current & future ICRA conferences.

  • Treasurer, IEEE RAS Executive Committee – ExCom (Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2021), charged with providing executive financial oversight for all activities for the Robotics and Automation Society of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers. (~$8M/year revenue, $9M reserves) URL: http://www.ieee-ras.org/about-ras/governance/executive-committee

International Journal Editorial Leadership

  • Editor-in-Chief, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics (2018-2023), the premier journal for Mechanisms and Robotics Technical Committee of the ASME Design Division, publishing research contributions in fundamental theory, algorithms, and applications for robotic and machine systems [600+ submitted/120 published, IF: 2.085]. URL: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mechanismsrobotics

  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles (2017-2018)

International Conference Leadership

Leadership roles in conferences spanning: (A) ASME Design Engineering Division; (B) ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division; (C) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society; and (D) Society of Automotive Engineers.

Professional Society Leadership

Professional Memberships and Service

  • Memberships

  • Senior Member (2018-present), Member, (1996-2018), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

  • Fellow (2016- Present), Member (1996-present), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

  • Member, (2017-present), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  • Member, (2002-present), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

  • Journal Manuscript Review

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design; ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics; ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering; ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics; ASME/IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics; IEEE Transactions on Robotics; IEEE Transactions of Automation Science and Engineering; IEEE Transactions on Neural Sciences and Rehabilitation Engineering; International Journal of Robotics Research; International Journal of Mechatronics; IEEE Transactions of Control System Technology; IEEE Control Systems Magazine; Mechanisms and Machine Theory; Journal of Field Robotics; Robotics and Autonomous Systems

  • Conference Reviews

ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences – DAC, MECH, CIE (1999-present); ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2001-present); IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2004-present); IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2005-present); IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2004, 2005).

  • Conference Editorial Board/ Program Committee/ Session Chair

ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences (2002 - present); ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2003 - 2007); ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (2008); IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2005 - present); IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2005 - present); 2002 NSF Workshop on Fundamental Issues and Future Research Directions for Parallel Mechanisms and Manipulators; 2004 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference.

University Leadership

Clemson University (2016-present)

  • National Level

  • Lead Faculty, Clemson Site of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) “Robots and Sensors for Human Well Being ”, March 2020 - present. URL: https://sites.google.com/view/rosehub-clemson/

  • Region & State Level

  • Board Member, “SC Logistics” Cluster of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, http://sccompetes.org/logistics/ (Mar. 2017 – present)

  • Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Connecting Our Future, TenAtTheTop.
    Connecting Our Future is a year long effort with a goal of creating a regional vision for improving mobility and connectivity in the ten county Upstate of South Carolina. URL:     https://tenatthetop.org/connecting-our-future-3/ (Mar. 2018 – present)

  • Member, STEAM Advisory Panel, Phinnize j. Fisher Middle School,
    Greenville, SC.     (Aug. 2021 – present)