Bio

Ed Carryer graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1975 with a BSE as a member of the first graduating class of the Education and Experience in Engineering Program. This innovative project-based learning program taught him that he could learn almost anything that he needed to know and set him on a path of lifelong learning. That didn’t, however, keep him from going back to school.

Upon completion of his Master’s Degree in Bio-Medical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1978, he was seduced by his love of cars, and instead of going into medical device design, he went to work for Ford on the 1979 Turbocharged Mustang. In later programs at Ford, he got to apply the background that he had gained in electronics and microcontrollers during his graduate work to the 1983 Turbocharged Mustang and Thunderbird and the 1984 SVO Mustang. After leaving Ford, Ed worked on the design and implementation of engine control software for GM and on a stillborn development program to put a turbocharged engine into the Renault Alliance at AMC before deciding to return once again to school. At Stanford University, he did research in the engine lab and earned his PhD in 1992.

While working on his PhD, Ed got involved in teaching the graduate course sequence in mechatronics that is known at Stanford as Smart Product Design. He took over teaching the courses first part time in 1989, then full time after completing his PhD. In teaching mechatronics, Ed seems to have found his calling. The integration of mechanical, electronic, and software design with teaching others how to use all of this to make new products hits all his buttons. He is currently a Consulting Professor and the Director of the Smart Product Design Lab (SPDL). He teaches graduate courses in mechatronics in the Mechanical Engineering department and an undergraduate course in mechatronics in the Electrical Engineering department.

Since 1984, Ed has maintained a consultancy focused on helping firms apply electronics and software in the creation of integrated electromechanical solutions (in 1984, almost no one was using the term mechatronics).The projects that he has worked on include an engine controller for an outboard motor manufacturer, an automated blood gas analyzer, a turbocharger boost control system for a new type of turbocharger, and a heated glove for arctic explorers. His most recent project involved using ZigBee radios and local structural model evaluation to create a wireless network of intelligent sensors to monitor and evaluate the structural health of buildings and transportation infrastructure.

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (1992)
  • MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Bio-Medical Engineering (1978)
  • BSE, Illinois Institute of Technology, Engineering: Education and Experience in Engineering program (1975)

Contact

  • Academic
    carryer@stanford.edu
    University - Other Teaching/Research Department: Mechanical Engineering - Design Position: Adjunct Professor
    • Bldg. 550 Rm 114
    • Office: Rm 139
    • Stanford,  California  94305 

Additional Info

  • Other Names:
    Ed Carryer

2021-22 Courses

Stanford Advisees

  • Master's Program Advisor
    Yulin Huang, Neemish Tejaswi, Shail Trivedi, Jessie Wang, Temesgen Worku

All Publications

  • Fostering an Enterprising Learning Ecology for Engineers INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION Brunhaver, S. R., Lande, M., Sheppard, S. D., Carryer, J. E. 2012; 28 (2): 355-363

    View details for Web of Science ID 000302646600018

  • Introduction to Mechatronic Design Carryer, J. E., Ohline, R. M., Kenny, T. W. Prentice Hall/Pearson. 2011
  • Embedding damage detection algorithms in a wireless sensing unit for operational power efficiency SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES Lynch, J. P., Sundararajan, A., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E. 2004; 13 (4): 800-810

    View details for DOI 10.1088/0964-1726/13/4/018

    View details for Web of Science ID 000223451200018

  • Design and performance validation of a wireless sensing unit for structural monitoring applications United States-Korea Workshop on Smart Infrastructural Systems Lynch, J. P., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E., Farrar, C. R., Sohn, H., Allen, D. W., Nadler, B., Wait, J. R. TECHNO-PRESS. 2004: 393–408

    View details for Web of Science ID 000189272600009

  • Design of a new power-efficient wireless sensor system for structural health monitoring Conference on Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security II Mastroleon, L., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E., Law, K. H. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2004: 51–60

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.537801

    View details for Web of Science ID 000223345100006

  • Design of piezoresistive MEMS-based accelerometer for integration with wireless sensing unit for structural monitoring JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Lynch, J. P., Partridge, A., Law, K. H., Kenny, T. W., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E. 2003; 16 (3): 108-114

    View details for DOI 10.1016/(ASCE)0893-1321(2003)16:3(108)

    View details for Web of Science ID 000183657900002

  • Embedment of structural monitoring algorithms in a wireless sensing unit STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS Lynch, J. P., Sundararajan, A., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Kenny, T., Carryer, E. 2003; 15 (3): 285-297

    View details for Web of Science ID 000181569500002

  • Teaching embedded programming concepts to mechanical engineering students INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION Carryer, J. E. 2003; 19 (4): 581-585

    View details for Web of Science ID 000185821900014

  • Hard X-ray polarimetry with the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) Conference on Polarimetry in Astronomy McConnell, M. L., Smith, D. M., Emslie, A. G., Lin, R. P., Ryan, J. M. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2003: 8–19

    View details for Web of Science ID 000181847200002

  • Statistical damage detection using time series analysis on a structural health monitoring benchmark problem 9th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering Lei, Y., Kiremidjian, A. S., Nair, K. K., Lynch, J. P., Law, K. H., Kenny, T. W., Carryer, E., Kottapalli, A. MILLPRESS SCIENCE PUBLISHERS. 2003: 581–587

    View details for Web of Science ID 000189453300078

  • Power-efficient wireless structural monitoring with local data processing 1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure Lynch, J. P., Sundararajan, A., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E. A A BALKEMA PUBLISHERS. 2003: 331–338

    View details for Web of Science ID 000188997500039

  • Field validation of a wireless structural monitoring system on the Alamosa Canyon Bridge Smart Structures and Materials 2003 Conference Lynch, J. P., Sundararajan, A., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E., Sohn, H., Farrar, C. R. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2003: 267–278

    View details for Web of Science ID 000185394400030

  • Two-tiered wireless sensor network architecture for structural health monitoring Smart Structures and Materials 2003 Conference Kottapalli, V. A., Kiremidjian, A. S., Lynch, J. P., Carryer, E., Kenny, T. W., Law, K. H., Lei, Y. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2003: 8–19

    View details for Web of Science ID 000185394400003

  • March madness: a mechatronics project theme MECHATRONICS Carryer, J. E. 2002; 12 (2): 383-391

    View details for Web of Science ID 000173710700022

  • A wireless modular monitoring system for civil structures 20th IMAC Conference on Structural Dynamics Lynch, J. P., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Kenny, T., Carryer, E. SOC EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS INC. 2002: 1–6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000176646000001

  • Validation of a wireless modular monitoring system for structures Smart Structures and Materials 2002 Conference Lynch, J. P., Law, K. H., Kiremidjian, A. S., Carryer, E., Kenny, T. W., Partridge, A., Sundararajan, A. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2002: 124–135

    View details for Web of Science ID 000177732300013

  • Estimating in-cylinder precombustion mixture temperatures using acoustic resonances JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Carryer, J. E., ROY, R. H., Powell, J. D. 1996; 118 (1): 106-112

    View details for Web of Science ID A1996UC80300015

  • THE DESIGN OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND PROJECTS FOR MECHATRONICS COURSES MECHATRONICS Carryer, J. E. 1995; 5 (7): 787-797

    View details for Web of Science ID A1995TB50300007