Jeff Kauffman is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCF. He earned doctoral and master's degrees in aerospace engineering at Penn State and a bachelor's degree in engineering and applied science/aeronautics at Caltech. Kauffman conducts broad research in the areas of structural dynamics and adaptive structures, with particular focus on multifunctional and energy-efficient structures for vibration reduction, energy harvesting and structural morphing. His research has been funded by several government agencies and industry partners.

• Kelley CR, Kauffman JL (2021) “Towards wearable tremor suppression using dielectric elastomer stack actuators,” Smart Materials & Structures 30 (2): 025006. doi: 10.1088/1361-665X/abccdc


• Kelley CR, Lopp GK, Kauffman JL (2021) “Optimizing Piezoelectric Material Location and Size for Multiple-Mode Vibration Reduction of Turbomachinery Blades,” Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 143 (2): 021007. doi: 10.1115/1.4048263


• Alam MDE, Kauffman JL, Dickerson AK (2020) “Drop ejection from vibrating damped, dampened wings,” Soft Matter 16 (7): 1931-1940. doi: 10.1039/C9SM02253H


• Kelley CR, Kauffman JL (2020) “Optimal Control Perspective on Parkinson’s Disease: Increased Delay Between State Estimator and Controller Produces Tremor,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 28 (10): 2144-2152. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.3018626


• Lopp GK, Kelley CR, Kauffman JL (2018) “On the transient dynamics of piezoelectric-based, state-switched systems,” Applied Physics Letters 112 (5): 054012. doi: 10.1063/1.5020184


• Lopp GK, Kauffman JL (2018) “Resonance Frequency Detuning with Application Towards Blade Mistuning,” Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 140 (5): 051007. doi: 10.1115/1.4039540


• Ganesan V, Das T, Rahnavard N, Kauffman JL (2017) “Vibration-based Monitoring and Diagnostics using Compressive Sensing,” Journal of Sound and Vibration 394: 612-630. doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2017.02.002