Students
APS LABS collaborates with teams of undergraduate and graduate students to refine and generate new concepts. You'll gain access to high-performing Michigan Tech students from a wide range of disciplines and benefit from their fresh, outside viewpoints.
Meet our Team
Leverage the deep, broad experience and skill of our world-class research faculty to design effective test plans and interpret complex data. Work with our faculty to gain your own expertise in energy conversion, storage, combustion, and controls to optimize your product design.
Mojtaba Bahramgiri
- Research Engineer
- mbahramg@mtu.edu
- Cell: 906-370-3666
- American Center for Mobility, Ypsilanti Township, MI
Areas of Expertise:
- ADS and ADAS development and testing
- Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) development
- Embedded systems, AI/ML model development
Vinicius Bonfochi Vinhaes
- Research Scientist, Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
- Adjunct Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- vbvinhae@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1213
- Advanced Power Systems Research Center
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Combustion control and modeling of internal combustion engines
- Development of low carbon fuels, including natural gas, hydrogen, dual fuel engines
- Experimental testing and validation of advanced SI and CI systems
Robert Brunet
- Research Associate
- Mechanical Technician
- rabrune2@mtu.edu
- Cell: 906-370-1186
- Advanced Power Systems Research Center
Specialties
- Mechanical
- Fabrication
- Building Maintenance
Rick Davis
- Combustion Specialist
Specialties
- IC engine combustion
- Emissions
- Efficiency
- Fuels
- Ignition
- Knock
- Abnormal Combustion Modes
Andrew Erickson
- Research Engineer II
- akericks@mtu.edu
- Cell: 612-799-9814
- Advanced Power Systems Research Center
Bryant Goodenough
- Research Engineer
- bgoodeno@mtu.edu
- Cell: 207-752-2558
- Advanced Power Systems Research Center
Areas of Expertise
- System Level Vehicle Simulation
- Electrified Powertrain Simulation
- Control Strategy Development for Energy Systems
- Thermal Modeling for Powertrain Systems
Research Interests
- Electrified and Hybrid Powertrain Systems
- Energy Management and Supervisory Control
- Multi-Domain System Modeling
- Thermal Systems in Vehicles
- Richard and Elizabeth Henes Endowed Professor (Energy Systems), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Director, Advanced Power Systems Research Center, Area Director, Energy-Thermo-Fluids (ETF)
- Pi Tau Sigma Faculty Advisor
- jnaber@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1938
- R. L. Smith 1011
Areas of Expertise
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Hydrogen and Biofuels
- After-Treatment
Research Interests
- Combustion processes and combustion control of hydrogen and hydrogen dual fueled engines
- Biofuels including ethanol with production from forest products and application in advanced combustion engines
- Gasoline IC engine research and the development of physical based correlations and models
- Development of combustion measurement techniques for diesel, gasoline, and HCCI and PPCI engines
- Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Research Engineer, Advanced Power Systems Research Center
- Director, Michigan Tech Mobile Lab
- jjworm@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2686
- R. L. Smith 709
Research Interests
- High-Performance Engines (SI and CI)
- Direct Injection
- Compressed Natural Gas
- Alternative Fuels
- Energy Efficiency
Areas of Expertise
- Internal Combustion Engines Combustion System Development Variable Valve Lift / Timing Powertrain Calibration Alternative Fuels Engine Integration
- Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Instrumentation & Testing Ground Vehicle Systems Powertrain Systems