GLRC Members in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Assistant Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Research Interests

  • Snow, Firn and Ice Physics
  • Climate Change
  • Snow Hydrological Processes
  • Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Applied Computing

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Research Interests

  • Robotics, Multi-robot systems
  • Coordination of Heterogeneous Robot Systems
  • Vehicle Routing Problems
  • Multi-robot System Control and Optimization
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Operational Research for Autonomous Vehicles
  • Chair and Distinguished Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Clean Snowmobile Team Faculty Advisor

Areas of Expertise

  • Vibrations
  • Unique Instrumentation/Data Acquisition
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Noise Control

Research Interests

  • Dynamic Measurement Problems
  • Developing new digital signal processing algorithms to understand NVH type problems
  • Ways to improve the NVH characteristics of virtually any machine
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
  • Thermodynamics I.
  • Material Science
  • Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Research Interests

  • Giant planet (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) atmospheric dynamics
  • Convection and storm dynamics in planetary atmospheres
  • Remote sensing of planets (telescopic and spacecraft imaging)
  • Lake effect snow storms
  • Turbulence
  • Spacecraft mission development and design
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Remote sensing for amphibian population studies.
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Associate Research Director, Center for Innovation in Sustainability & Resilience (CISR)
  • Advisor, Outdoor Venture Crew

Areas of Expertise

  • Solar photovoltaic and thermal power plants
  • Electricity grid operational modeling
  • Energy-water nexus

Research Interests

  • Impacts of climate change on electric power systems
  • Energy transitions in cold climates
  • Solar photovoltaic design for cold climates
  • Heat pump performance
  • Thermal power plant modeling
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Areas of Expertise

  • Vibrations; Modal Testing
  • Anechoic Traveling Waves
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Data-Analytics
  • Smart Materials 

Research Interests

  • Adaptive Systems and Meta-structures
  • Internet-of-Vibrations
  • Environmental Testing
  • Human-structure Interaction
  • Piezoceramics and SMAs
  • Wave Propagation
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Bio-inspired Dynamics
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Affiliated Associate Teaching Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering

Research Interests

  • Window Glass Strength Design
  • Wind loads on Structures
  • Finite Element Modeling of Brittle Materials
  • Large Scale Data Processing and Data Mining
  • Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Links of Interest

Research Interests

  • Multi-Robot System Control
  • Robot/Autonomous Vehicle Navigation
  • Control of Large Scale Stochastic Process
  • System Modeling and Optimization
  • Design of Automated Material Handling
  • System in Smart Factory
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Data Analytics
  • John and Cathi Drake Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering

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Areas of Expertise

  • Nonlinear and Optimal Control
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Real-Time Embedded Systems

Research Interests

  • Wave Energy Converter (WEC) modeling, control, and experimental validation
  • Point absorber nonlinear response shaping
  • Passive and active vibration control
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Research Interests

  • Multiscale, multiphysics modeling of aging in polymers & polymer composites
  • Degradation of metallic implants in physiological environment
  • Fracture, damage and impact behavior on materials
  • Analysis, design and testing of novel multifunctional lightweight polymer composite materials
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Areas of Interest

• Advanced Power Systems
• Sustainable Manufacturing and Design
• Mechanics of Multi-scale Materials

Link of interest

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Research Interests 

• Additive manufacturing
• Advanced materials for electrochemical applications
• Nanotechnology
• Renewable energy conversion and storage
• Clean fuel production

  • Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Research Engineer, Advanced Power Systems Research Center
  • Director, Michigan Tech Mobile Lab

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