Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)

People

Jung Yun Bae

Jung Yun Bae

  • 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
Jeremy Bos

Jeremy P. Bos

  • Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor, Robotic Systems Enterprise

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

  • Atmospheric optics
  • Statistical optics
  • Quantum optics
  • Image and Signal Processing
  • Autonomous vehicles and vehicular networks
  • Industrial automation and controls
Bo Chen

Bo Chen

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Director, ICC Center for Cybersecurity

Links of Interest

ICC Center for Cybersecurity

Areas of Expertise

  • AI Security
  • Cyber-Physical Systems Security
  • Mobile Device Security
  • Cloud Computing Security
  • Blockchain
Tan Chen

Tan Chen

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

  • Legged Locomotion 
  • Applied Control
  • Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Collaborative Robots
  • Learning-based Control
Fengying Dang

Fengying Dang

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Links of Interest

Areas of Interest

  • Robotics and Control
  • Sensing and Perception
  • Data-Driven Modeling
  • Learning-based Control
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence in robotics
  • Robotics Design (underwater/ agriculture)
Ze Feng Gan

Ze Feng Ted Gan

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Aeroacoustics

  • Acoustic signal processing

  • Rotorcraft modeling

  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

  • Electric aircraft

Research Interests

  • Noise control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

  • Rotorcraft psychoacoustics

  • Acoustic measurements in anechoic chambers and flight tests

  • Rotorcraft flight dynamics, control, and simulation

  • Sustainable aviation

Geordan Gutow

Geordan Gutow

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Motion Planning
  • Optimization and Search
  • In Space Servicing

Research Interests

  • Task and Motion Planning
  • Generalizations of the Traveling Salesman Problem
  • Bayesian Reasoning for planning, control, estimation, and active perception
  • Generalized Branch and Bound
    Parallel Algorithms for Robotics
Amna Mazen

Amna Mazen

  • Assistant Professor, Applied Computing
  • Assistant Professor, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology

Areas of Research/Expertise

Autonomous Robots/Vehicles

  • Mobile Robots
  • Manipulators
  • Autonomous Vehicles

Machine Learning

  • Robotics
  • Healthcare
  • Image Forensic
  • Energy Management

Teaching Interests

  • Robotics and Mechatronics Senior Design
  • Manipulator Robotics
  • Digital Twins
  • Hardware and Software Integration
  • Control System Design
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Computational Intelligence Techniques
Vinh Nguyen

Vinh Nguyen

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Director, Michigan Tech Center for AI; Coordinator, MTU NIST PREP Program

Links of Interest

Research Interests

  • Advanced manufacturing
  • Industry 4.0
  • Human-robot-machine interaction
  • Physics-based/data-driven modeling
  • Manufacturing process monitoring
  • Industrial automation
Myoungkuk Park

Myoungkuk Park

  • 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
Gordon Parker

Gordon G. Parker

  • John and Cathi Drake Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Links of Interest

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
Nathir Rawashdeh

Nathir A. Rawashdeh

  • Assistant Professor, Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Member, Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) and Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)

Teaching Experience

  • Programmable Logic Control (PLC)
  • Digital Electronics
  • Analog Electronics
  • Image Processing
  • Automatic Control Systems
  • Instrumentation & Measurement
  • Mechatronics Senior Design
  • MATLAB Programming

Research Interests

  • Image Processing;
  • Autonomous Vehicles Perception;
  • Mobile Robot Applications;  
  • Mechatronics;
  • Applied Machine Learning.
Ashraf Saleem

Ashraf I. Saleem

  • Assistant Professor, Applied Computing
  • Affiliated Faculty, Computational Science & Engineering

Links of Interest

Robotics & Remote Sensing Lab (RRSL)

Research Interests

  • Image Enahancment 

  • UAV-based Remote Sensing 

  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in Remote Sensing

  • Computer Vision and AI

  • Data acquisition and real-time control
Paul van Susante

Paul van Susante

  • Associate Professor, Lou and Herbert Wacker Professorship of Mechanical Engineering
  • Affiliated Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
  • Multiplanetary INnovation Enterprise (MINE) Faculty Advisor

Teaching Interests

  • Engineering Design Process
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • System Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering Practice
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Intro to Aerospace Engineering
  • Space System Engineering
  • Space Resource Utilization
  • Senior Design Capstone / Enterprise Project
  • Product Realization

Areas of Expertise

  • Solid Mechanics
  • Structural Design
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Engineering Design Process
  • System Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Engineering (Aerospace, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining, Architecture)
  • Extreme Environment Design
  • Civil and Mining Engineering
  • Education
  • Optimization and Modeling

Research Interests

  • Extreme Environment Technologies (Space, Underwater, Mining, Arctic, etc.)
  • Excavation and Mining Technology
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • In-Situ Resource Utilization
  • Space Mining and Construction
  • Design Optimization
  • Robotics and Automation
  • System Engineering and Integration
Michael Walker

Michael Walker

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Research Interests

  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Extended Reality
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • User-Centered Design
  • Human-Centered Computing
  • Robot Teleoperation and Supervision
  • User Telepresence
  • Artificial Intelligence
Yi Zhu

Yi Zhu

  • Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering

Research Focus

  • Structural Engineering

Links of Interest

Research Interests

  • Adaptive and Reconfigurable Structures
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Origami Engineering
  • Machine Learning with Application in Structural Design