- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Structural Dynamics and Vibrations
- Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis
- Correlation and Updating of Structural Dynamic Models
Research Interests
- Structural Dynamic Modeling Techniques
- Experimental Modal Analysis
- System Modeling
- Reduced Order Modeling
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Research Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Faculty Advisor, Hybrid Electric Vehicle Enterprise
- jebeard@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3110
- R. L. Smith 929
Areas of Expertise
- Design of Mechanical Systems
- Bioengineering
- Manufacturing
Research Interests
- Manufacturing variation on the response of planar and three-dimensional mechanisms
- Influence of design parameters on the wear rates of gerotor types
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Micromechanical Systems
- Nanotechnology
Research Interests
- Micromechanical machining processes
- Microsystem design
- Bionanotechnologies
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Affiliated Research Professor, Computer Science
- Emeritus Director and Research Fellow, GLRC
- Research Professor, MAE, and Adjunct Professor, GMES
Research Interests
- Large scale field experimentation in the Inland Seas of the Great Lakes and coastal oceans
- Nearshore hydrodynamics and prediction
- Autonomous and semi-autonomous environmental monitoring platforms (surface and sub-surface)
- Underwater acoustic remote sensing
- Marine engineering
- Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- mkpark@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2661
- R. L. Smith 822
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
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- ggparker@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1850
- R. L. Smith 803
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
- John and Cathi Drake Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- ggparker@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1850
- R. L. Smith 803
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
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Renewable Energy Grid Integration
- Collective Systems Control
- Nonlinear Controls
- Optimization
- Dynamics
- Aeroelasticity
Research Interests
- Energy storage system design for renewable energy grid integration
- High penetration renewable energy microgrids
- Collective control of networked microgrids and teams of robots
- Exergy control for buildings
- Flutter suppression for wind turbines
- Nonlinear control system design
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- cdvankar@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2159
- R. L. Smith 915A
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Vibration
- Modal Analysis
- Acoustics
Research Interests
- Experimental Vibro-Acoustics
- NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness)
- Structural Dynamics
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- mrvaughn@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2551
- R. L. Smith 909
Robert Warrington
- Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- row@mtu.edu
- R. L. Smith 909
- Executive Director, APS LABS
- Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- jjworm@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2686
- Advanced Power Systems Research Center
Specialties
- IC Engines
- Experimentation
- Vehicle Systems
- Propulsion
- Alternative Fuels
- Alternative Energy
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- slyang@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2624
- R. L. Smith 903
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
- Engine Flow Simulation
- DPF and DOC Modeling and Simulation
- Computational Aerodynamics
Research Interests
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Modeling and numerical simulation of diesel particulate trap (DPF) performance during loading and regeneration
- Diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) converter code development
- Lattice Boltzmann Method for Porous/Disordered Media