at the University of Michigan
People

Professor Jeffrey L. Stein
| Position: |
Director - Automated Modeling Laboratory Associate Director - Automotive Research Center Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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| Contact: | stein@umich.edu, 734-936-3336 |
| Education: |
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1983) S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976) S.B., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976) B.S., Psychology, University of Massachusetts (1973) |
| Research Interests: | Systems and control including machine design, control, monitoring, and diagnostics; physical system modeling; automated modeling; bond graph theory; proper modeling of active suspensions; proper vehicle handling and ride models; high efficiency dynamic formulations for vehicle dynamics; monitoring and control of thermally induced spindle bearing loads; design and control of high speed spindles and novel milling machines. |
| Personal webpage: | http://www.umich.edu/~stein/ |

Dr. Hosam K. Fathy
| Position: |
Associate Director - Automated Modeling Laboratory Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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| Contact: | hfathy@umich.edu, 734-936-5295 |
| Education: |
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2003) M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University |
Dr. Tulga Ersal
| Position: | Post Doctoral Research Fellow |
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| Contact: | tersal@umich.edu |
| Education: |
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2007) M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2003) B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (2001) |
| Research Interests: | Dynamic system modeling and simulation, model reduction, internet-distributed hardware-in-the-loop simulation |
Rahul Ahlawat
| Position: | Graduate Student Research Assistant |
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| Contact: | ahlawatr@umich.edu, 734-763-7388 |
| Education: |
PhD Precandidate M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor B.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delhi, India (2004) |
| Research Interests: | Vehicle dynamics, transmission modeling & control, Real-time simulations, Hardware-in-the-loop experiments, numerical methods |
Scott Moura
| Position: | Graduate Student Research Assistant |
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| Contact: | sjmoura@umich.edu, 734-763-7388 |
| Education: |
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2008) B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2006) |
| Research Interests: | Optimal control, stochastic control, energy storage, energy sustainability, renewable energy, and dynamic system modeling. |
| Personal webpage: | http://www.umich.edu/~sjmoura/ |
Ben Pence
| Position: | Graduate Student Research Assistant |
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| Contact: | bpence@umich.edu, 734-763-7388 |
Joel Forman
| Position: | Graduate Student Research Assistant |
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| Contact: | jcforman@umich.edu, 734-763-7388 |