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
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
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
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
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
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
Contact: bpence@umich.edu, 734-763-7388

Joel Forman

Position: Graduate Student Research Assistant
Contact: jcforman@umich.edu, 734-763-7388