Research Faculty Directory

  • Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

  • Heat Transfer
  • I. C. Engines
  • Torque Converter
  • Infrared Radiometry
  • Infrared & Microwave Telemetry

Research Interests

  • Spray Impingement Signatures in a High Speed Direct Injection Diesel
  • Microwave Telemetry Technique for Measurements in Reciprocating and Rotating Machinery
  • Piston Heat Transfer in a Direct-Injection, Two-Stroke Engine
  • 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

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
  • Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Areas of Expertise

  • Areas of Expertise
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Diesels
  • Air Pollution
  • Emissions Modeling

Research Interests

  • Diesel Aftertreatment Experimental and Modeling Studies
  • Diesel Aftertreatment System Controls
  • Heavy duty Vehicle Technologies for Reducing Fuel Consumption
  • Director, Marine Engineering Laboratory
  • 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

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
  • 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

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
Robert Warrington

Robert Warrington

  • Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • 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