Bhise, Vivek
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
2280 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-0365, vbhise@umich.edu
Vehicle Ergonomics (Occupant Packaging, Design and Evaluation of Driver Interfaces, Direct and Indirect Field of View, Night Visibility, Vehicle Lighting, Vehicle Control, Driver Performance Modeling); Simulation and Measurement of Driving Performance (Use of Driving Simulator to Evaluate In-Vehicle Devices, Driver Work load and Driver Distraction); Product Design Development; Vehicle Systems Engineering (Vehicle Attributes and Requirements, Engineering Trade-offs and Cost-Benefits Analysis); Safety Engineering (Systems Safety Analyses); Total Quality Control (Quality Systems, Quality Assessment Methods, Six Sigma).
Chen, Yubao
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
114 Manufacturing Systems Engineering Building, Tel: (313) 593-5579, ychen@engin.umd.umich.edu
Intelligent Systems and Soft Computing (Fuzzy Logic, Neural Network); Manufacturing Systems Monitoring, Diagnostics and Control; Quality Control and Robust Design; Reliability Engineering; Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CAD/CAM, Robotics, Automation).
Cherng, John C.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1294 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5047, jgcherng@engin.umd.umich.edu
Acoustics, Noise and Vibration Controls, Vehicle NVH Analysis and Simulations
Kang, Hong Tae
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
110 Manufacturing Systems Engineering Building, Tel.: (313) 593-1878
htkang@engin.umd.umich.edu
Fatigue of Materials, Computer Aided Engineering, Solid Mechanics.
Kim, Taehyung
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
120 Engineering Laboratory Building, Tel. (313) 593-6318, taehyung@umich.edu
Power Electronics, Motor Drives, Energy Conversion, Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Knight, James
Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
2270 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5502, jwknight@umich.edu
Design of Experiments, Applied Probability and Statistics, Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, Learning Organization Concepts and Practice.
Kridli, Ghassan T.
Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
2300 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5467, gkridli@engin.umd.umich.edu
Sheet Metal Forming, Manufacturing Processes, Materials Process Modeling.
Lakshmanan, Sridhar
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
222 Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 593-5516, lakshman@engin.umd.umich.edu
Intelligent Mobility - Sensors, Electronics and Controls for the next generation of (active) vehicle safety and warning systems. Intelligent Spacial Information Retrieval/Query - Algorithms and Systems for information (color, texture, shape etc.) retrieval/auery from image and video archives.
Mallick, P. K.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Director, Interdisciplinary Programs
120 Manufacturing Systems Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 593-5119, pkm@umich.edu
Mechanical Properties of Materials including Fatigue, Fracture and Impact, Manufacturing and Design of Polymers, Composites and other Light Weight Materials, Joining of Materials, Applications of Advanced Materials in Automotive Structures, Body and Chassis Design.
Mi, Chris
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
226 Engineering Laboratory Building, Tel: (313) 593-5245, chrismi@umd.umich.edu
Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Power Electronics, Electric Machines, Renewable Energy Systems
Miller, John
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
216 Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 593-5245, jwvm@umich.edu
Machine Vision in general with special emphasis on Low-Cost Machine Vision Systems for Industrial Applications.
Mohanty, Pravansu
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1300 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-4254, pmohanty@umich.edu
Laser welding and cladding, spray forming, casting, metal matrix composites, Functionally Gradient Materials, Rapid Prototyping by Spray Forming and Laser Aided Deposition, Modeling of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Solidification Processes.
Murphey, Yi L.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
220A Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 593-5028, yilu@umich.edu
Automotive Engineering Diagnostics, Machine Vision Inspection in Manufacturing, Fuzzy Systems, Virtual Simulation in Manufacturing.
Orady, Elsayed
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
112 Manufacturing Systems Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 593-5581, orady@umich.edu
Manufacturing Processes, Machine Tools and Tool Design, CAD/CAM/CAPP and CIM, Metrology with Emphasis on CMM, Intelligent Diagnostic System for Manufacturing Processes and Robot Work Cell Design, Robot Metrology, Virtual Manufacturing and Simulation, Finite Element Applications to Manufacturing Processes, Design for Manufacture, Simultaneous Engineering.
Ratts, Eric B.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1300 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-4969, ratts@umich.edu
Refrigeration, Cooling and Heating Systems, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer related to Climate Controls in Automotive Applications.
Germán Reyes
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1292 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-3673, greyesv@umd.umich.edu
Multifunctional Materials, Polymer Matrix Composites, Light Metal Alloys, Low and High Velocity Impact
Shamim, Tariq
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1332 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-0913, mailto:shamin@umich.edu
Combustion (modeling of turbulent reaction flows, pollutant emission control, fire spread and fire safety), Laser Spectroscopy, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Energy Management and General areas of Heat Transfer.
Shim, Taehyun
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1332 Engineering Complex, Tel:(313)593-5127, tshim@umich.edu
Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle Stability Control, Tire Dynamics, Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems, Vibration Control.
Ulgen, Onur
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
2310 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5246, ulgen@umich.edu
Manufacturing Simulation, Manufacturing Scheduling, Manufacturing Layout Optimization, JIT Systems, Lean Manufacturing.
Varde, Keshav
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean, School of Engineering
2188 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5117, varde@engin.umd.umich.edu Combustion, Internal Combustion Engines, Fuels, Emissions.
Yoon, David
Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science
116C Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 436-9146, dhyoon@engin.umd.umich.edu
Solids Modeling, Integration of CAD and CAM.
Zakarian, Armen
Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
2320 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5244, zakarian@engin.umd.umich.edu
Modeling & Analysis of Manufacturing Systems; Reengineering of Manufacturing, Product Development & Business Processes; Process, Activity and DADA Modeling and Analyses; Reliability and Risk Analysis of Process Models; Intelligent Simulation Environments.
Zhang, Yi
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
1270 Engineering Complex, Tel: (313) 593-5539, anding@umich.edu
Gear Design and Manufacturing, Theory of Gearing, Automotive Transmission, Kinematics, Mechanical Design.
Zhao, Dongming
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
220 Engineering Lab Building, Tel: (313) 593-5527, dmzhao@umich.edu
Machine Vision, Electronic Imaging, Image Analysis and Understanding, Advanced Vision Integration with Manufacturing Systems.
