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His areas of research interest include wired and wireless networks, real-time software engineering, embedded systems, vehicular communications, and web technologies. He has published over 150 papers in his areas of interest.

Adams, Doug

Dr. Adams is the Kenninger Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and serves as Director of the Purdue Center for Systems Integrity, a facility dedicated to interdisciplinary research in the ﬁeld of structural health monitoring and damage prognosis. His research has generated 13 U.S. provisional patents and 3 utility patents which are enabling the commercialization of these technologies by industry to increase the reliability and reduce the cost of aerospace, automotive and energy related equipment. Dr. Adams has published numerous archival journal and conference papers, written a comprehensive textbook and book chapters and has served as Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control and currently serves as Managing Editor of Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal. He has delivered multiple short courses, invited presentations and keynote addresses for federal agencies and industry. Dr. Adams received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President George W. Bush in 2002, was named a Fellow of ASME, and has received numerous teaching and research awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Experimental Mechanics, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Adams received his degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Cincinnati and MIT.

Albright, Michael F.

Michael F. Albright is co-founder and General Manager of Signal.X Technologies LLC, a ﬁrm specializing in NVH engineering and custom test & measurement application development. His past positions include Business Development Manager for the NVH consulting group of LMS North America, Management and Project Engineering positions at the Roush Anatrol Division of Roush Industries, Inc, and Civilian engineering for the U.S. Navy. With experience predominantly in the automotive industry, Mr. Albright has addressed a very diverse range of noise and vibration control issues including powertrain NVH, vehicle NVH, brake noise, engine accessory noise, driveline NVH, test procedure and facility development, test/CAE hybrid simulation methods, as well as a host of manufacturing quality issues. Mr. Albright holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from University of Cincinnati and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.

Agudelo, Carlos

Aloi, Ph.D., Daniel N.

Carlos Agudelo is currently Chief Engineer for Laboratory Testing Services at Link Testing Laboratories. He is active on several industry, SAE, and ISO committees and task-forces. Prior to joining Link, he worked for Renault (Envigado assembly plant) and for friction material manufacturer Mafriccion in Colombia. Mr. Agudelo earned a B.S. in Production Engineering from EAFIT University (in association with Aachen University and Ruhr-Universität Bochum from Germany) and has pursued post-graduate studies in project evaluation and special courses in technical systems and systematic design in the UK.

Ahmadian, Mehdi

Mehdi Ahmadian, Ph.D. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he is also the Director of the Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety (CVeSS) and the Railway Technologies Laboratory (RTL). He is the founding director of CVeSS, RTL, Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research, and the Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory. Dr. Ahmadian has authored more than 200 technical publications and has made more than 130 technical presentations in topics related to advanced technologies for ground vehicles. He holds six U.S. patents and has edited four technical volumes. He currently serves as editor for the International Journal of Vehicle Systems Dynamics, co-editor for Advances in Mechanical Engineering, and associate editor for the journal Shock Vibration. Dr. Ahmadian is a member of SAE and is the recipient of the 2008 Forest R. McFarland Award for outstanding contributions to the SAE Engineering Meetings Board. He is also a Fellow of ASME and a Senior Member of AIAA. In the past, he has served as associate editor for the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics and associate editor for the AIAA Journal. Dr. Ahmadian’s research interests include vehicle dynamics and control, advanced suspensions, biodynamics, ride engineering, tire dynamics, advanced materials for improving vehicle performance, and vehicle noise and vibration assessment. Dr. Ahmadian has over 25 years of industrial and academic experience, working in research, development, and engineering of various systems for ground vehicles, air vehicles, and water vessels for both civilian and military applications.

Daniel N. Aloi, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Engineering and the Interim Chair at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrial engineering from Ohio University in 1992, 1996 and 1999, respectively. He has been employed at Oakland University since January 2002. Dr. Aloi was a Sr. Project Engineer at OnStar, Inc. (2000 - 2001) and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Ohio University (1999 - 2000). His research areas include applied electromagnetics and various areas of the global positioning system (GPS) in the automotive and aviation industries. Dr. Aloi has attracted in excess of $2.0M dollars in external funding as PI, authored over 45 technical papers and obtained 5 patents. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems in the area of navigation and for the SAE International ® Journal on Passenger Vehicles: Electrical and Electronic Systems. He has also served as a key technical advisor to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Satellite Program Ofﬁce in regards to the Local Area Augmentation System, which is a proposed GPS-based landing for commercial aircraft.

Amirouche, Farid M.L.

Akingbehin, Ph.D., Kiumi

Dr. Farid M.L. Amirouche has been with the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago for over 13 years where he serves as Professor in Mechanical and Bioengineering and the Director of the Dynamics and Vibration Laboratory and the Biomechanics Research Laboratory. In addition, he has contributed over 100 publications in the area of dynamics, vibration, and control of mechanical systems and human body modeling. Dr. Amirouche’s primary interest is in the dynamics and vibration of multibody systems with emphasis on vehicles and their interaction with the human operator, as well as modeling techniques in human body vibration. His focus has been in the development of new technologies, combing neural networks, continuum mechanics, and vibration to advance the state of the art of the dynamic analysis and simulation of interconnected rigid and ﬂexible multi-body systems. Dr. Amirouche is the recipient of the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (1994), the 1995 NATO project on human body vibration control, and the G-7 Summit Fellowship among others. He has also published two textbooks in the ﬁeld of computer aided design and multi-body dynamic analysis.

Kiumi Akingbehin, Ph.D is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at University of Michigan-Dearborn. He has Ph.D. and MA degrees in Computer Science. He also has a MS in Nuclear Engineering and a BS in Electrical Engineering. He has been employed at University of Michigan-Dearborn since 1986. His other employers include GM, NASA, AT&T Bell Labs, IBM, and Unisys.

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