Instructors for Capstone Design (ME 450)

Winter 2023

Expertise and Interests:
control theory and applications; iterative learning control; multi-agent systems; human/robot collaborations; smart manufacturing; manufacturing robotics; high-performance micro/nano-scale printing for electrical and biomedical applications

Email: bartonkl@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 764-7293

Fall 2022

Expertise and Interests:
stem cell bioengineering; developmental bioengineering; mechanobiology; and biological microelectromechanical systems (BioMEMS)

Email: jpfu@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 615-7363

Fall 2022

Expertise and Interests:
computational mechanics; finite element methods; structural dynamics; flexible multibody dynamics; dynamic response of composites; vehicle dynamics; engineering mechanics education

Email: hulbert@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 763-4456

Fall 2022

Expertise and Interests:
mechamatronic system design methodology; smart materials and structures; inflatable structures and devices

Email: jluntz@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 615-3889

Fall 2022

Expertise and Interests:
micro-mechatronic systems for endoscopic imaging; micro-robotic systems for locomotion; physiological feedback systems; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

Email: oldham@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 615-6327

Winter 2023

Expertise and Interests:
computational design; manufacturability-driven structural topology optimization; multi-material, multi-process, multi-component structural topology optimization (M^3 TO); computational optimal synthesis of structural assemblies; physics-informed AI for structural and assembly optimization

Email: kazu@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 763-0036

Fall 2022 and Winter 2023

Expertise and Interests:
aerospace engineering; consumer electronics; medical devices; biopharmaceuticals; phototherapy; polycentric prosthetics

Email: randys@umich.edu

Winter 2023

Expertise and Interests:
design; fabrication; control and evaluation of human assist devices; gait analysis; biomechanics; instrument design

Email: kshorter@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 764-8449

Course Consultant

Expertise and Interests:
sensory augmentation; rehabilitation engineering; biomechanics; medical device design (emphasis on global health contexts and task-shifting devices); design science; engineering design education

Email: sienko@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 647-8249

Winter 2023

Expertise and Interests:
environmental and sustainable technology systems; life cycle product design optimization; pollution prevention technologies for manufacturing; metalworking; membrane filtration; technology policy analysis

Email: skerlos@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 615-5253

Winter 2023

Expertise and Interests:
energy justice and equity; sustainable energy and mobility systems; human-centered design methods; design need-finding; socially-engaged design; community engagement; optimization; cost modeling; agent-based modeling; uncertainty quantification; multi-attribute decision making; energy policy

Email: syalsm@umich.edu

Fall 2022

Expertise and Interests:
physics-based modeling for advanced manufacturing processes; computational fluid dynamics; computational materials modeling for additive manufacturing; welding, casting, powder metallurgy; and electrohydrodynamic printing processes

Email: wendatan@umich.edu