Huei Peng

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Executive Director, Interdisciplinary and Professional Engineering Programs

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
G036 Lay Automotive Laboratory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133 USA
(734) 936-0352
E-mail: hpeng@umich.edu

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Research Interests

Adaptive and Optimal Controls

Vehicle Dynamics and Active Safety, including driver model development, design/analysis/evaluation of vehicle chassis control systems.

Advanced powertrain modeling and control, including hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.

Research Projects Highlight of past and current research projects

Publication List

Research Group Members

Graduate Students

o Mr. Youseok Kou-Decentralized design of Integrated Chassis Control Systems

o Mr. Yongsong Chen-Water transport in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Systems

o Mr. Jeong-Seok Kim-Improving reliability of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Systems through Supervisory Control Systems

o Ms. Seenumani, Gayathri-Real-time optimal control of all-electric ship power systems

o Mr. Dongsuk Kum-Control of IPA parallel hybrid electric vehicle for fuel consumption and emission reduction

o Mr. Yang, Sean-Errorable driver model for improved active safety systems

o Ms. Li, Chiao-Ting-Configuration, sizing and control of hybrid hydraulic vehicles

o Mr. Ahn, Changsun-Robust tire/road friction estimation

o Ms. Rachael Bis-Obstacle detection and avoidance for mobile robotic systems

o Mr. Zhengzong Jia-Power system design for mobile robots

Alumni from this group

o Mr. Paul Bowles (Ford Motor Co.)

o Mr. Dan Eisele (Ford Motor Co.)

o Mr. Jekee Lee (Hyundai Motor Company)

o Dr. Chia-Shang Liu (Visteon)

o Dr. Matthew Ma (Nikon Research Center)

o Mr. Ryan Strathearn (GM Milford Proving Ground)

o Prof. Supavut Chantranuwathana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

o Prof. Bo-Chiuan Chen (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan)

o Mr. Kazuya Kitajima (Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation)

o Dr. Chi-Ying Liang (System Technology Inc.)

o Mr. Charbel Assaf (BMW)

o Dr. Lawrence A. Mianzo (General Dynamic, Robotics)

o Dr. Polat Sendur (Ford--Turkey)

o Mr. Justin Shriver (Mathworks)

o Dr. Ali Yigit Ungoren (Ford Otosan--Turkey)

o Prof. Jay Tawee Pukrushpan (Kasetsart University, Thailand)

o Dr. Xiaoming Shen (TRW, China)

o Dr. Chan-Chiao Lin (Eaton Innovation Center)

o Prof. Kangwon (Wayne) Lee (Korean Polytechnic University)

o Prof. Ardalan Vahidi (Clemson University)

o Prof. Dongmei Chen (University of Texas, Austin)

o Dr. Dae-Kyun Kim (General Motors)

o Dr. Min Joong Kim (General Motors)

o Dr. Jinming Liu (General Motors)

o Dr. Ed Tate (General Motors)

o Dr. Jing Zhou (Chrysler)

Teaching

- ME360 Modeling, Analysis and Control of Dynamic Systems, Fall 1995, 1996, Winter 2000, Fall 2006

- ME395, Mechanical Engineering Labs I, Winter 1998

- ME461 Automatic Control, Fall 1995, 1999

- ME495 Senior ME Labs, Winter 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and Fall 1999, 2008

- ME542 Vehicle Dynamics, Fall 1996, Winter 1999, 2002

- ME561 Digital Control, Winter 1994, 2003, Fall 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

- ME568 Vehicle Control Systems, Winter 1995, 1996, 1997, Fall 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009

- EECS510 Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Topics, Winter 1997

- AUTO501 Integrated Vehicle Systems Design, Winter 2005, Fall 2005, Fall 2006

- AUTO563 Modeling and Control of Automatic Transmissions, SS2004, Winter 2006, 2007, 2009

- AUTO599 Analysis and Control of Alternative Power-trains, Winter 2008, 2009

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last updated October 22, 2009/hpeng@umich.edu