Research Interests

• Development of Intelligent Rollover Warning and Control Systems for Tractor-Semitrailers, TAMU-CONACyT Collaborative Program, Sept. 1, 2002 - August 31 - 2003.
• Development of System for Identifying Road Surface Condition using Free Space Optics, Texas Transportation Institute, Sept. 1, 2002 - August 31, 2003 (with R. Lytton as Co-PI.)
• High Availability Automation Needs Analysis and Technology Assessment for Ultradeepwater E&P Operations, Research Partnership for Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), May 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 (with Alex Parlos as Co-PI.)
• Condition Based Monitoring for the H-60 Aircraft, Joint Council on Aging Aircraft (JCAA), June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005, (joint project with Georgia Institute of Technology.)

Awards & Honors

• IEEE Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, December 2001.
• B.P. Amoco Award for Teaching Excellence, October 2001.
• Bechtel Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, 2000-2001
• NASA Faculty Fellow, Ames Research Center, Summer 2000.
• Boeing A.D. Welliver Fellow, Summer 1999.

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1991
• M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
• B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1980