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Special Sessions

IDETC/CIE/AM3D

traction and acceleration performance, and stability of motion. Recently,
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Prof. Vantsevich originated agile tire/vehicle dynamics.
Date: Sunday, August 21
Time: 1:00pm–4:00pm
Location: 203A, Meeting Level He is the author of six technical books and more than 170 research articles
Vehicle Dynamics and Mobility: Understanding the Future from on inverse dynamics, vehicle performance and energy efficiency optimiza-
the Past tion and control, and design of driveline and autonomous wheel power
management systems. Prof. Vantsevich delivered more than 150 science
Vladimir V. Vantsevich, ScD, PhD, ASME Fellow seminars, invited lectures and technical presentations at academic
institutions, professional societies, and to industry. He is a registered
University of Alabama at Birmingham
inventor of the U.S.S.R. with 30 certified inventions and holds four U.S.
Birmingham, Alabama
invention disclosers and patent applications.
vantsevi@uab.edu
Prof. Vantsevich is the Founder and Editor of two book series of hand-
Abstract: The seminar presents an overview of research directions in books, textbooks, and references: (i) Ground Vehicle Engineering at Taylor
ground vehicle dynamics during past 1.5 century. Steady motion and and Francis Group/CRC Press and (ii) Robotics Engineering at ASME Press.
transient maneuvers, multi-flexible-body dynamics, nonlinear and Dr. Vantsevich is Editor of the Journal of Terramechanics and Associate
stochastic dynamics, terramechanics and mobility, vehicle operational Editor of the SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles; he is a
properties and their multi-criterion optimization, computer modelling and member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Vehicle
simulation, analysis and optimal synthesis, various controls, inverse vehicle Autonomous Systems.
dynamics, open architecture-type and multi-domain (cyber-physical)
vehicle systems – these are the milestones of vehicle dynamics develop-
Prof. Vantsevich was honored with Fellowship of the American Society of
ments over the past century. Based on the technical history overview, this
Mechanical Engineers and also Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences,
seminar considers the subject matter and the substance of vehicle
NJ. He served as the Chair of the ASME Vehicle Design Committee. He is
dynamics in general, and new research directions of modern vehicle
the founder and coordinator of the ASME VDC William Milliken Invited
dynamics and vehicle mobility in particular. Power distribution between
Lecture Award. He is a member of Association for Unmanned Vehicle
the drive wheels is explained as a key element to improve vehicle mobility,
Systems International, International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems,
energy efficiency, stability and safety. Coupled and interactive dynamics of
Society of Automotive Engineers, and International Association for Vehicle
vehicle systems is discussed to illustrate advantages of intelligent
System Dynamics.
locomotion modules/sets of intelligent tires in future vehicle layouts. A new
paradigm of agile tire dynamics is formulated to enhance vehicle dynamics
and mobility.
Biography: Dr. Vladimir V. Vantsevich joined the UAB Department of
Mechanical Engineering as a Professor and the founding Director of
Vehicle and Robotics Engineering Laboratory in 2012. Prior to UAB he was
a Professor and the founding Director of the M.Sc. in Mechatronic Systems
Engineering Program and the Laboratory of Mechatronic Systems at
Lawrence Technological University, Michigan. He was also a co-founder
and the Associate Director of the LTU Automotive Engineering Institute.
Before Lawrence Tech, Dr. Vantsevich was a Professor and the Head of
Research and Design Group on Multi-Wheel Drive Vehicles that designed
and developed mechatronic and mechanical driveline systems for various
purpose vehicles in Belarus. He earned his PhD and ScD (the highest
degree in the former U.S.S.R.) from Belarusian National Technical
University approved by the Higher State Awarding Committee of the
Russian Federation.

Prof. Vantsevich’s research area is inverse and direct dynamics of
mechanical and mechatronic systems, system modeling, design and
control. Applications include conventional and autonomous, multi-wheel
ground vehicles, and vehicle driveline systems. He developed a novel
research avenue – inverse ground vehicle dynamics, which is the basis of
his optimization of power distribution among the drive wheels and vehicle
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performance control including vehicle mobility, energy/fuel consumption,