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Awards

AWARDS CEREMONY HENRY M. PAYNTER OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD
TIME: 6:30-7:00 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 2018
LOCATION: INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM Dr. Tsu-Chin Tsao
UCLA
LIST OF BEST STUDENT PAPER FINALISTS
Sahand Sadeghi, Blake D. Betsill, Phanindra Tallapragada, and Suyi Li Dr. Tsu-Chin Tsao (B.S. National Taiwan University, M.S. and Ph.D.
DSCC2018-8969: The Effect of Nonlinear Springs in Jumping Mechanism University of California Berkeley), a Fellow of American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME), is Professor at UCLA Henry Samuelli
Poya Khalaf, Holly Warner, Elizabeth Hardin, Hanz Richter, and School of Engineering and Applied Science Mechanical and Aerospace
Daniel Simon Engineering Department. He has been an active contributor in the academic
DSCC2018-9091: Development and Experimental Validation of an Energy communities and has served leadership roles as Department Chair, technical
Regenerative Prosthetic Knee Controller and Prototype divisions and committees in ASME and International Federation of Automatic
Control (IFAC), and conference program chairs and journal editors. Dr.
Abhinav Tripathi, Chen Zhang, and Zongxuan Sun Tsao’s research areas are in controls and mechatronics with applications in
DSCC2018-9184: Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Auto-Ignition manufacturing, robotics, and other engineered systems. Recognitions of
Combustion Dynamics his research include ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and
Control Best Paper Award, ASME DSCD Outstanding Young Investigator
Bingjie Hao, Kok Meng Lee, and Kun Bai Award, American Automatic Control Council Hugo S. Shuck Best Paper
DSCC2018-9211: Eddy-Current Dynamic Model for Simultaneous Award, International Symposium on Flexible Automation Best Paper Award,
Geometrical and Material Parameter Measurements of Magnetic Materials and IFAC Mechatronic Systems Award.

Huan Yu, Shumon Koga, and Miroslav Krstic ASME DSCD MICHAEL J. RABINS LEADERSHIP AWARD
DSCC2018-9239: Stabilization of Traffic Flow with Autonomous Vehicles

ASME DSCD KALMAN BEST PAPER AWARD Dr. Kok-Meng Lee
Kræn Vodder Busk, MAN Energy Solutions, Denmark Georgia Institute of Technology
Mogens Blanke, Technical University of Denmark
Lars Eriksson, Linköping University, Sweden Dr. Kok-Meng Lee is a Professor in George W. Woodruff School of
Morten Vejlgaard-Laursen, Maersk, Denmark Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and a
for their paper “Control-Oriented Model of Molar Scavenge Oxygen Distinguished Professor in School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Fraction for Exhaust Recirculation in Large Diesel Engines”, Journal of at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He received his
Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 139(2), 021007, February S. M. and Ph. D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts
2017 Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1985 respectively. His research interests
include system dynamics and control, robotics, automation, machine vision
20 and mechatronics. Dr. Lee is a fellow of IEEE and ASME. Recognitions of
his research contributions include the NSF Presidential Young Investigator
(PYI) Award, Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Award, International Hall of Fame New
Technology Award, and Woodruff Faculty Fellow. Dr. Lee is founding Editor-
in-Chief for the Springer International Journal on Intelligent Robotics and
Applications. Prior to this appointment, he served as Editor-in-Chief (2008-
2013) and Technical Editor (1995-1999) for the IEEE/ASME Transactions
on Mechatronics. He was IEEE/ASME AIM General Co-Chair (1997) and
General Chair (1999) and as ASME Liaison for IEEE/ASME AIM (1999-2013,
2017-persent).