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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIBODY SYSTEMS, NONLINEAR DYNAMICS,
AND CONTROL (MSNDC)

On behalf of the ASME Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics (MSND), we extend a wholehearted welcome to the
attendees of the 13th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC). Consisting of four keynote
talks and 16 symposia, the conference features over 100 presentations covering traditional and emerging topics in the broad areas of multibody
systems and nonlinear dynamics. This event presents a unique opportunity for dynamics researchers, practitioners, educators, and students to
report on their accomplishments, exchange ideas, and become familiar with emerging trends in the field. Furthermore, we are organizing
competitions for best paper and best student paper, and are providing student travel grants to qualifying undergraduate and graduate students.

Our first keynote talk this year represents the Lyapunov Award lecture, “From Understanding Nonlinear Phenomena to Exploiting Global
Dynamics for Engineering Safety,” delivered by Professor Giuseppe Rega. Dr. Rega has been a Professor at Sapienza University of Rome until
2016. His field of expertise includes nonlinear oscillations of suspended cables, bifurcation and chaos of mechanical/structural systems from
macro- to micro-scale, reduced order modelling, control of global dynamics, thermomechanical problems, smart materials. Former Editor-in-Chief
of Meccanica and President of Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, he is Chairman of the EUROMECH Nonlinear Oscillations
Conference Committee. Plenary Lecturer at about 20 International Conferences, has been honored with Special Issues of Nonlinear Dynamics
and International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics for his 60th and 70th birthdays.

A special session on “Autonomous and Connected Vehicles” will feature invited presentations by three experts in the field: Joshua Every from
Transportation Research Center Inc., Eric Nutt from Mandli Communications Inc., and Carmine Senatore from Exponent Inc.

The first AVC keynote presentation, “Vehicle Automation – Beyond the PR,” will be delivered by Dr. Joshua Every. Josh received his PhD in
Mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, with research focused on vehicle testing and active safety system development.
Upon graduation, he joined Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.) as a research scientist contracted to NHTSA’s Vehicle Research and
Test Center (VRTC) focusing on developing testing procedures to verify the safety of automated vehicles. Recently, Josh transitioned to TRC’s
R&D division to become the Automated Vehicle and ADAS Lead, in conjunction with the construction of TRC’s SMART Center. His current work is
focused on creating testing methods for vehicle automation systems, and developing procedures to ensure the safety of controlled environment
testing and on-road deployments.

Our second AVC keynote lecturer, Mr. Eric Nutt, will discuss “The Challenges of an Effective Base Map for Autonomous Vehicles.” Eric Nutt is the
Head of Technology for Mandli Communications, Inc., a high-tech solutions company developing large-scale data collection and processing
systems that support our State DOTs in their mission to reduce traffic deaths to zero by converting vast information into actionable intelligence.
Before taking on the challenges of strategic planning at Mandli Communications, Eric oversaw the research and development of data collection
vehicles and data processing software, leveraging his Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degrees from UW-Madison to establish
Mandli Communications, Inc. as the leader of large-scale network data collection and delivery projects across the country.

The third AVC keynote presentation, “Automated vehicles: current landscape and future directions,” will be delivered by Dr. Carmine Senatore.
Carmine is a Senior Associate at Exponent, Inc. specializing in advanced driver assistance systems, vehicle-to-vehicle communications,
automated vehicle technologies, and on-road and off-road vehicle dynamics. Since joining Exponent, he has designed and conducted
experiments to investigate sensor fusion strategies for V2V safety applications and the use of automotive advanced sensors for the purpose of
accident investigations. Dr. Senatore obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Prior to
joining Exponent, Dr. Senatore was a research scientist at MIT, where he collaborated with national agencies, research institutions, and private
companies to study how vehicles and robotic systems interact with unstructured environments.

Last but not least, we like to acknowledge the efforts and contribution of the symposium organizers as well as manuscripts reviewers whose
effort is highly appreciated. We would like to also thank the paper/presentation contributors for choosing this conference as the venue for
sharing the outcomes of their intellectual pursuits.

We look forward to a successful conference and hope that you will remember this Cleveland meeting as a memorable event.

Chair Co-Chair Co-Chair Co-Chair
18 Sachin Goyal Radu Serban Zdravko Terze Jerzy Warminski
University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Zagreb Lublin University of Technology
University of California, Merced