• Department of Mechanical Engineering
  University of Michigan-Dearborn
  Dearborn, MI 48128-1491
• Office: 1280 Engineering Complex,
• Tel.: (313) 593-5127
• Fax: (313) 593-3851
• Email: tshim@umich.edu

• Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, March 2000 
• M.S.,   Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, December 1997 
• B.S.,    Mechanical Engineering, Hankuk Aviation University, Korea, March 1992

Experience

• 9/07~ present, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Dearborn
• 9/01-8/07, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Dearborn
• 2/0-3/01, Consultant to PSA Peugeot Citroen
• 10/0-7/01,Consultant to Lord Corp

• Vehicle Dynamics and Active Vehicle Safety : Integrated Chassis Control, Vehicle Rollover/Active Roll Control, Tire Dynamics
• System Modeling and Analysis: Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems
• Vibration Control: Passive and Active Tuned Vibration Absorber (TVA) Design
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Research Projects

• Investigation of Effectiveness of Braking for Active Vehicle Safety (Ford Motor Company)

• Development of a 3-D Vehicle Animation Tool Using MATLAB (Ford Motor Company)

• Research Support for the AGMV Hybrid Control Refinement IRAD (General Dynamics Land Systems)

• Investigation of Suspension Characteristic and Development of Effective Suspension Model for Vehicle Roll Control (UMD HP-CEEP)

• Development a 3-D Vehicle Simulator Using MATLAB Virtual Reality Toolbox (UMD )

• Adaptation of Roll Center Migration on Parametric Vehicle Model from Multi-Body Vehicle Model (UMD)

• Design and Analysis of Brake System for the Low Mass Vehicle, (UMD  IAVS)

• Integration of Active Suspension with Steering and Brake Systems for Vehicle Handling Enhancement, (Rackham Faculty Grant and Fellowships)

• Development of Active Steering/Wheel Torque Controller for the Rollover Limit Maneuver (OVPR)

• Shim, T., Principal Investigator, and Mohanty, P., “REU Supplement: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn”, National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Investigation of Active Steering Control at Large Roll Angle (Ford Motor Company)

• Suspension Design and Dynamic Analysis of Lightweight Vehicle”, UMD IAVS)

• Dynamic Normal Force Control for Vehicle Handling (UMD HP-CEEP)

• Design of Tuned Vibration Absorbers for Agricultural Tractors (UMD)

    Research Publications

Courses Taught

• ME-215 (Computer Methods in Mechanical Engineering ),  
• ME-260 (Design Stress Analyses)  
• ME-543 (Vehicle Dynamics)
• AE-502 (Modeling of Automotive Systems) 
• AE-555 (Vehicle Stability and control) 
• ME-442 (Control System Analysis and Design )

Campus Services

• Program Committee, ASME 2008 Dynamics Systems and Control Conferences, October 20-22, Ann Arbor, 2008
• Co-Chair: Symposium of Advanced Automotive Technologies, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 12-15, Seattle, 2007
• Session Organizer/Chair “DSC-17-3-9 Vehicle Dynamics and Control II “ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 12-15, Seattle, 2007
• Session chair/organizer, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD)- Symposium on Advanced Automotive Technologies, “DSC-15D Vehicle Dynamics II”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, Chicago, 2006
• Session chair “ADSC-1: Vehicle Dynamics” and “ADSC-8: Simulations/Simulator Applications”, 2006 Automotive Dynamics, Stability & Controls Conference and Exhibition, February 14-16, 2006, Sheraton Detroit Novi, Novi, MI
• Session co-organizer “ADSC-1: Vehicle Dynamics”, “ADSC-3: ABS, TCS Rollover Control, ESC and Advanced Electronic Stability”, 2006 Automotive Dynamics, Stability & Controls Conference and Exhibition, February 14-16, 2006, Sheraton Detroit Novi, Novi, MI
• Session chair/organizer, “ADSC-2: Suspension and Ride”, 2004 Automotive Dynamics, Stability & Controls Conference and Exhibition, May 4-6, 2004, Cobo Center, Detroit, MI
• Session Chair, “Track 1: Industry Capstone Design-Special Courses”, 2004 National Conference Integrating Practice into Engineering Education, October 3-5, 2004, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI

• Reviewer of manuscripts for:

• Transaction of SAE Technical Paper, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
• Vehicle System Dynamics, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation
• IEEE/ASME Transactions of Mechatronics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
• Journal of Automobile Engineering-Part D
• ASME IMECE Congress, American Control Conference, SAE Congress, SAE-Automotive Dynamics and Stability Conference

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Society for Modeling and Simulation (SCS)
• Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
• Korean–American Professionals in the Automotive Industries (KPAI)

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