NSF Discoveries Reports on Junmin Wang's Research

Associate Professor Junmin Wang and his research team continue to make headlines in the world of vehicle control research. The National Science Foundation (NSF) web site recently posted an article about the efficiency and maneuverability of an experimental car built by Wang and his cohorts. The article titled, "An unconventional car: no engine, no transmission, no differential" is listed within the NSF Engineering Discoveries subject area.

Previous publicity about the experimental electric car under development at Ohio State is also detailed in an online article, titled "Tire–road friction coefficient and tire cornering stiffness estimation based on longitudinal tire force difference generation" by Control Engineering Practice (print edition: Volume 21, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 65–75).

 

In addition, Ohio State's Research and Innovation Communication also featured some of the testing conducted on the car that was performed at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio and on Ohio State's West Campus (see: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/fourmotor.htm).

Wang is also the Director of the Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Research within the lab focuses on control, modeling, estimation, and diagnosis of dynamical systems, particularly for vehicle, engine, powertrain, aftertreatment, hybrid, flexible fuel, alternative / renewable energy, transportation, and mechatronic systems.