Advanced Powertrain Systems Faculty

	Zoran Filipi, Timken Endowed Chair in Vehicle System Design Zoran Filipi is the Timken Endowed Chair in Vehicle System Design at Clemson University ICAR. He comes to CU-ICAR from the University of Michigan, where he was the director of the Center for Engineering Excellence through Hybrid Technology and the deputy director of the Automotive Research Center, a U.S. Army Center of Excellence for modeling and simulation of ground vehicles. Prof. Filipi received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Belgrade in 1992, and joined the University of Michigan in 1994. His main research interests are alternative and hybrid powertrain systems, advanced IC engine concepts, and energy for transportation.
	Beshah Ayalew Beshah Ayalew received his MS (2000) and Ph.D. (2005) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and his BS (1997) degree, also in Mechanical Engineering, from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Prior to joining Clemson in August 2006 as one of the CU-ICAR faculty, he worked as a research associate at the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute.
	Pierluigi Pisu Pierluigi Pisu has joined the Department of Automotive Engineering in July 2006. His teaching and research interests lie in the general areas of fault diagnosis with application to vehicle systems, energy management control of hybrid electric vehicles, sliding mode control, and robust control. He is a member of the ASME and SAE.
	Robert Prucka Robert Prucka received his Bachelors of Science in Engineering in 2000, a Masters of Science in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 2004 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering in April 2008, all from the University of Michigan. His research interests focus on the development of novel experimental and modeling techniques to improve internal combustion engine control, performance, emissions and efficiency.