Center Leadership
The ARC Director is responsible for the leadership and administration of the center. The center also has an Executive Committee (ExCom) that reviews and approves research projects in ARC’s portfolio.
Dr. Bogdan Epureanu
ARC Director and ExCom Chair, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, U of M
Dr. David Gorsich
ExCom Member, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army GVSC
Dr. Kira Barton
ARC Associate Director and ExCom Member, Professor, U of M
Dr. Ram Vasudevan
ARC Associate Director and ExCom Member, Associate Professor, U of M
Dr. Robert Sadowski
ExCom Member, Chief Roboticist U.S. Army GVSC
Dr. Philip A Frederick
ExCom Member, Deputy Chief Scientist U.S. Army GVSC
Dr. Mark Brudnak
ExCom Member, Senior Technical Expert for GVSC’s Immersive Simulation Directorate, U.S. Army GVSC
Dr. Zoran Filipi
ExCom Member, Timken Endowed Chair in Vehicle System Design, Clemson University
Dr. Tulga Ersal
ARC Chief Scientist
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, U of M
Dr. Alauddin Ahmed
ARC Principal Scientist
Assistant Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, U of M
External Review Board
The ARC leadership receives input critical for long term and strategic decisions as well as individual project evaluations from an External Review Board (ERB) that consists of distinguished researchers from academia, government, and industry.
Dr. Susan Adams
ERB Member, Manager of Applied Cognitive Science Group, Sandia National Labs
Dr. Cinzia Cirillo
ERB Member, Interim Director, Maryland Transportation Institute, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
Dr. Reza Langari
ERB Member, JR Thompson Department Head Chair, Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University
Dr. Raju Namburu
ERB Member, Chief Technology Officer, Sr. Scientific & Technical Manager, Info. Technology Lab., US Army Engineer Research & Development Center
Dr. Don Siegel
ERB Member, Department Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Mr. Reid Steiger
ERB Member, Technical Expert in Automated Driving, Ford Motor Company
Industry Advisory Board
Mr. Andrew Bayley
Vice President Performance Materials, BASF
Dr. Dipankar Choudhury
Vice President Research, Ansys
Mr. Christopher Davey
Sr. Tech. Leader & Manager – Vehicle Controls & Systems, Ford
Dr. Paul Fanson
Senior Manager, Toyota
Dr. Tim Frazier
Vice President Research and Technology, Cummins
Dr. David Gorsich
Chief Scientist – US Army GVSC, Army Futures Command
Mr. Nand Kochhar
Vice President Automotive & Transportation, Siemens Digital Industries
Dr. Victor Oancea
Sr. Technology Director, Dassault Systems
Mr. Scott Redman
Director of Global Supply Chain, Lockheed Martin
Mr. Jim Tung
MathWorks Fellow, MathWorks
GVSC Thrust Area Leads
The ARC activities are coordinated with our government partners. GVSC Thrust Area Leads spearhead the transition of technologies developed in the ARC to the U.S. Army. They also provide advisory opinions to the ExCom regarding projects and initiatives. Link to biographies.
Thrust Area 1 Co-Leaders: Dr. Jonathon Smereka and Dr. Paramsothy (Jay) Jayakumar
Thrust Area 2 Leader: Mr. Victor Paul
Thrust Area 3 Leader: Dr. Katie Sebeck
Thrust Area 4 Co-Leaders: Dr. Peter Schihl and Dr. Vamshi Korivi
Thrust Area 5 Co-Leaders: Dr. Matt Castanier and Dr. Steve Rapp
Previous ARC Leaders
Prof. Panos Papalambros
ARC Founding Director (1994-2002)
Dr. Walter Bryzik
Government Leader (1994-2007)
Prof. Dennis Assanis
ARC Director (2002-2009)
Prof. Zoran Filipi
ARC Assistant Director (2002-2009), ARC Deputy Director (2009-2011)
Prof. Anna Stefanopoulou
ARC Director (2010-2018)
Prof. Dawn Tilbury
ARC Deputy Director (2011-2013)
Prof. Andre Boehman
ARC Deputy Director (2014-2020)