Vladimir Vantsevich
Professor of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Vladimir Vantsevich is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He serves as co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute (AVMI). Prior to WPI, he worked as a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Lawrence Technological University (LTU) in Michigan. Before LTU, Dr. Vantsevich was a professor of Belarusian National Technical University and the Head of Research and Design Group on Multi-Wheel Drive Vehicles that designed and developed mechatronic and mechanical driveline systems for various purpose vehicles in Belarus.
Dr. Vantsevich’s research and engineering area is vehicle mechanical and intelligent mechatronic multi-physics systems, system modeling, design and control. His research and design in autonomous ground vehicles includes but not limited to wheel power distribution optimization to enhance autonomous vehicle terrain mobility, maneuver, and energy efficiency. He originated coupled and interactive dynamics of vehicle systems, agile tire dynamics and related sensors and controls, and virtual drivelines for electric and hybrid vehicles.
Projects
- A Tire-Soil Interaction Representation for Agile Tire Slippage Characterization and Detection
- A Hybrid Controller with Observation and Decision Making for Autonomous Mobility Control System
- Instant Tire Slippage Characterization with Digital Image Correlation for Autonomous Mobility Applications
- Autonomous Vehicle Interactive Dynamics and Morphing with Mobility & Maneuver Self-Learning-and-Improvement
- Maximizing Autonomous Mobility and Energy Efficiency on-the-go through Exteroceptive and Proprioceptive Self-Learning-and-Improvement
- Technical Approaches and Analysis of Vehicle Conceptual Design for Mobility and Autonomous Mobility
- Modular Closed-loop, Real-time, Physics-based Software Simulator for Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Unstructured Terrain Environments
- Responsible AI-Based Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Severe Dynamic Terrain Environments