Alireza Mohammadi of University of Michigan at Dearborn

This seminar focuses on integrating sustainability concepts within the Robotics Engineering curriculum at the University of Michigan-Dearborn enabled through the support of ASEE EOP-MGP. The talk will introduce a Project-Based Learning (PBL) experience, integrating essential components of energy-efficiency, eco-friendliness, and socio-economic sustainability into the design and operation of last-mile delivery mobile robotic systems and the end-of-life management of these autonomous systems. This comprehensive approach encourages students to consider sustainability issues in their engineering projects holistically. Also, the seminar presents a self-assessment tool for participating students to understand and quantify their propensity to promote these sustainability frameworks in the field of robotics and automation, particularly in Southeast Michigan, where a significant number of UM-Dearborn graduates embark on their careers. The goal is to enhance the capability of future engineers to create sustainable robotic solutions, contributing to long-term economic growth and environmental preservation. Finally, we present our plans for implementation of the EOP Institutionalization Program at UM-Dearborn sponsored by the Lemelson Foundation.

Biography:

Alireza Mohammadi received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada in 2016. During his Ph.D. studies, he collaborated with the Norwegian Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (a Centre of Excellence for research in Norway) on locomotion control of ground and swimming snake robots. In 2011, he received the Master's degree from the University of Alberta, Canada where he was with the Telerobotic & Biorobotic Systems Laboratory. He joined the Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory at the University of Texas, Dallas, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in November 2016, where he was using neuromechanical principles in the context of feedback control theory to design wearable robot control systems. Dr. Mohammadi is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He is the principal investigator of the Robotic Motion Intelligence (RMI) Lab, which he established in 2018. His current research projects at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, which are sponsored by the NSF, Ford Motor Company, NASA MSGC, the Lemelson Foundation, and the University of Michigan, focus on robotics, control systems, cyber-physical systems, and integration of sustainability concepts within engineering higher education

Address:Dearborn, United States