Reza N. Jazar

Dr. Jazar is a professor of Mechanical Engineering. He received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic (1990) in Robotics, and his PhD from Sharif University of Technology (1997) in Nonlinear Vibrations and Applied Mathematics. He has been working in North American Universities since 1999. Working in several universities around the world has made him familiar with many different successful academic disciplines and methods.

He has several years of work experience in Automotive industries all around the world. He has worked as a researcher or manager of several projects for many famous automotive manufacturers in Japan, Korea, Germany, Framce, and USA.

His research interests are: Nonlinear Vibrations and Nonlinear Dynamics, including: Vehicles; Robotics; MEMS; Orbit Mechanics; Mechatronics.

He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and monographs, and the author of several technical books including:

"Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control," second edition, Springer, New York, 2010,

"Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Applications," Springer, New York, 2009,

"Vibrations of Thick Cylindrical Structures: Theory and Applications," with colaboration of professor Hamid R. Hamidzadeh, Springer, New York, 2010,

"Advanced Dynamics," Wiley, New York, 2011.

"Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering," with colaboration of professor Liming Dai, Springer, New York, 2012.

Dr. Jazar's research highlights includes:

*Razi acceleration, and theory of time derivative and coordinate frame.

*Order free transformations for connected multibodies

*Caster theory in vehicle dynamics to increase the stability and maneuverability

*Autodriver algorithm in design of autonomous vehicles

*Caster theory in design of smart vehicles

*Floating-time method in optimal control theory

*Energy-rate method in stability of dynamics systems

*RMS optimization method in vibration optimization

*Mathematical modeling of hydraulic mounts in vibration isolation

*Mathematical modeling of squeeze-film and thermal damping in MEMS

*Frequency response of piecewise linear vibration isolator