John J. Moskwa Professor, Vilas Scholar (2000-2002) Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Awards & Honors Professional Experience Summary

Contact Information

2250 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/263-2423 Fax: 608/265-2316 E-mail: moskwa@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Mechanical Engineering

• Powertrain Control Research Laboratory

Education

• PhD, 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [Cambridge, MA]
• MSE, 1981, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor, MI]
• BSE, 1980, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor, MI], Summa Cum Laude, James B. Angell Scholar
• AS, 1978, Henry Ford Community College [Dearborn, MI], Summa Cum Laude
• I.C. Engine technical training at the GM Technical Center [Warren, MI] and Cummins Engine Technical Center [Columbus, IN]
• Additional education at Boston University [Boston & Lenox,MA], Wayne State University [Detroit, MI], Case Western Reserve University [Cleveland, OH], and Cleveland Institute of Music [Cleveland, OH]

Fields of Interest

• engine/powertrain/vehicle dynamic system modeling and parameter identification
• multivariable and nonlinear robust controller and observer design
• powertrain system diagnostics and real-time simulation
• transient hardware-in-the-loop engine test systems
• powertrain and vehicle system design and dynamics

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Invited member of the United States National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on Fuel Economy of Light Duty Vehicles. The NRC is one of our four United States National Academies in Washington DC. It has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and advises Congress and the President on science and technology. Dr. Moskwa's role and contributions on the NRC committee will be related to engine, powertrain and vehicle system simulation.
• ASME Fellow: "Dr. John J. Moskwa is internationally recognized for his technical contributions in powertrain system modeling, mutivariable engine control, engine diagnostics, and transient test systems. Through the Powertrain Control Research Laboratory (PCRL) that he founded at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he and his students have created many hardware-in-the-loop engine test systems with dynamic capabilities that are unmatched in other laboratories. The high bandwidth transient test systems that his group has designed and developed for both multi-cylinder and single-cylinder engines significantly decrease engine development time and cost while improving transient testing fidelity. Innovative and patented technologies for engine diagnostics, control, and testing have resulted from research carried out under his direction."
• SAE Fellow: "Dr. Moskwa is recognized for his pioneering work in the development of high bandwidth transient engine test systems and for his research accomplishments in the areas of powertrain system dynamic modeling, diagnostics, and control." 19 SAE Fellows were elected worldwide in 2005 (SAE's 100th anniversary), and they were honored at the SAE World Congress in Detroit, April 11-14, 2005, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)
• Powertrain Excellence Award: Hardware-in-the-loop, Transient Single-Cylinder Engine Test System, from the International Council for Powertrain Engineering & Management (with John L. Lahti and Steven J. Andrasko), Oct. 2003
• ASME - DSCD Innovative Practice Award: "for his development of high bandwidth transient engine test systems using advanced electronics and hydrostatics that now allow engineers to accurately replicate actual dynamic engine and powertrain loads and thereby improve engine-powertrain designs", American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Nov. 2002
• Vilas Associate Award/Appointment, University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, 2000-2002
• Powertrain Excellence Award: Very-High Bandwidth Transient Engine Dynamometer, from the International Council for Powertrain Engineering & Management (with Guy R. Babbitt and Steven P. Seaney), Oct. 1998
• Outstanding Instructor Award, Polygon Engineering Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 1989
• Distinguished Faculty Award, Pi Tau Sigma, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 1989
• Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International), Feb. 1992

Professional Experience

• Professor Moskwa has been actively involved in the powertrain industry for over 34 years, and has served in many different capacities in industry, government agencies, and academia.
• Senior Engineer, Experimental Mechanics Laboratory, Cummins Engine Technical Center [Columbus, IN] (modal analysis, fatigue and shaker testing and certification, brittle lacquer, photoelastic stress analysis, engine design analysis and recommendations, responsible for fatigue testing and certification of all critical engine fasteners, responsible for engine mounting systems and dynamic loading tests and certification, analysis and resolution of problems in the field)
• Research Assistant, Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory, MIT [Cambridge, MA] (dynamic engine system modeling and control, development of nonlinear coordinated engine-transmission control algorithms)
• Special Researcher, Power Systems Research Department, General Motors Research Labs [Warren, MI] (experimental engine/test cell set-up and transient validation of dynamic engine system models for the Buick 3800 engine)
• Research Associate, System Simulation and Technology Division, Propulsion Division, US Army Tank-Automotive Command, Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC/TACOM) [Warren, MI] (installation of a dynamic powertrain system model of the HMMWV on the Army's CRAY supercomputer, dynamic analysis of an in-line torque sensor for the AIPS tank powertrain)
• Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering [Cambridge, England] (collaborating with faculty and students on transient test systems and dynamic testing)
• Senior Technical Specialist, Advanced Powertrain Group, Ford Motor Company Ltd. Research & Engineering Center [Dunton, England] (development of new system robustness analysis concepts, and application to powertrain system design)
• General Automotive (Diesel) Mechanic, City of Detroit, Department of Transportation [Detroit, MI] (diagnostics and repair of 6V & 8V-71 DDC diesel engines and systems, field diagnostics and repairs)

Summary

Dr. Moskwa is the founding Director of the Powertrain Control Research Laboratory (PCRL DynoLab & SimLab). The introduction of this program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 broadened the curriculum and research programs in Mechanical Engineering, by adding a research program and courses in the analysis, design and control of entire engine and powertrain systems. PCRL members have developed nonlinear engine system diagnostic techniques based on nonlinear observers for engine cylinder heat release and combustion quality identification, as well as pioneer the use of 'synthetic' engine variables to simplify engine diagnostic and control strategy and improve combustion quality diagnostics. His research group does work in diesel after-treatment system control and diagnostics, as well as variable cam timing and cam-less engine control, modeling, and dynamic observer development.

The PCRL DynoLab group has designed and developed some of the most advanced high bandwidth H-I-L engine test systems in the world for transient automotive engine research. Both single cylinder and multicylinder engine test systems are operational in PCRL, and several other groups have replicated the PCRL designs because of their unique capabilities. Other advanced tools in the lab include highly flexible engine control systems for strategy research, and fast-FID, fast-CLD and other analyzers for transient control and emission research.

The PCRL SimLab has developed detailed dynamic engine models for the National Advanced Driving Simulator, several engine and full dynamic powertrain models (e.g., M916, M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley, and HMMWV) for the US Army's Automotive Research Center located at the University of Michigan. These "virtual engine/powertrain" models are used throughout the world (e.g., USA, Japan, India, Taiwan, Columbia, Korea, Sweden, Italy). Professor Moskwa also started the College's hybrid electric vehicle program and Team Paradigm in 1991. Dr. Moskwa was also a member of the faculty team that started and developed the innovative EPD160 course (Introduction to Engineering) and the Teaching Improvement Program in the College of Engineering.

Professor Moskwa consults widely for the powertrain industry with most of the largest domestic and international manufacturers of engines and powertrain systems, and has served as both consulting and testifying expert in numerous Federal and State litigations, as well as in interference hearings and patent reexaminations within the US Patent and Trademark Office. He teaches senior and graduate courses in powertrain systems, engine systems and control, vehicle design and dynamics, classical, multivariable and nonlinear controls, thermodynamics, and dynamic systems. Dr. Moskwa is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers, International (SAE), and a member the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Control Systems Society.

Professor Moskwa is president/sole proprietor of Powertrain Consultation & Research, LLC, an engineering consulting company based in Madison Wisconsin.

Dr. Moskwa is also an accomplished musician. He studied music theory and performance (Trumpet) at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra [Lenox, MA], and at the Cleveland Institute of Music [Cleveland, OH]. He has performed professionally with several symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe, and was principal trumpet under conductor James Levine in Cleveland (Mr. Levine is currently Music Director of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera in New York). He also played principal trumpet under Dr. Harry Begian and Dr. Federick Fennel. His trumpet teachers include James Tamburini, Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla, and Bernard Adelstein.

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