Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni
Director, Center for Automotive Research
The Ford Motor Company Chair in Electromechanical Systems
Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Director of Center for Automotive Research
The Ohio State University
930 Kinnear Rd.
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1278
Phone: (614) 688-3856
Fax: (614) 688-4111
E-mail: rizzoni.1 [@osu.edu]
Research
Dr. Rizzoni's research activities focus on modeling, control and diagnosis of automotive systems. These activities have involved a substantial amount of experimental research on engines and vehicles. Current activities include: vehicle and powertrain diagnostics; powertrain modeling and control; and the development of alternative propulsion systems including new engine concepts, electric, hybrid-electric, and fuel cell vehicles. He has supervised approximately 50 graduate student theses (including 15 Ph.D.) at OSU and UM. His research has been funded by, among others, General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Delphi , Visteon, Dana, ArvinMeritor, Fiat, Honda, Lamborghini, Magneti Marelli, Oshkosh Truck, Cummins, IBM, Motorola, Allied Signal, the National Science Foundation, NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army TACOM, the National Renewable Eenrgy Laboratory, and DARPA. He is director of the US Department of Energy Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center on Hybrid Drivetrains an Control Systems , and has contributed to the development of graduate course sequences entitled Powertrain Modeling and Control and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles offered to practicing engineers at General Motors through the General Motors Technical Education Program. Since his appointment as Director of CAR-IT, Dr. Rizzoni has been responsible for the growth of an industrial research consortium with sponsorship from 15 major automotive manufacturers, suppliers and government agencies, totaling over $3M in research funding. Dr. Rizzoni has been an advisor to the OSU Formula Lightning electric race car team (three times national champion) since 1993, to the Buckeye Bullet electric land speed record team (current holder of the U.S. land speed record for electric vehicles) since 1997, and to the OSU FutureCar and FutureTruck hybrid-electric vehicle teams since 1995.
Dr. Rizzoni is a past Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (Transportation) and of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (vehicle electronics and ITS). He has served as Guest Editor of a Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology on Automotive Control, of a Special Issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine on Automotive Powertrain Control, and of a special Section of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology on Hybrid-Electric Vehicles. Between 1993 and 1995 he was Chair of the Transportation Panel of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division . He currently serves as Chair of the of the Dynamic Systems and Control Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); he is a past Chair of the Technical Committee on Automotive Control of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
Dr. Rizzoni is a Fellow of the IEEE, a recipient of the 1991 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, of the 1992 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, and of several other teaching and research awards, including the 1996 OSU Stanley Harrison Award for Excellence in Engineering Education.