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Career Development Professorship Awarded to Malikopoulos ANDREAS MALIKOPOULOS is researching ways to maximize fuel efficiency in a connected and automated vehicle (CAV). These vehicles use sensors, cameras and advanced control algorithms to adjust their operation to changing conditions with minimal or no driver input. He develops and implements control technologies to allow vehicles to bypass roadblocks, change speed based on traffic conditions, and adjust their powertrains to optimize efficiency.
Malikopoulos has been appointed the inaugural Terri Connor Kelly and John Kelly Career Development Professor of Mechanical Engineering effective September 1, 2018 for a five-year term. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a senior member of IEEE. He is also a member of UD’s Center for Fuel Cells and Batteries, where researchers from across the College of Engineering collaborate to develop eco-friendly fuel technologies. Before joining UD in 2017, Malikopoulos was the deputy director and the lead of the Sustainable Mobility Theme of the Urban Dynamics Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a senior researcher at General Motors Research & Development. Malikopoulos earned his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. TERRI CONNOR KELLY AND JOHN KELLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROFESSORSHIP IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UD Mechanical Engineering alumna TERRI CONNOR KELLY ’83 and JOHN KELLY ’83 established the Terri Connor Kelly and John Kelly Career Development Professorship in Mechanical Engineering to aid in growing the ranks of talented young engineering faculty at the University of Delaware. Career Development Professorships are a critical tool in recruiting the most promising young faculty and jumpstarting their professional achievements. For information on establishing or contributing to our endowed professorship funds, please contact Dan Rogalski at rogalski@udel.edu.
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