Hiroyuki Sugiyama

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, 1997. Special Fields of Knowledge: Computational dynamics of multibody systems, vehicle dynamics, wheel/rail contact, tire/road interaction, mechanical vibration, finite element method. Present Research Interests: Flexible multibody dynamics, railroad vehicle dynamics, dynamics of tire, vehicle/turnout interaction, wind energy drivetrain modeling and simulation. Member: ASME, SAE. 2 invited lectures.