معرفی
Dr. Dongmei "Maggie" Chen is the J. Mike Walker Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin since 2009. Her research focuses on automatic control, dynamic systems, and their applications in energy systems (wind turbines, fuel cells, geothermal wells), drilling technology, and robotics. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (2006) and a B.S. from Tsinghua University (precision instruments).
Her work spans advanced manufacturing (e.g., roll-to-roll graphene transfer), geothermal energy production, and control strategies for drilling vibrations. Notable contributions include managed pressure drilling systems, real-time anomaly detection, and predictive control for autonomous systems. She leads the Advanced Power and Sustainable Control Lab (APSCL) and has pioneered energy-efficient trajectory planning for robots.
Awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2011) and IEEE PES Prize Papers (2016). Her lab develops hardware/software platforms for autonomous ground vehicles and collaborates on real-time drilling control systems.
