YOSSI CHAIT

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts
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EDUCATION

• Ph.D.
  • Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1988.
    Thesis: Frequency Domain Robust Control of Distributed
    Parameter Systems. Advisors: Professors C.J. Radcliffe and C.R. MacCluer.
    
• M.S.
  • Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1984.
    Thesis: Active Control of Mechanical Vibration Utilizing
    Pneumatic Forces.
    
• B.S.
  • Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1982.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Professor (5/1996-7/1996) Laboratory for Measurement and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
• Visiting Professor (3/1996-4/1996) Department of Electrical Engineering - Systems, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  
• Associate Professor (1994-present) Teaching responsibilities: undergraduate controls, vibration, dynamics and measurements courses; graduate control course. Director of Design and Analysis of Control Systems research laboratory. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts.
  
• Assistant Professor (1988-1994) Same as above.
• Consultant (1986-present)Various companies in the USA and internationally.
• Teaching Assistant (1985-1986) Instructor, undergraduate control course. Instructor, undergraduate instrumentation lab. Mechanical Engineering Department, Michigan State University.
  
• Research Assistant (1984-1988) Manager of Noise and Vibration Lab, A.H. Case Center for CAE and Manufacturing, Michigan State University.
  
• Industrial (1985) Power Systems Department, General Motors -Research Labs, Warren, MI.

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