About Professor Tan

Biography

Chin-An Tan is a full professor in the mechanical engineering department devoted to both teaching and research. His current research goal is to integrate dynamics, controls, and computer science in vehicle mobility and transportation research and robotics applications. His topics of interest include active suspension with road preview, automated parking, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and autonomous robotics. He is also writing a textbook on numerical methods using MATLAB based on the p-squared (P²) pedagogy that he has developed.

Education

Ph.D.  Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
M.S.   Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
B.S.    Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Member, International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Awards and Honors

• Engineering Students Faculty Board (ESFB) Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 2014
• Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 2009
Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 2000
• President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University, 1997
• Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 1996, 2000
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Mechanical Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 1996
• Teaching Innovation Award, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 1996