Dr. Harris Mcclamroch

Professor

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Biography

Professor Harris McClamroch taught courses and conducted research on a variety of topics related to dynamics and control. His research fields include aircraft flight dynamics control and spacecraft dynamics control, addressing problems in robotics, manufacturing, wheeled vehicles, and civil structures. His teaching and research focus on nonlinear dynamics, nonlinear control, geometric mechanics, optimization, and estimation in mathematical systems theory. He has contributed new results in dynamics control for rigid bodies and multi-bodies, based on novel geometric formulations of dynamics evolving on configuration manifolds. McClamroch is the author or co-author of more than 250 refereed journal and conference publications and has authored several books, including 'Steady Aircraft Flight Performance' published in 2011 and 'Global Formulation of Lagrangian Hamiltonian Dynamics on Manifolds: A Geometric Approach to Modeling and Analysis' co-authored with T. Lee and M. Leok, published in 2017. He has served as the principal adviser to twenty-seven Ph.D. students throughout his career at the University of Michigan, which began in 1967 and concluded with his retirement in 2010. McClamroch has held several high-profile positions including Chair of the Aerospace Department from 1992 to 1996, and has earned multiple awards for his contributions to the field.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor Emeritus

2010-01-01 — Present

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Retired faculty member with a focus on dynamics and control.

Professor

1977-01-01 — 2010-01-01

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Conducted advanced research in aerospace engineering.

Chair

1992-01-01 — 1996-01-01

Aerospace Department, University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Led the aerospace engineering department.

Associate Professor

1971-01-01 — 1977-01-01

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Advanced teaching and research in dynamics.

Assistant Professor

1967-01-01 — 1971-01-01

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Initial faculty role focusing on aerospace dynamics.

Awards

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Distinguished Service Award

1970-01-01
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IEEE Fellow

1988-01-01
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Distinguished Member Award

1992-01-01
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President

1998-01-01
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IEEE Millennium Medal

2000-01-01
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HarrisFest

2010-01-01

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science