Automotive Systems Integration Faculty

	Paul Venhovens, Chair of Automotive Systems Integration As the BMW Endowed Chair in Systems Integration at CU-ICAR, Paul Venhovens leads the uniquely focused area that has been called the “brand” of CU-ICAR research and education efforts. Dr. Venhovens comes from BMW’s Research and Development headquarters in Munich, Germany, where he worked in the systems integration field since joining BMW in 1995. His experiences range from supervising research projects in Driver Assistance Systems and software engineering at major universities, to developing new testing methods and software tools for functional integration of BIW, chassis and drivelines to mitigate noise, vibration and harshness.
	Dr. Chowdhury’s primary research focus in ITS is the applications for connected vehicles and infrastructure for real-time traffic and energy management. His research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Transportation, state transportation agencies and university transportation centers.
	Pierluigi Pisu has joined the Department of Automotive Engineering in July 2006. His teaching and research interests lie in the general areas of fault diagnosis with application to vehicle systems, energy management control of hybrid electric vehicles, sliding mode control, and robust control. He is a member of the ASME and SAE.