Dan Negrut Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor Department Mechanical Engineering Contact 4150A, Mechanical Engineering Bldg 1513 University Ave Madison, WI p: (608) 265-6124 e: negrut@wisc.edu Professor Dan Negrut, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison Close Video Education PhD 1998, Univ. of IowaBS 1992, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest Research interests Computer modeling and simulation of robots and autonomous vehicleshigh performance computingfluid-solid interaction Additional College of Engineering affiliations Affiliated DepartmentsElectrical & Computer EngineeringMaterials Science & Engineering Awards 2023 ASME International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Best Student Paper Competition2021 ASME IDETC/CIE 2021 Conf. Multibody Systems & Nonlinear Dynamics and Controls , Best Paper Award2021 MDPI journal Fluids, Best Paper Award2021 Supercomputing 2021, Runner up, Best Poster Award2018 SAE World Congress, 2018 SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation Award2017 ASME IDETC/CIE 2017 Conf. Multibody Systems & Nonlinear Dynamics and Controls , Best Paper Award2017 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Leaders in Engineering Excellence and Diversity (LEED) Scholar2016 Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Mead Witter Foundation Chaired Professor2016 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering Diversity and Equity Award2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vilas Associate Researcher2012 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvey Spangler Award for Technology-Enhanced Instruction2010 NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA CUDA Fellow2010 5th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics , Best Paper Award2009 National Science Foundation, NSF CAREER Award2007 Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, Professor of the Year2003 Editorial Board, Journal of Multi-body Dynamics (Part K of the Proceedings of the IMechE), Professional Engineering Publishing Award Recent publications Zhang, R., Vanden Heuvel, C., Schepelmann, A., Rogg, A., Apostolopoulos, D., Chandler, S., Serban, R., & Negrut, D. (2024). A GPU-accelerated simulator for the DEM analysis of granular systems composed of clump-shaped elements. Engineering with Computers, 1--21.Unjhawala, H. M., Mahajan, I., Serban, R., & Negrut, D. (2024). A Library of Lower Fidelity Dynamics Models (LFDMs) For On-Road Vehicle Dynamics Targeting Faster Than Real-Time Applications. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(99), 6548.Zhang, H., Caldararu, S., Young, A., Ruiz, A., Unjhawala, H., Mahajan, I., Ashokkumar, S., Batagoda, N., Zhou, Z., Bakke, L., & others, (2024). A study on the use of simulation in synthesizing path-following control policies for autonomous ground robots. arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.18021.Unjhawala, H., Hansen, T., Zhang, H., Caldraru, S., Chatterjee, S., Bakke, L., Wu, J., Serban, R., & Negrut, D. (2024). An expeditious and expressive vehicle dynamics model for applications in controls and reinforcement learning. IEEE Access.Hu, W., Li, P., Unjhawala, H. M., Serban, R., & Negrut, D. (2024). Calibration of an expeditious terramechanics model using a higher-fidelity model, Bayesian inference, and a virtual bevameter test. Journal of Field Robotics, 41(3), 550--569.Zhang, R., Tagliafierro, B., Heuvel, C. V., Sabarwal, S., Bakke, L., Yue, Y., Wei, X., Serban, R., & Negrut, D. (2024). Chrono DEM-Engine: A Discrete Element Method dual-GPU simulator with customizable contact forces and element shape. Computer Physics Communications, 300, 109196.Zhong, X., Zhou, Y., Kamaraj, V., Zhou, Z., Kontar, W., Negrut, D., Lee, J. D., & Ahn, S. (2024). Human-Machine Interaction in Automated Vehicles: Reducing Voluntary Driver Intervention. arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.05832.Wang, J., Wang, S., Unjhawala, H. M., Wu, J., & Negrut, D. (2024). MBD-NODE: physics-informed data-driven modeling and simulation of constrained multibody systems. Multibody System Dynamics, 1--43.Mahajan, I., Unjhawala, H., Zhang, H., Zhou, Z., Young, A., Ruiz, A., Caldararu, S., Batagoda, N., Ashokkumar, S., & Negrut, D. (2024). Quantifying the sim2real gap for GPS and IMU sensors. arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.11000.Kissel, A., Bakke, L., & Negrut, D. (2024). Reducing the Constrained Multibody Dynamics Problem to the Solution of a System of ODEs via Velocity Partitioning and Lie Group Integration. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 1--12. Courses COMP SCI 790 - Master's Thesis (Spring 2025)COMP SCI 899 - Pre-Dissertator Research (Spring 2025)E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)E C E 489 - Honors in Research (Spring 2025)E C E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2025)E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2025)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)M E 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)COMP SCI 790 - Master's Thesis (Fall 2024)COMP SCI 899 - Pre-Dissertator Research (Fall 2024)E C E 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)E C E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2024)E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2024)E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)M E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2024)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)M E 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)COMP SCI 899 - Pre-Dissertator Research (Summer 2024)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)M E 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)COMP SCI 682 - Senior Honors Thesis (Spring 2024)COMP SCI 899 - Pre-Dissertator Research (Spring 2024)E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2024)E C E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2024)E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2024)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)COMP SCI 681 - Senior Honors Thesis (Fall 2023)COMP SCI 759 - High Performance Computing for Applications in Engineering (Fall 2023)COMP SCI 799 - Master's Research (Fall 2023)COMP SCI 899 - Pre-Dissertator Research (Fall 2023)E C E 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2023)E C E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2023)E C E 759 - High Performance Computing for Applications in Engineering (Fall 2023)E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2023)E M A 759 - High Performance Computing for Applications in Engineering (Fall 2023)E P 759 - High Performance Computing for Applications in Engineering (Fall 2023)M E 759 - High Performance Computing for Applications in Engineering (Fall 2023)M E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)M E 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)COMP SCI 899 - Pre-Dissertator Research (Summer 2023)E C E 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2023)M E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2023)M E 890 - PhD Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)M E 990 - Dissertator Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)