Professor
Office: 13-230
Phone Number: 805-756-1261
Email: cbirdson@calpoly.edu
Cal Poly Alumni, Professor, Parker Control Lab and Controls Course Coordinator, Tau Beta Pi Faculty Adviser, Pi Tau Sigma Faculty Adviser, Bently Center Director
Research Interests
- Automotive Safety, Collision Avoidance and Autonomous Vehicles Controls
- Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Systems
- Sensor and Actuator Design and Implementation
- Signal Processing
- System Dynamics
- Vibrations/Acoustics/Active Noise Control
Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering November 1999 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Advisor: Clark Radcliffe, Focus: System Analysis and Controls, Active Noise Control. Dissertation topic: Active Noise Control with a Semi Active Helmholtz Resonator
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering December 1996 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Advisor: Clark Radcliffe, Focus: System Analysis and Controls, Active Noise Control
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering June 1991, graduated Cum Laude California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, California