Distinguished Lecturer

Rajesh Rajamani obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. He joined the faculty in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in 1998 where he is currently the Benjamin Y.H. LiuTSI Endowed Chair Professor and Associate Director (Research) of the Minnesota Robotics Institute. His active research interests include estimation, sensing and control for smart and autonomous systems. Dr. Rajamani has co-authored over 190 journal papers and is a co-inventor on 20+ patents/ patent applications. He is a Fellow of IEEE and ASME and has been a recipient of the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, the O. Hugo Schuck Award from the American Automatic Control Council, the Ralph Teetor Award from SAE, the Charles Stark Draper award from ASME, and a number of best paper awards from journals and conferences. Several inventions from his laboratory have been commercialized through start-up ventures cofounded by industry executives. One of these companies, Innotronics, was recently recognized among the 35 Best University Start-Ups of 2016 by the US National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer