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Dr. Raul G. Longoria received the B.S.M.E. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and 1989, respectively. He joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) in 1991 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1997. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. His teaching and research interests are in multienergetic dynamic system modeling and simulation, vehicle system dynamics and controls, and electromechanical system modeling and simulation. |
| Since joining the Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr. Longoria has taught courses in dynamic systems and controls, vibrations, and fluid mechanics, and regularly teaches a graduate course in modeling of physical systems, emphasizing bond graph methods and modern simulation languages. He has developed and taught two new graduate courses in advanced system modeling and simulation. Dr. Longoria has also been responsible for the development and maintenance of a laboratory course in dynamic systems and controls that introduces simulation, modeling, and measurement methods, and uses web-based content for delivery of materials and instruction. Dr. Longoria received the Mechanical Engineering Teaching Excellence Award in 1995 for these efforts. Recently, he has initiated courses in application of dynamic systems and controls to two undergraduate electives in vehicle systems. Dr. Longoria received a Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in 2001. |
| Dr. Longoria's research stems from projects with industry and government organizations that stimulate improved methods for engineering modeling, simulation and experimentation. From this core basis, he has been involved in a wide range of applications. From 1998 to 2007, he developed a focus in vehicle related research as UT-Austin as a site director of a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Through industrial and federal sponsorship, and in collaboration with UT-Austin Center for Electromechanics and the Institute for Advanced Technology, Dr. Longoria's research involved vehicle dynamics, active suspension synthesis, and real-time control for vehicle applications. While a UT-Austin faculty member, he has been active in projects sponsored by Applied Materials, John Deere, LMS-CAE, National Instruments, Radian, SAIC, and United Defense, as well as by the DARPA, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. He works and has worked with graduate students who help direct and guide their research study in a broad range of topics. |
| Dr. Longoria is a member of the SAE, ASME, ASEE, and SCS. He is also active on the program committee of SCS for the International Conference on Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation and is an Associate Editor for Simulation: The Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. He serves as faculty advisor for the local student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. |
| Dr. Longoria was raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. |
Last updated March 6, 2008