Gregory M. Shaver
Associate Professor
Herrick Labs & Energy Center at Discovery Park
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, 585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
gshaver@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-9342
Fax: 765-494-0787
Degrees:
BSME (Purdue '00)
MSME (Stanford '04)
PhD (Stanford '05)
Research Interests
- Modeling and control of advanced combustion processes and engine technologies
- Powertrain control strategies that enable the efficient and clean use of conventional fuels, coal-derived fuels, and biofuels.
Research Team
- Modeling and control of advanced combustion processes and engine technologies
- Powertrain control strategies that enable the efficient and clean use of conventional fuels, coal-derived fuels, and biofuels.
Research Team
Gayatri Adi - MSME, PhD
Carrie Hall - direct PhD
Nishigandha Railkar - MSME
Karla Stricker - MSME
Dan van Alstine - direct PhD
Lyle Kocher - direct PhD
Ashish Vora - direct Phd
Whitney Belt - MSME
Neha Ruikar - MSME
1. Gregory M. Shaver*, Matthew J. Roelle, J. Christian Gerdes, Patrick A. Caton and Christopher F. Edwards, Dynamic Modeling of HCCI Engines Utilizing Variable Valve Actuation, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, vol. 127, no. 3, pp. 374-381, September 2005 (Selected as the best paper published in the Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 2005)
2. Gregory M. Shaver*, Matthew J. Roelle, J. Christian Gerdes, Jean-Pierre Hathout, Jasim Ahmed, Aleksandar Kojic, Patrick A. Caton and Christopher F. Edwards, A Physics-Based Approach to Control of HCCI Engines with Variable Valve Actuation, International Journal of Engine Research, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 361-375(15), July 2005
3. Gregory M. Shaver*, Matthew J. Roelle, J. Christian Gerdes, Modeling Cycle-to-Cycle Dynamics and Mode Transition in HCCI Engines with Variable Valve Actuation, IFAC Journal on Control Engineering Practice (CEP), vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 213-222, March 2006
4. Gregory M. Shaver*, Matthew J. Roelle and J. Christian Gerdes, Physics-based Modeling and Control of Residual-Affected HCCI Engines, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Volume 131, Issue 2, March 2009
5. David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi*, Mike Bunce, and Gregory M. Shaver, Steady-state Biodiesel Blend Estimation via a Wideband Oxygen Sensor, The ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 131, no. 4, July 2009
6. Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall*, David Snyder*, Mike Bunce, Chris Satkoski, Shankar Kumar, Phanindra Garimella, Donald Stanton and Gregory M. Shaver, Soy-Biodiesel Impact on NOx Emissions and Fuel Economy for Diffusion Dominated Combustion in a Turbo-Diesel Engine Incorporating EGR and Common Rail Fuel Injection, Energy and Fuels, 23 (12), pp.5821–5829, October 2009
7. Gregory M. Shaver, Stability Analysis of Residual-Affected HCCI using Convex Optimization, IFAC Control Engineering Practice Special Issue – Advance in Automotive Control, Volume 17, Issue 12, pp. 1454-1460, December 2009
8. Aman Yadav*, Gregory M. Shaver*, and Peter Meckl, Lessons learned: Implementing the case teaching method in a mechanical engineering course, Journal of Engr. Education, 99(1), pp. 55-69, Jan 2010
9. Anup Kulkarni*, Sriram S. Popuri, Gregory M. Shaver, Tim R. Frazier, and Donald W. Stanton, Computationally Efficient Whole-Engine Model of a Cummins 2007 Turbocharged Diesel Engine, The ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Volume 132, Issue 2, February 2010
10. Mike Bunce*, David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall, Jeremy Koehler, Bernie Davila, Shankar Kumar, Phanindra Garimella, Don Stanton, and Greg Shaver, Stock and Optimized Performance and Emissions with 5 and 20% Soy-Biodiesel Blends in a Modern Common Rail Turbo-Diesel Engine, Energy and Fuels, 24 (2), pp. 928–939, February 2010
11. David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi, Mike Bunce, Chris Satkoski, and Gregory M. Shaver, Fuel Blend Fraction Estimation for Fuel-Flexible Combustion Control: Uncertainty Analysis, IFAC Control Engineering Practice, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 418-432, April 2010
12. Anup Kuklarni*, Karla Stricker, Angeline Blum, and Gregory M. Shaver, PCCI Control Authority of a Modern Diesel Engine Outfitted with Flexible Intake Valve Actuation, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Volume 132, Issue 5, 15 pages, September 2010
13. Chris Satkoski*, Greg Shaver, Piezoelectric Fuel Injection - Pulse-to-Pulse Coupling and Flow Rate Estimation, ASME/IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, volume 16, issue 4, August 2011
14. Chris Satkoski*, Greg Shaver, Ranjit More, Peter Meckl, Douglas Memering, Shankar Venkataraman, Jalal Syed, and Jesus Carmon-Valdes, Dynamic Modeling of a Piezoelectric Actuated Fuel Injector, Accepted (May 2010), to appear in: ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control
15. Rajani Modiyani*, Lyle Kocher*, Dan Van Alstine*, Ed Koeberlein, Karla Stricker, Paul Meckl, and Gregory M. Shaver, Effect of Intake Valve Closure Modulation on Effective Compression Ratio and Gas Exchange in Modern, Multi-Cylinder Diesel Engines. Accepted (August 2010), to appear in: International Journal of Engine Research
16. Michael Bunce*, David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall, Jeremy Koehler, Bernabe Davila, Phanindra Garimella, Shankar Kumar, Donald Stanton, and Gregory M. Shaver, Optimization of Soy-Biodiesel Combustion in a Modern Diesel Engine, Fuel, volume 90, issue 8, pp. 2560-2570, August 2011
17. David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi, Carrie Hall, Michael Bunce, and Gregory M. Shaver, Closed-loop Control Framework for Fuel-Flexible Combustion of Biodiesel Blends. Accepted (January 2011), to appear in: International Journal of Engine Research
18. Karla Stricker*, Lyle Kocher*, Ed Koeberlein, Dan Van Alstine, and Gregory M. Shaver, Turbocharger Map Reduction for Control-Oriented Modeling, Submitted for review to the Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and control (March 2011).
19. Lyle Kocher, Ed Koeberlein, Dan Van Alstine, Karla Stricker, and Gregory M. Shaver, Physically-Based Volumetric Efficiency Model for Diesel Engines Utilizing Variable Intake Valve Actuation, Submitted for review to the International Journal of Engine Research, 3/31/2011
20. Ed Koeberlein, Lyle Kocher, Dan Van Alstine, Karla Stricker, and Gregory M. Shaver, Control-Oriented Modeling of Exhaust Enthalpy for Engines Utilizing Valve Modulation, Submitted for review to IFAC Control Engineering Practice, 4-27-2011
21. Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall*, David Snyder, Whitney Belt, and Gregory M. Shaver, Fuel Flexible Combustion Control of Biodiesel Blends, Submitted for review to the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 7-15-2011
22. Chris A. Satkoski*, Neha S. Ruikar, Scott D. Biggs, and Gregory M. Shaver, Piezo-electric Fuel Injection – Cycle-to-Cycle Control of Tightly Space Injections, Submitted for review to IFAC Control Engineering Practive, 7-22-2011
Refereed conference papers
1. Gregory M. Shaver*, J. Christian Gerdes, Parag Jain and P.A. Caton and C.F. Edwards, Modeling for Control of HCCI Engines. In the Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2003, pp. 749-754, Denver
2. Gregory M. Shaver* and J. Christian Gerdes, Cycle-to-cycle control of HCCI Engines, In the Proceeding of the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2003-41966, Washington D.C.
3. Gregory M. Shaver*, J. Christian Gerdes and Matthew Roelle, Modeling Cycle-to-Cycle Coupling in HCCI Engines Utilizing Variable Valve Actuation, In the Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control, 2004, pp. 244-249, Salerno, Italy (Selected for special issue of IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice)
4. Gregory M. Shaver*, J. Christian Gerdes and Matthew Roelle, Physics-Based Closed-Loop Control of Phasing, Peak Pressure and Work Output in HCCI Engines Utilizing Variable Valve Actuation, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 150-155, 2004, Boston, Mass. (Best pres. in session award)
5. Gregory M. Shaver*, Aleksandar Kojic*, J. Christian Gerdes, Jean-Pierre Hathout, and Jasim Ahmed, Contraction and Sum of Squares Analysis of HCCI Engines, In the Proceedings of the 2004 IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
6. Matthew J. Roelle*, Gregory M. Shaver and J. Christian Gerdes, A Multi-Mode Combustion Model of SI and HCCI for Mode Transition Control, In the Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, 2004, IMECE2004-62188, Anaheim, California
7. Gregory M. Shaver*, Matthew J. Roelle, J. Christian Gerdes, Decoupled Control of Combustion Timing and Work Output on an HCCI Engine, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 3871-3876 2005, Portland, Oregon (Best presentation in session award)
8. Gregory M. Shaver*, Matthew J. Roelle, J. Christian Gerdes, A 2-Input, 2-State Model of Residual-Affected HCCI Engines, 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
9. Gregory M. Shaver, Stability Analysis of Residual-Affected HCCI using Convex Optimization, IFAC Advances in Automotive Control, August 2007, Monterey Coast, CA
10. Anup Kulkarni*, Gayatri Adi*, and Gregory M. Shaver, Modeling Cylinder-to-Cylinder Coupling in Multi-Cylinder HCCI Engines Incorporating Reinduction, 2007 ASME IMECE, IMECE2007-42487, November 2007, Seattle WA
11. David B. Snyder*, Elena G. Washington, Armando P. Indrajuana, and Gregory M. Shaver, Biodiesel Blend Estimation via a Wideband Oxygen Sensor, Proceedings of the 2008 American Control Conference, June 2008
12. Meagan Arnold*, Aman Yadav, Gregory M. Shaver, and Eric Nauman, E. A. (2008, June). Measuring student perceptions of case-based instruction in an engineering course. Paper presented at the American Society of Engr. Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburg, PA.
13. David B. Snyder*, Gayatri H. Adi, Michael P. Bunce, Chris Satkoski, and Gregory M. Shaver, Uncertainty Analysis of Wideband Oxygen Sensor Based Strategy for Steady-State Biodiesel Blend Estimation, 2008 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 20-22, 2008
14. Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall, Chris Satkoski, Mike Bunce, David Snyder, and Gregory M. Shaver, Capturing experimentally observed, biodiesel induced increases of fuel consumption and NOx with a physics-based whole engine model, ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2009 Spring Technical Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 2009
15. Aman Yadav and Gregory M. Shaver, Comparing the lecture method with case teaching method in a mechanical engineering course, ASEE Annual Conference, Austin, TX June 2009
16. Anup Kulkarni*, Karla Stricker, Angeline Blum, and Gregory M. Shaver, PCCI control authority of a modern diesel engine outfitted with flexible intake valve actuation,, Submitted for consideration to the 2009 SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, Florence, Italy, June 2009
17. Anup Kulkarni*, Gayatri Adi, Sriram S. Popuri, Gregory M. Shaver, Tim R. Frazier, and Donald W. Stanton, Development and validation of a flexible and computationally efficient whole engine model of a Cummins 2007 turbocharged diesel engine, Submitted for consideration to the 2009 SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, Florence, Italy, June 2009
18. Chris Satkoski*, Gregory M. Shaver, Ranjit More, Peter Meckl, and Douglas Memering, Dynamic Modeling of a Piezo-electric Actuated Fuel Injector, IFAC Workshop on Engine and Powertrain Control Simulation and Modeling, 11/30-12/2/2009, IFP, Rueil-Malmaison, France
19. Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall*, David Snyder*, Michael Bunce, and Gregory M. Shaver, Clean and Efficient Fuel-Flexible Combustion of Alternative Diesel Fuels via Closed-Loop Control, 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Advances in Energy Research, 12/2009, IIT Bombay
20. David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi, Michael Bunce, Carrie Hall, and Gregory M. Shaver, Dynamic exhaust oxygen based biodiesel blend estimation with an extended Kalman filter, 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD on June 30-July 02, 2010
21. Christopher Satkoski and Gregory M. Shaver, Design of a Dynamic Fuel Flow Estimator For a Piezoelectric Fuel Injector, 6th IFAC Symposium Advances in Automotive Control, Munich – Schwabing, Germany, July 12-14, 2010.
22. Mike Bunce*, David Snyder*, Gayatri Adi*, Carrie Hall, Bernie Davila, and Gregory M. Shaver, Optimization of the performance and emissions of soy biodiesel blends in a modern diesel engine, To appear at the 2010 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, September 12-15, 2010, San Antonio, TX, USA
23. Chris Satkoski*, Scott D. Biggs, and Gregory M. Shaver, Cycle-to-Cycle Estimation and Control of Multiple Pulse Profiles for a Piezoelectric Fuel Injection, 2011 Amer. Control Conf.
24. Lyle Kocher*, Ed Koeberlein*, Karla Stricker, Daniel Van Alstine, and Gregory M. Shaver, Control-Oriented Modeling of Diesel Engine Gas Exchange, 2011 Amer. Control Conf.
25. Ed Koeberlein*, Lyle Kocher, Daniel Van Alstine, Karla Stricker, and Gregory M. Shaver, Physics-based Control-Oriented Modeling of Exhaust Gas Enthalpy for Engines Utilizing Variable Valve Actuation, 2011 Dyn. Systems and Control Conference.
26. Karla Stricker*, Lyle Kocher, Ed Koeberlein, Daniel Van Alstine, and Gregory M. Shaver, Turbocharger Map Reduction for Control-Oriented Modeling, 2011 Dynamics Systems and Control Conference.
27. Lyle Kocher, Ed Koeberlein, Daniel Van Alstine, Karla Stricker, and Gregory M. Shaver, Physically-Based Volumetric Efficiency Model for Diesel Engines Utilizing Variable Intake Valve Actuation, 2011 Dynamics Systems and Control Conference.
28. Neha Ruikar, Chris Satkoski, and Gregory M. Shaver, Control Design Amenable Model of Needle Position for a Direct Acting Piezoelectric Fuel Injector, 2011 Dynamics Systems and Control Conference.
Research Sponsors
Application: Apparatus and Method for Computer Modeling Chemical Sensitivity of Skin, Serial No. 11/854,421, filed on 9/12/2007, S. Bajaria, C. Friedrich, K. Kudrycki, C. MacKay, T. Paterson, D. Polidori, S. Ramanujan, and G. Shaver Application: Biofuel Blend Sensor, Application Number: 61/085,608, Provisional Filing date: 8/1/2008, Conversion deadline: 8/1/2009, G. Shaver and D. Snyder, Full application filed 9/1/2009 Provisional: Flow Rate Estimation for Piezo-Electric Fuel Injection, Application Number: 61/285,835, Provisional Filing date: 12/11/2000, G. Shaver and C. Satkoski Provisional: Methods for Controlling Combustion of Blended Biofuels, Application Number: 61/291,383, Provisional Filing date: 12/31/2009, G. Shaver, D. Snyder, C. Hall, G. Adi, and M. Bunce
Patents
ME 365 - Systems Measurement - Fall '06 Associate Editor for Control Engineering Practice (CEP), a journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) NSF Panel Reviewer, Summer 2008 ASME Fuels Program Peer Review Panel Member for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Feb. 2009 Community/Campus EngagementTeaching
ME 375 - System Modeling and Analysis - Spring '11, Spring '10, Spring '08, Fall '07, Spring '07
ME 475 - Automotic Control Design - Spring '09, Fall '08
ME 575 - Theory and Design of Control Systems - Fall '11, Fall '10, Fall '09
Professional Service
Member - Ground Vehicle Power Research Community, Energy Center
Marrow Donor (Video/Interview) - City of Hope, Spring 2007
Marrow Donor (Article) - City of Hope, Spring 2007
Faculty advisor, Phi Chapter of Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity - Organizer of Local and National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Competitions
News
Advanced engine-control system reduces biodiesel fuel consumption and emissions, 1/25/2010
Purdue report: Switching to biodiesel benefits Indianapolis buses, 8/21/2008
In Gas-Powered World, Ethanol Stirs Complaints (New York Times), 7/26/2008
Purdue's Herrick Labs turning 50, eyes future expansion, 7/2/2008
WSBT (South Bend, IN) Radio Interview, 6/1/2007
'Radical engine redesign would reduce pollution, oil consumption', Purdue Press, 5/8/2007
Herrick Labs Newletter, Spring 2007
Greater Lafayette Citybus Newsletter, Spring 2007
Purdue ME Impact, Winter 2006-07
2006 Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award (for best paper pulished in the Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control)
Article: Gifts to Benefit Mechanical Engineering, Journal & Courier 9/16/2006
Ph.D. Thesis
Physics-Based Modeling and Control of Residual-Affected HCCI Engines Using Variable Valve Actuation, September 16th 2005
Ph.D. Defense, May 6th 2005
