CHAU M. TRAN
Lecturer
Director of Undergraduate Advising and Curricula

Education
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
M.S., North Carolina State University
B.S., North Carolina State University

Research Interests
Vibrations and Acoustics; Controls; Active Noise and Vibration Control

Professional Experience
Director of Undergraduate Advising and Curricula, North Carolina State University

Director of Undergraduate Laboratories, North Carolina State University

Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Research Assistant, Thomas Lord Research Center

Research Assistant, IBM Corporation

Honors
The George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award (2006-2007)

The ASME Student Chapter's Carnot Award (2006-2007)

The ASME Student Chapter's Impact Award (2006-2007)

The ASME Student Chapter's Impact Award (2005-2006)

The ASME Student Chapter's Golden Whip Award (2004-2005)

Pi Tau Sigma

Phi Eta Sigma

Professional Societies
American Society for Engineering Education

EIT, State of North Carolina

Selected Publications
Tran, C. M., and Southward, S. C., 2006, ”A Sensor Placement Strategy for the Hybrid Adaptive Feedforward Observer,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control , 128, No. 2, June, pp. 449-452.

Silverberg, L. M., and Tran, C. M., 2005, Basic Experiments in PID Control for Engineers, 1^st Ed., Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts.

Silverberg, L. M., Tran, C. M., and Adcock, M. F., 2003, “Numerical Analysis of the Basketball Shot,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control , 125 , No. 4, Dec., pp. 531-540.

Tran, C. M., and Southward, S. C., 2003, ”Stability and Convergence of a Hybrid Adaptive Feedforward Observer,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics , 26 , No. 1, Jan.-Feb., pp. 189-192.

Tran, C. M., and Southward, S. C., 2002, ”A Virtual Sensing Method for Tonal ANVC Systems,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control , 124 , No. 1, Mar., pp. 35-40.