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Panos Y. Papalambros is the James B. Angell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and the Donald C. Graham Professor Emeritus of Engineering; Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering; Professor Emeritus of Integrative Systems and Design; Professor Emeritus of Architecture; and Professor Emeritus of Art and Design -- all at the University of Michigan. His primary interest is in mathematical design optimization for product development and complex systems design with emphasis on sustainability, including automotive systems,  electric and hybrid powertrains, structural design, modularity and product platforms, and multi-vehicle systems -- linking design decisions with defense, commercial, and regulatory decisions to derive business and government policies. His research in design preference elicitation, including machine learning and crowdsourcing, has linked engineering design with computing, marketing, and behavioral and social sciences models. 

With D. J. Wilde, he co-authored the standard textbook Principles of Optimal Design: Modeling and Computation. He has published over 450 articles in journals, conference proceedings, and books. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Design Science and past Chief Technical Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. He has served on the editorial boards of the journals Global Optimization, Computer-Integrated Engineering, and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers International Journal; and currently serves on the journals Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, Engineering Design, Engineering Optimization, Structural & Multidisciplinary Optimization, Reliability & Safety, and Product Development. 

At Michigan he served as mechanical engineering department chair and as founding director of several multi-University research laboratories and centers, including the US Army Automotive Research Center, the General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory and the Ford BlockM Sustainability Laboratory. He was the founding chair and director of the University of Michigan interdisciplinary Design Science Doctoral Program and served as the founding Chair of the Integrative Systems and Design Division of the College of Engineering.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering,  a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Design Society, and the Society of Automotive Engineers, and served as a past President of the Design Society and a member of its Management Board.  He is the recipient of the ASME Design Automation Award, ASME Machine Design Award, Japan SME Design and Systems Achievement Award, ASME Joel and Ruth Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award, Stephen S. Attwood Award (highest engineering honor in the University of Michigan), ASEE Ralph Coats Roe Award, ASME Robert Abbott Award, and ASME Ben C. Sparks Medal. 

He holds a diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens,  MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an Honorary Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Patras.

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