Briggs, Mike

Mike Briggs, Lecturer

Office: 66-127C Engr IV, Phone: 310.206.4237, Email

Biography

Dr. Briggs graduated from Oakland University in 1994 with a Ph.D. in Systems

Engineering. He was awarded the B.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees in 1965 and 1969,

respectively.

He is a retired Staff Research Engineer at Delphi Corporation. His area of expertise lies

in control systems and simulations of physical systems. His past research projects with

Delphi and General Motors include developing novel control methods for Adaptive

Cruise Control and other Active Safety Systems for motor vehicles. In addition, he has

learned much about most automotive systems by osmosis over his 48-year career at GM

and Delphi.

Dr. Briggs is a member of IEEE, where he is Chair of the Coastal Los Angeles Section.

He has received the General Motors President`s Council Award for Outstanding

Contributions, the UCLA Excellence in Teaching Award, and the IEEE Distinguished

Service Award. He is also the team adviser of UCLA’s Team Awesone that won the 2011

IEEE Region 6 Southern Area MircoMouse Contest, an autonomous robot that solves

mazes without human guidance. His interests include working with students on student