Stockar, Stephanie

Biography

Stephanie Stockar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Affiliated Faculty with the Sustainability Institute.

Dr. Stockar joined The Ohio State University faculty in 2019. Before joining the MAE Department at OSU, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. Prior to that, she was a Research Associate at The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research (OSU-CAR). She earned her BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2013.

Dr. Stockar is a 2021 NSF CAREER Award recipient, she earned the SAE Ralph Teetor Educational Award (2021), and the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in Engineering and Applied Science (2020). 

Research

Dr. Stockar conducts research is in the areas of dynamical systems, modeling and control of linear and nonlinear systems, optimal control of partial differential equation, optimization theory. Her research finds application in modeling, estimation and control of energy systems, buildings, advanced vehicle powertrain and autonomous robots. 

Her research integrates thermo-fluid sciences with dynamic systems modeling, optimization, and control, with a focus on multidisciplinary approaches. She has received funding from various organizations, including Ford Motor Company, Stellantis LLC, the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and ARPA-E.

Projects Spotlight - Dr. Stockar's Students 3MT®

Want to know what is going on in the lab? These Three Minute Thesis videos highlight some of the ongoing research activities.

  • Optimization and Control of Energy Distribution Systems, Audrey Blizard 
    • Supported by NSF GRFP
  • Optimal Control of PDEs with Application to Traffic Systems, Brian Block 
    • Supported by NSF GRFP and NSF CAREER
  • Optimization and Planning of Mobile Manufacturing, Mithun Goutham
    • Supported by Ford Motor Company

Expertise

Our research is motivated by the growing worldwide energy demand and we strive to support a sustainable society using a system-level multidisciplinary approach. We combine three main areas of Mechanical Engineering to help minimizing the impact of personal transportation and building systems on the global energy demand and emissions:

  • Thermal/Fluid Sciences
  • System Dynamics
  • Optimization and Control

Research Interest

  • Optimal control of partial differential equations
  • Optimal control of nonlinear and large scale systems
  • Distributed and hierarchical control
  • Application of data driven methods and machine learning
  • Model order reduction

Articles about Dr. Stockar and her Team

Academic Appointments

  • 2019 - Present. Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
  • 2016 -2019. Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, State College, PA, United States, 
  • 2013 -2016. Research Associate, Center for Automotive Research (CAR), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.

Degrees

  • 2013 Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
  • 2012 M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
  • 2010 M.S., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 2007 B.S., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.