Jari Vepsäläinen

Assistant professor of Mechatronics Design

Mechatronics design is the holistic engineering design of electromechanical actuators and systems, considering their control and perception. My research is focused on the design of energy efficient systems and developing new tools to design those systems.

Energy efficient systems are developed using detailed physics-based models that are validated against real experiments, which require control design in mechatronics systems. In order to explore the vast search space of the complex system design possibilities, new tools are required. In my research, I am developing tools that assist engineers to design and explore more possibilities, such as generating system allow designer to interact with design tools with natural language to quickly design editable schemas, requirements, surrogate models, or simulation models.

The projects I have been working have included mechanics, robotics, hydraulics, electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, work machines, autonomous mobility, IoT and digital twins.