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  • Zamora Alvarez, E. J., Ferris, J. B., Scott, D., Horn, E., 2016, “Development of a Discrete Roughness Index for Longitudinal Road Profiles”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, p. 1 – 10, DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2016.1237180.
  • Ma, R., Chin, P., Ferris, J.B., Cheng, C. Neisen, E., Reid, A., 2015. “The Development of Terrain Pre-filtering Technique based on Constraint Mode Tire Model,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst. 8(3):1151-1159, 2015, doi:10.4271/2015-01-9113.
  • Ma, R., Ferris, J.B., Reid, A., Gorsich, D., 2015, “A planar quasi-static constraint mode tire model”, Vehicle System Dynamics, Vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 1759-1771, DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2015.1088161.
  • Cho, S., Bandy, R., Ferris, J.B., Schlinkheider, J. Wimmershoff, M., 2014, “Location-Aware Adaptive Vehicle Dynamics System: Brake Modulation,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst., Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2014, (doi:10.4271/2014-01-0079).
  • Cho, S., Bandy, R., Ferris, J.B., Schlinkheider, J. Wimmershoff, M., “Location-Aware Adaptive Vehicle Dynamics System: Throttle Modulation,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst., Vol. 7, No. 1, April 2014, (doi:10.4271/2014-01-0105).
  • Bandy, R., Cho, S., Matthews, C., Celli, J., Binns, R., Ferris, J.B., Schlinkheider, J., Wimmershoff, M., 2014. “Location-Aware Adaptive Vehicle Dynamics System: Concept Development,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst., Vol. 7, No. 1, April 2014, (doi:10.4271/2014-01-0121).
  • Taheri, S., Sandu, C., Ahmadian, M., Furukawa, T., Ferris, J.B., Batur, C., 2014, “Technical note: NSF I/UCRC Centre for Tire Research (CenTiRe): an overview,” Int. J. Vehicle Design, Vol. 65, Nos. 2/3, 2014.
  • Matthews, C. M., Cho, S.,Ferris, J.B., Schlinkheider , J., Montgomery, M., 2013. “Using Performance Margin and Dynamic Simulation for Location Aware Adaptation of Vehicle Dynamics” , SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst., Vol. 6, No. 1, May 2013 6:225-230. (Paper Number 2013-01-0703, SAE, doi: 10.4271/2013-01-0703).
  • Fietzek, R., Chin, P.A., Cheng, C.; LaBrie, R., Rinderknecht, S., Ferris, J.B., 2013, “Control Strategy for the Excitation of a Complete Vehicle Test Rig with Terrain Constraints”, SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst., May 2013 6 (1): 121-127. (Paper Number 2013-01-0671, SAE, doi:10.4271/2013-01-067).
  • Chung, H., North, C., Ferris, J.B., 2013. “Developing Large High-Resolution Display Visualizations of High-Fidelity Terrain Data.” J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 13(3) :034502-034502-7, ASME, 7 pages. doi:10.1115/1.4024656.
  • Chemistruck, H. M., Ferris, J.B., 2013. “Developing Compact Models of Terrain Surfaces.” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 135, No. 6, 061008 (Aug 23, 2013) 9 pages. doi:10.1115/1.4025016.
  • Ma, R., Chemistruck, H. M., Ferris, J.B., 2013. “State-of-the-art of Terrain Characterization Models.” IJVD Special Issue on Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicle Systems, Guest Editors Zoran Filipi and David Gorsich, pp 285-304, Vol. 61, No. 1/2/3/4, doi:10.1504/IJVD.2013.050850.
  • Wagner, S. M. and Ferris, J. B., 2012, “Residual Analysis of Autoregressive Models of Terrain Topology,” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Volume 134, Issue 3, 031003 (6 pages) http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4005502.
  • Wagner, S. M. and Ferris, J.B., 2012, “Developing compact autoregressive characterisations of terrain topology profiles”, Int. J. Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.12-25. (DOI: 10.1504/IJVSMT.2012.045312).
  • Chemistruck, H. M., Ferris, J.B., Gorsich, D., 2012. “Using a Galerkin Approach to Define Terrain Surfaces.” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Volume 134, Issue 2, 021017 (12 pages) http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4005271.
  • Wagner, S. M. and Ferris, J. B., 2011, “Stability and Interpretation of Autoregressive Models of Terrain Topology,” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control. 133, 021003 (2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4003092 (5 pages).
  • Chemistruck, H. M., Binns, R., Ferris, J.B., 2010, “Correcting INS Drift in Terrain Surface Measurements” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control. Vol. 133, No. 2 (DOI:10.1115/1.4003098).
  • Smith, H. and Ferris, J. B., 2010, “Calibration Design and Accuracy Verification of High Fidelity Terrain Measurement Systems,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 431-438.
  • Smith, H., Ferris, J.B., 2010, “Techniques for Averting and Correcting Inertial Errors in High-Fidelity Terrain Topology Measurements.” Journal of Terramechanics, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 219-225.
  • Detweiler, Z. R., and Ferris, J. B., 2010, “Interpolation Methods for High-Fidelity Three Dimensional Terrain Surfaces,” Journal of Terramechanics, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 209-217.
  • Wagner, S. M. and Ferris, J. B., 2009, “Stability and Interpretation of Autoregressive Models of Terrain Topology,” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Paper Number DS-09-1070(accepted for publication).
  • Wagner, S. M. and Ferris, J. B., 2009, “Developing Stable Autoregressive Models of Terrain Topology,” International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 306-317.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2004, “Characterizing Road Profiles as Markov Chains,” IJVD, Special Edition on Road Profiles: Measurement, Analysis, and Applications, Vol. 36, No. 2/3.
  • Saeger, K. M., and Ferris, J. B., 2003, “Plausibility Checking of Road Profile Measurements,” SAE 2003 Transactions – Journal of Passenger Cars: Electronic and Electrical Systems, paper 2003-01-0669, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Ferris, J. B., and Estes, H. A., 2002, “Automotive Seat Suspension Model for Ride Quality Studies,” SAE 2002 Transactions – Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems, paper 2002-01-0778, SAE, Detroit, MI, pp. 1130-1135.
  • Ferris, J. B., and Larsen, J. L., 2002, “Establishing Chassis Reliability Testing Targets Based on Road Roughness,” International Journal of Materials & Product Technology, Vol. 17, No. 5/6, pp. 453-461.
  • Ferris, J. B., Bernitsas, M. M., and Stein, J. L., 2000, “Redesigning the Dynamics of Complex Structural Systems,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 147-154.
  • Ferris, J. B., Stein, J. L., and Bernitsas, M. M., 1998, “Development of Proper Models of Hybrid Systems,” Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 120, No. 3, pp. 328-333.
  • Bandy, R.A., Cho, S., Ferris, J.B., Schlinkheider, J., and Wimmershoff, M., 2014, “Location-Aware Adaptive Vehicle Dynamics System: Linear Chassis Predictions,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC2014), Paper Number DSCC2014-6092, October 22-24, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Deasy, C.M., Ferris, J.B., Tjhung, T., and Horn, E., 2014, “A Nodal Uncertainty Method to Detect Localized Events from Measured Terrain Surfaces,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC2014), Paper Number DSCC2014-6242, October 22-24, San Antonio, TX, USA.
  • Lambeth, J. N., Ferris, J.B., Reid , A., Gorsich, D., 2012. “Developing a Compact Continuous State Markov Chain for Terrain Road Profiles.” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress and Exhibition, April 16-18, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, Paper Number 13M-0101/2013-01-0629.
  • Matthews, C. M., Cho, S.,Ferris, J.B., Schlinkheider , J., Montgomery, M., 2012. “Using Performance Margin and Dynamic Simulation for Location Aware Adaptation of Vehicle Dynamics.” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress and Exhibition, April 16-18, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, Paper Number 13AC-0112/2013-01-0703.
  • Fietzek, R., Chin, P.A., Cheng, C.; LaBrie, R., Rinderknecht, S., Ferris, J.B., “Control Strategy for the Excitation of a Complete Vehicle Test Rig with Terrain Constraints,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress and Exhibition, April 16-18, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, Paper Number 13AC-0024.
  • Chin, P.A., Ferris, J.B., 2012, “Methodology for Optimizing First Order Markov Chains of Spectrally Decomposed Terrain Profiles,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper Number 8746, October 17-19, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  • Ma, R., Reid, A.,Ferris, J.B., 2012, “Capturing Planar Tire Properties Using Constraint Modes,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 17-19, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  • Chin, P.A., Ferris, J.B., 2012, “Improving Markov Chain Models for Road Profiles Simulation via Definition of States,” Proceedings of the ASME/IEEE American Control Conference, Paper Number 2080, 2012 American Control Conference, Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada on June 27-June 29, 2012.
  • Ma, R., Ferris, J.B., 2011, “Terrain Gridding Using a Stochastic Weighting Function,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 31-November 2, Arlington, Virginia.
  • Kawale, S. J., Ferris, J. B., 2011, “Developing a Methodology to Synthesize Terrain Profiles and Evaluate their Statistical Properties,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress and Exhibition, April 12-14, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, Paper Number 11M-0299 (doi:10.4271/2011-01-0182).
  • Chemistruck, H. M., Ferris, J.B., 2010, “Compact Models of Terrain Surfaces,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Paper Number 4037, ASME, Boston, MA.
  • Binns, R., Taheri, S., Ferris, J.B., 2010, “Improvements to Vehicle Traction Control System using Road Data,” Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS). Dearborn, MI. August 17-18, 2010. Michigan Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association in coordination with The Engineering Society of Detroit.
  • Binns, R., Ferris, J.B., 2010. “Robust Triggering of Multiple Subsystems for a Terrain Measurement System,” Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS), Dearborn, MI. August 17-18, 2010. Michigan Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association in coordination with The Engineering Society of Detroit.
  • Stalev, I., Kelly, S., Chemistruck, H., Ferris, J.B., Seipel, G., 2009, “Studying Terrain Excitations on Ground Vehicles through International Cooperation,” Proceedings of the ISTVS, Paper #ABS-32, Bremen, Germany. International Society of Terrain-Vehicle Systems.
  • Binns, R., Ferris, J.B., 2009, “Development of a Multi-Scale Terrain Measurement System,” Proceedings of the ISTVS, Paper #ABS-29, Bremen, Germany. International Society of Terrain-Vehicle Systems.
  • Smith, H., Ferris, J.B., 2009. “Excitation Event Design and Accuracy Verification Procedure for High-Fidelity Terrain Measurement Systems,” SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security + Sensing, Paper Number 7348-21, April 2009, Orlando, FL.
  • Chemistruck, H. M., Detweiler, Z. R., Ferris, J.B., Reid, A. A., Gorsich, D. J., 2009. “Review of Current Developments in Terrain Characterization and Modeling,” SPIE Symposium on Defense, Security + Sensing, Paper Number 7348-22, April 2009, Orlando, FL.
  • Müller, T., Ferris, J. B., Detweiler, Z., and Smith, H., 2009, “Identifying Vehicle Model Parameters using Measured Terrain Data,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress, Paper Number 2009-01-1197, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Smith, H., Ferris, J. B., 2008, “Post Processing Techniques to Correct Inertial Errors in High Fidelity Terrain Topology Measurements,” Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, Paper Identification Number 13, ISTVS, Turin, Italy.
  • Detweiler, Z., and Ferris, J. B., 2008, “Uniform Grid Spacing for Three Dimensional High Fidelity Terrain Profiles,” Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, Paper Identification Number 14, ISTVS, Turin, Italy.
  • Kern, J.V., Ferris, J.B., 2007, “Developing ARIMA Road Profile Models with a Stationary Residual Process,” Proceedings of the Fifth IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control, AAC 2007. Aptos, CA.
  • Kern, J.V., Ferris, J.B., 2007, “Development of a 3-D Vehicle-Terrain Measurement System Part I:  Equipment Setup,” Proceedings of ISTVS: Innovations in Terrain and Vehicle Systems, ISTVS, Fairbanks, AK.
  • Wagner, S.M., Kern, J.V., Israel, W.B., Ferris, J.B., 2007, “Development of a 3-D Vehicle-Terrain Measurement System Part II: Signal Processing and Validation,” Proceedings of ISTVS: Innovations in Terrain and Vehicle Systems, ISTVS, Fairbanks, AK.
  • Kern, J.V., Ferris, J.B., 2007, “Characterizing 2-D Road Profiles Using ARIMA Modeling Techniques,” Proceedings of SPIE: Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications, SPIE, Orlando, FL.
  • Wagner, S. M., and Ferris, J. B., 2007, “A Polynomial Chaos Approach to ARIMA modeling and Terrain Characterization,” Proceedings of SPIE: Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications, SPIE, Orlando, FL.
  • Israel, W.B., Ferris, J.B., 2007, “Developing Markov Chain Models for Road Surface Simulation,” Proceedings of SPIE: Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications, SPIE, Orlando, FL.
  • Kern, J. V., and Ferris, J. B., 2006, “Characterizing 2-D Topographic Mappings of Roads,” Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Exposition, ASME, Chicago, IL.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2006, “Capturing Planer Tire Enveloping Properties Using Static Constraint Modes,” Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Exposition, ASME, Chicago, IL.
  • Kern, J. V., and Ferris, J. B., 2006, “Preliminary Results for Model Identification in Characterizing 2-D Topographic Road Profiles,” Proceedings of SPIE: Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications, SPIE, Orlando, FL.
  • Sun, T. C., Alyass, K, Wei, J., Gorsich, D. J., Chaika, M., Ferris, J. B., 2005, “Time Series Modeling of Terrain Profiles,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress, paper number 2005-01-3561, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Frinkle, M., Weir, R., and Ferris, J. B., 2004, “A Graphical Representation of Road Profile Characteristics,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress, paper number 2004-01-0769, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Gorsich, D. J., Chaika, M., Gunter, D., Karlsen, R., Haueisen, B., Sun, T., Ferris, J. B., 2003, “Terrain Roughness Standards for Mobility and Ultra-Reliability Prediction,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Saeger, K. M., and Ferris, J. B., 2003, “Plausibility Checking of Road Profile Measurements,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress, paper 2003-01-0669, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Ferris, J. B., and Estes, H. A., 2002, “Automotive Seat Suspension Model for Ride Quality Studies,” Proceedings of the SAE World Congress, paper 2002-01-0778, SAE, Detroit, MI.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2001, “Singular Value Decomposition of Road Events into Characteristic Shapes,” Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Exposition, ASME, New York, NY.
  • Rideout, D. G., Stein, J. L., and Ferris, J. B., 2001, “Target Cascading: A Design Process for Achieving Vehicle Ride and Handling Targets,” ASME DSC-9-4, Proc. IMECE 2001 Symposium on Advanced Automotive Technologies, New York.
  • Ferris, J. B., and Larsen, J. L., 2001, “Establishing Chassis Reliability Testing Targets Based on Road Roughness,” Proceedings of the Seventh ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, ISSAT, Washington, D.C., pp. 75-79.
  • Christensen, B. G., Ferris, J. B., and Stein, J. L., 2000, “An Energy Enhanced Design of Experiments Method,” Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Exposition, ASME, Orlando, FL, pp. 795-800.
  • Christensen, B. G., Ferris, J. B., and Stein, J. L., 2000, “An Energy Enhanced Design of Experiments Method Applied to Multibody Models,” Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Exposition, ASME, Orlando, FL, pp. 527-534.
  • Ferris, J. B., 1999, “Factors Affecting Ride Quality in Automobiles,” Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Exposition, ASME, Nashville, TN, pp. 649-654.
  • Ferris, J. B., and Stein, J. L., 1995, “Development of Proper Models of Hybrid Systems: A Bond Graph Formulation, ” Proceedings of the 1995 International Conference on Bond Graph Modeling, SCS, Las Vegas, NV, pp. 43-48.
  • Ferris, J. B., Stein, J. L., and Bernitsas, M. M., 1994, “Development of Proper Models of Hybrid Systems,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Automated Modeling for Design, 1994 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, ASME, Chicago, IL, pp. 629-636.
  • Ferris, J. B., and Stein, J. L., 1994, “Development of Proper System Models for Hybrid Systems: A Bond Graph Approach,” Proceedings of the 14th IMACS World Congress, IMACS, Atlanta, GA.
  • Chung, H., North, C., and Ferris, J. B., 2010, “Developing Large High-Resolution Display Visualization of High-Fidelity Terrain Data,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Roanoke, VA, Oct 26, 2010.
  • Chemistruck, H., and Ferris, J. B., 2010, “Correcting INS Drift in Terrain Surface Measurements,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Roanoke, VA, Oct 26, 2010.
  • Chemistruck, H., and Ferris, J. B., 2010, “Transitioning from Profiles to Surfaces,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Roanoke, VA, Oct 26, 2010.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2008, “Terrain Modeling Task Force: Computational Simulation for Ground Vehicle Reliability,” SAE International – Dept. of Defense Maintenance & Systems Exhibition, Denver, CO, Oct 26, 2008.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2007, “3-D Profiler Signal Processing and Validation,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Danville, VA.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2006, “Vehicle Terrain Interactions,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Des Moines, IA.
  • Ferris, J. B., 2005, “Intro to Filtering Techniques for Road Profiles,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Columbus, OH
  • Ferris, J. B., 2005, “Determining Road Roughness Distributions to Support Virtual Proving Ground Development,” Annual Road Profile Users Group Conference, Columbus, OH.
John Ferris

John B. Ferris, Ph.D.

Director, Vehicle Terrain Performance Laboratory

jbferris@vt.edu
(540) 231-4797

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