Dr. Diane L. Peters (@ProfessorDiane) header
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. Research areas: autonomous vehicles, education of returning graduate students

Flint, MI
Joined June 2016
We are conducting a survey on service dogs and how their handlers restrain them in vehicles. If you are a person with a disability who has a service dog, please respond to the survey! Also please share with others! Survey: Service Dog Handlers and Vehicles – Fill out form
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The goal of this project is to understand the gaps that may exist. For example, can people with disabilities use the existing solutions, or do they need help to (for example) operate some types of car harnesses? If their dog needs to perform its task in the vehicle, can it do so?
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Happy to share that I've been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor (aka "full Professor")!
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The @KetteringU Commencement is done! Another great group of students walked across the stage at Atwood and we're now all clearing out.
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Our @KetteringU @BulldogBolt team is out on the track for the first of our 2 scored runs.
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Our @KetteringU AutoDrive team, @BulldogBolt , is out on the track practicing. We passed tech and safety and are getting ready for scored runs on Friday.
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My @KetteringU @SWEtalk Collegiate section has a fundraiser today! If you live in Flint and like crepes, stop by the Flint Crepe Company @flintcrepe and tell them you're there for the fundraiser. I just had breakfast there myself.
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I recommend the Michigan Smoke if you want something savory and aren't in the mood for eggs. Mildly spicy and I thought it was delicious.
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Busy week here! Presented a paper at @SAEIntl WCX yesterday, submitted a paper draft today to the Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (MECC). Of course, just a few minutes after I got the paper submitted, a deadline extension came through. 😀
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Our @KetteringU AutoDrive @bulldog_bolt team is presenting at @SAEIntl WCX for the Mobility Innovation Challenge.
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New decoration for the wall in my office! I received a second place award at the ASEE North Central Section conference for a paper of mine.
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Flexibility is an important skill when teaching a lab! Something worked PERFECTLY on my computer but did not work perfectly for my students... so I changed the lab on the fly and we're finishing up the analysis as part of tomorrow's lecture. Our lab mascot should be Gumby. 😀
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I have a little Clifford dog that is the perfect size to sit on the Quanser quarter car suspension.
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The LilyBots ride again! Just finished doing an outreach activity with almost 20 pre-college students, using robots designed by @DrCABerry. Too busy helping the students to get pictures unfortunately but it was crazy & fun with all of them spinning and turning all over the place.
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I'm thrilled to share that I just received one of the @KetteringU faculty awards this year!!
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And another one!! Today is a wonderful day for me.
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Just got caught up on grading for my undergraduate Dynamic Systems lecture class! Just in time for the projects to come in on Monday so I can have another grading marathon. Soon to be followed by final exams. Grading is necessary but not my favorite part of the job...
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Nothing like changing the clocks and having to explain to the dogs that while they may THINK it's "food-o-clock", they have to wait a little longer for their dinner. Of course when we change in the other direction, they're totally on board with an earlier dinner!
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Yesterday was the final day of #WE24, the @SWEtalk conference. Tomorrow I'll be at the Modeling, Estimation and Control conference in the same city! So what does an engineer do with a free afternoon in Chicago? Museum of Science and Industry is a good choice!
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Currently at the closing keynote of #WE24. The speaker is Shelley Knust, one of our @KetteringU alums.
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So happy that some of my @KetteringU students were able to be here as I received the @SWEtalk Distinguiahed Engineering Educator award!
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