Dr. Dongmei "Maggie" Chen joined The University of Texas at Austin in January 2009. Previously, she was a Senior Control Algorithms Engineer at General Motors Fuel Cell Activities Center. Dr. Chen received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan in 2006. Her B.S. was in precision instruments and mechanology from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Dr. Chen's teaching and research interests are in the area of automatic control and dynamic systems. Her current research is focused on theories of optimal control, switching control, non-minimum phase systems and control, and reduced order modeling, with applications in automatic ground vehicles as well as energy systems, including integrated wind turbines, fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, energy storage flywheels, smart microgrids, and automatic drilling systems. Dr. Chen is a recipient of a 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. She received a Best Paper in Session award at the 2012 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. She was a finalist for the Best Paper award at 2013 ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. One of her co-authored papers with her students received a Best Student Paper Finalist award at 2010 ASME Dynamic System and Control Conference. She also received IEEE PES Prize Paper Awards in 2016 and the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Medal for the year in 2017. While in industry, Dr. Chen received a Powertrain Achievement Award in the Quest for Technical Excellence from General Motors and a company-wide nomination for Customer Driven Quality Award from The Ford Motor Company. She was a recipient of the highly selective five-year Rackham Graduate School Fellowship while studying at The University of Michigan.