Diane L. Peters

Diane L. Peters is an American mechanical engineer whose research interests include the control and simulation of autonomous vehicles, and engineering education. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.[1]

Education and career

Peters graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1993, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.[1] Following this, she worked in industry in the printing and automated assembly industries. While continuing to work in industry,[2] she received a master's degree in 2000 from the University of Illinois Chicago,[1] and began teaching part-time at Oakton College in Illinois.[2]

Returning to graduate study, Peters completed a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan in 2010.[2] Her dissertation, Coupling and controllability in optimal design and control, was jointly supervised by Panos Papalambros and Galip Ulsoy.[3] She remained at the University of Michigan for another year as a postdoctoral researcher,[1] and became a part-time instructor at Eastern Michigan University.[2]

After two more years of industry work, she became an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Kettering University in 2013.[2] She was promoted to full professor in 2025.[4] At Kettering University, she is the faculty advisor for a team of students in autonomous vehicle competitions.[5]

Recognition

Peters received the Distinguished New Engineer award of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) in 2002.[6] She was one of four 2019 recipients of the SAE International Educational Award Honoring Ralph R. Teetor,[7] and one of five 2022 recipients of SAE International's J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders.[8] The SWE named her as a Distinguished Engineering Educator in 2024.[6] She was the 2024 recipient of the National Outstanding Teaching Award of the American Society for Engineering Education.[9]

She was elected as an ASME Fellow in 2025.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Diane Peters, Ph.D.", Research profiles, Kettering University, retrieved 2026-03-12
  2. ^ a b c d e Curriculum vitae (PDF), Kettering University, retrieved 2026-03-12
  3. ^ Breed, Diane L. (2010), Coupling and controllability in optimal design and control (Ph.D. thesis), University of Michigan, ProQuest 276314323
  4. ^ Kettering University Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure Appointments, Kettering University, August 12, 2025, retrieved 2026-03-12
  5. ^ Ochoa, Santiago (June 26, 2021), "Kettering students develop award-winning self-driving vehicle technology in Flint", Flint Beat, retrieved 2026-03-12
  6. ^ a b "APEX Awards", SWE Magazine, SWE, 2024, retrieved 2026-03-12
  7. ^ SAE International Educational Award Honoring Ralph R. Teetor, SAE International, retrieved 2026-03-12
  8. ^ "J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders", 2022 SAE Awards Ceremony (PDF), SAE International, 2022, p. 12, retrieved 2026-03-12
  9. ^ Kettering University’s Diane Peters Honored with ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award, Kettering University, July 17, 2025, retrieved 2026-03-12
  10. ^ All fellows (PDF), ASME, December 2025, retrieved 2026-03-12
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