Southfield, Mich.– Professor Vladimir Vantsevich of Lawrence Technological University has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is director of the mechatronics master’s degree program and associate director of the Automotive Engineering Institute at Lawrence Tech.

Before coming to Lawrence Tech in 2001, Vantsevich was a professor at the Belarusian State Polytechnic Academy where he specialized in designing driveline systems and control devices. His ongoing research is in all-wheel-drive ground vehicle dynamics, performance optimization and control, and ground vehicle driveline systems.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, offers more than 60 Undergraduate, Master’s, and Doctoral degree programs in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. Founded in 1932, the 5,000-student, private university pioneered evening classes 75 years ago, and today has a growing number of weekend and online programs. Lawrence Tech’s 102-acre campus is in Southfield, with education centers in Livonia, Clinton Township, Traverse City, and Petoskey. Lawrence Tech also offers programs with partner universities in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.