Head of the Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering Department
Associate Professor
bminaker@uwindsor.ca
Office: 2182A CEI
Education
- PhD Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 2001
- MSc Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1995
- BASc Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 1993
Research Interests
- Vehicle dynamics & control
- Multibody dynamics
- Numerical modeling & simulation
- Suspension design
Professional Affiliations
- Society of Automotive Engineers
Selected Publications
- Minaker, B; Johrendt, J, The Influence of Suspension Geometry on the Coupling of Lateral Acceleration and Ride Dynamics, The 28th IAVSD International Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks, 2023
- Minaker, B, A Coupled Vehicle Ride and Handling model, The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Int'l Congress, 2023
- Minaker, B, Oscillatory Motion of a String Supported Rigidly Body, The CCTOMM Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics, 2023
- Minaker, B, Optimization of Vehicle Ride and Handling, The Canadian Soceity for Mechanical Engineering Int'l Congress, 2022
- Ninfa, R; Minaker, B, Integrated Vehicle Dynamics Control for Battery Electric Vehicles, The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Int'l Congress, 2022
- Minaker, B, Automatic Differentiation in the Automatic Generation of the Linearized Equations of Motion, The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Int'l Congress, 2021
- Minaker, B, The Tangent Stiffness Matrix of a Constant Velocity Joint, The CCTOMM Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics, 2021