Ian Craig (engineer)
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Ian Craig | |
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| Education | University of Pretoria Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of the Witwatersrand |
| Occupation | Educator |
Ian Craig is a South African engineer. He was selected to give the 67th 2018 Bernard Price Memorial Lecture from the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE).[1] The title of his lecture was Automatic Control: The Hidden Technology that Modern Society Cannot Live Without.[2]
Academia[edit]
Craig has a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pretoria[3] an S.M. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[4] an MBA and Ph.D and from the University of the Witwatersrand.[5] In 1995 he became a professor at the University of Pretoria in its Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, as well as head of the Control Systems Group.[6]
Publications[edit]
In 2005 Craig became editor-in-chief of Control Engineering Practice.[7] He has published over 150 papers.[8]
Board memberships[edit]
In 2011 Craig was appointed President of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), a position he held until 2014.[9] Three years later he became IFAC Advisor[10][11] and then chair of its Foundation Board and Publications Committee.[12] Craig is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC).[13]
Acclaim[edit]
The awards and recognition Craig has received include the following:
- 2006: elected Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering[14]
- 2008: received the IFAC Outstanding Service Award[15]
- 2014: President's Award recipient from the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)[16]
- Exceptional Academic Achiever Award from the University of Pretoria (three times)[17]
- He is rated as an internationally acclaimed researcher by the South African National Research Foundation.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ "SAIEE | The South African Institute Of Electrical Engineers - The 67th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture | "Automatic Control: The Hidden Technology That Modern Society Cannot Live Without" | 20 September 2018 | University of Witwatersrand". www.saiee.org.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "2018-09 - The hidden technology - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Linde, Louis; Craig, Ian; Kritzinger, Pieter; Lacquet, Beatrys (December 2003). "Introduction to the specialist editors". Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. 94 (4): 3. ISSN 0038-2221.
- ^ "Personnel". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Ian K. Craig". IEEE Xplore. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Control Systems | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Talk of Prof. Ian K. Craig | Event | Nov 10, 2015 | Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control | University of Stuttgart". www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Ian Craig". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Ian Craig (ZA) — IFAC · International Federation of Automatic Control". www.ifac-control.org. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Aalto OpenLearning". openlearning.aalto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Awards and Prizes". www.ifac2020.org. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Burchell, John. "Message from the Interim President - John Burchell" (PDF). sacac.org.za.
- ^ "Launch of the newly upgraded Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC) Laboratory | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Craig, Ian. "CV" (PDF). tcct.amss.ac.c.
- ^ "Outstanding Service Award Recipients 1990 – 2017". International Federation of Automatic Control.
- ^ "Who's Who in IFAC: Publications Committee Chair" (PDF). www.ifac-control.org.
- ^ "UP Academic Achievers 2020". Issuu. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "A marriage of brilliant minds" (PDF). www.up.ac.za.