Michael Athans

Michael Athans^[2]
Michael Athans
Born	May 3, 1937 (age 87); Drama, Greece
Nationality	Greek/American
Citizenship	American, Greece
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Optimal Control Theory
Awards	Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1995); Hendrik Wade Bode Prize (1993); American Control Council's Education Award (1980); AAAS Fellow (1977); IEEE Fellow (1973); Frederick Emmons Terman Award (1969); Donald P. Eckman Award (1964);
	Scientific career
Fields	Automatic Control theory
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Bang-Bang Control of Real Pole Systems
Doctoral advisor	Otto Joseph Michael Smith

Michael Athans (born Michael Athanassiades, May 3, 1937) is a Greek-American control theorist and a retired Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the IEEE (1973) and a Fellow of the AAAS (1977). He is the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions in the field of control theory.

Education

Athans received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1958, 1959, and 1961, respectively.

Awards

American Automatic Control Council Donald P. Eckman Award "for outstanding contributions to the field of automatic control" in 1964.
American Society for Engineering Education Frederick Emmons Terman Award as "the outstanding young electrical engineering educator" in 1969.
American Control Council's Education Award for "outstanding contributions and distinguished leadership in automatic control education" in 1980.
IEEE Control Systems Society's 1993 Hendrik Wade Bode Prize.^[3]
American Automatic Control Council's Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 1995.^[4]
Honoris causa doctorate from Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in 2011.^[5]

References

^ Michael Athans at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Michael Athans
^ IEEE Control Systems Society's Hendrik Wade Bode Prize
^ "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
^ "Cerimónia de Atribuição do Grau de Doutor Honoris Causa". IST. 2011-05-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-05-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Home Page

[1] Michael Athans at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[Athans-2] Michael Athans

[Award-3] IEEE Control Systems Society's Hendrik Wade Bode Prize

[4] "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Retrieved 2013-02-10.

[5] "Cerimónia de Atribuição do Grau de Doutor Honoris Causa". IST. 2011-05-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-05-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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