Michael Athans
Michael Athans (born Michael Athanassiades, May 3, 1937 - May 26, 2020) was 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 was a Fellow of the IEEE (1973) and a Fellow of the AAAS (1977). He was the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions in the field of control theory.
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| Born | May 3, 1937 |
| Died | May 26, 2020 |
| Nationality | Greek/American |
| Citizenship | American, Greece |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Optimal Control Theory |
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| 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[2] |
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]
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References
- Michael Athans
- Michael Athans at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "IEEE Control Systems Society's Hendrik Wade Bode Prize". Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- "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.
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