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.

Michael Athans[1]
Born (1937-05-03) May 3, 1937
Drama, Greece
DiedMay 26, 2020
NationalityGreek/American
CitizenshipAmerican, Greece
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forOptimal Control Theory
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAutomatic Control theory
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisBang-Bang Control of Real Pole Systems
Doctoral advisorOtto 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

References
  1. Michael Athans
  2. Michael Athans at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "IEEE Control Systems Society's Hendrik Wade Bode Prize". Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  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.
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