IFAC Fellows
The IFAC Fellow Award is given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC, in the role as an Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader, or Educator.
The first Fellows were elected at the IFAC World Congress in Prague in July 2005.
The Fellow Selection Committee (FSC) for the period 2011 - 2014 consists of:
S. Engell (Chair), B. Bitmead, K. Furuta, W.H. Kwon, M. Masten, M. Morari, R. Tempo, Fei-Yue Wang
Fellows elected in 2011
Baillieul, John | For contributions to nonlinear control theory, robotics, control of complex mechanical systems, and information based control theory | |
Bamieh, Bassan | For fundamental contributions to robust control of sampled data systems, distributed control of spatially invariant systems and the transition to turbulence in fluid flow. | |
| Bhattacharyya, Shanker P. |
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Bristol, Edgar H. | For outstanding contributions to process control. | |
Chen, Jie | For seminal contributions to the theory of performance limitations in feedback systems and to robust identification and control. | |
Colaneri, Patrizio | For contributions to periodic control and switched systems | |
Christofides, Panagiotis | For contributions to analysis and control of nonlinear and distributed parameter processes. | |
Krener, Arthur | For contributions to the geometric theory of nonlinear control and estimation | |
Lee, Jay | For important contributions to the theory and practice of model-based predictive control. | |
Lin, Zongli | For fundamental contributions to the analysis and design of control systems in the presence of actuator saturation. | |
Moheimani, Reza | For outstanding contributions to modelling and control of nanopositioning systems. | |
Song, Jian | For outstanding contributions to engineering cybernetics, automation in space engineering, control theory in social applications, and for significant leadership in the profession | |
Xie, Lihua | For contributions to robust control and estimation theory with their applications to communication. | |
Fellows elected in 2010
- Antsaklis, Panos
- Banda, Siva
- Barmish, Ross
- Byrnes, Chris*
- Dai, Ruwai
- Dochain, Denis
- Duncan, Tyrone
- Ge, Shuzi Sam
- Grizzle, Jessy
- Hara, Shinji
- Khammash, Mustafa
- Kwon, Wook-Hyun
- Qiu, Li
- Lindquist, Anders
- Teel, Andrew
- Tomizuka, Masayoshi
- Ulsoy, Ali
* By decision of the IFAC Council, Chris Byrnes was elected Fellow posthumously, as he sadly passed away in the evaluation period of the Award.
Fellows elected in 2009
- Doyle, Frank
- Fleming, Peter
- Guzzella, Lino
- Huang, Jie
- Irwin, George
- Katayama, Tohru
- Picci, Giorgio
- Siciliano, Bruno
- Tarn, Tzyh Jong
Fellows elected in 2008
- Bittanti, Sergio
- Braatz, Richard
- Camacho, Eduardo
- Cao, Xi-Ren
- Cassandras, Christos
- Chai, Tian-You
- Cheng, Dai-Zhan
- Edgar, Thomas
- Gottzein Eveline
- Haddad, Abraham
- Krstic, Miroslav
- Kurzhanski Alexander
- Lewis, Frank
- Morari, Manfred
- Safonov, Michael
- Vicino, Antonio
Fellows elected in 2007
- Allgöwer, Frank
- Cruz, Joe
- Dion, Jean Michel
- Georgakis, Christos
- Khalil, Hassan
- Kimura, Hidenori
- Kucera, Vladimir,
- Landau, Ioan
- Lei, Guo
- Marquardt, Wolfgang
- Mosca, Edoardo
- Tempo, Roberto
- Van den Hof, Paul
- Wang, Fei-Yue
Fellows elected in 2006
- Albertos, Pedro
- Athans, Michael
- Balchen, Jens
- Chen, Han-Fu
- Engell, Sebastian
- Findeisen, Wladyslaw
- Furuta, Katushisa
- Gevers, Michel
- Guardabassi, Guido
- Hrovat, Davor
- Ioannou, Petros
- Masten, Michael
- Mayne,David
- McAvoy,Thomas
- Polyak, Boris
- Söderström, Torsten
Fellows elected in 2005
- Ackermann, Jürgen
- Anderson, Brian
- Aström, Karl
- Araki, Mituhiko
- Basar, Tamer
- Basanez, Luis
- Benes, Jiri
- Bernussou, Jacques
- Bitmead, Robert
- Davison, Edward J.
- Gertler, János
- Goodwin, Graham
- Isermann, Rolf
- Isidori, Alberto
- Kahne, Stephen
- Kokotovic, Petar
- Kwakernaak, Huibert
- Ljung, Lennart
- Mansour, Mohamed
- Nett, Carl
- Niemi, Antti
- Powers, William F.
- Puente, Juan A. de la
- Sawaragi, Yoshikazu
- Schaufelberger, Walter
- Stein, Gunter
- Thoma, Manfred
- Vámos, Tibor
- Uronen, Paavo
- Xiong, Fan Lun





