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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.

 

 

Fellows elected in 2008

 

Bittanti, Sergio

For contributions to control and optimization of periodic dynamic systems, and inspiring activity as an educator

Braatz, Richard

For contributions to the robust control of industrial systems

Camacho, Eduardo

For contributions in model predictive control and advanced control of solar systems

Cao, Xi-Ren

For contributions to the analysis of discrete event systems, stochastic learning and optimization theory, and their application

Cassandras, Christos

For pioneering contributions to discrete event systems and the theory of perturbation analysis and is applications, and contributions to optimization methods for hybrid systems.

Chai, Tian-You

For contributions to theory, technology and applications of adaptive and intelligent decoupling control and integrated automation of complex industrial processes.

Cheng, Dai-Zhan

For contributions to nonlinear control theory, numerical relization of control, and their applications.

Edgar, Thomas

For outstanding contributions to the fields of mathematical modeling, optimization, and automatic control of chemical and microelectronics processes and professional leadership

Gottzein, Eveline

For outstanding engineering achievements in the development and implementation of advanced satellite guidance and control systems, including levitation and guidance systems of MAGLEV-trains.

Haddad, Abraham

For contributions to analysis, optimization and control of stochastic systems with applications to vehicle guidance and communications networks.

Krstic, Miroslav

For pioneering contributions to adaptive nonlinear control, extremum seeking, boundary control of distributed parameter systems, and control of turbulent fluid flows.

Kurzhanski, Alexander

For important contributions to mathematical theory of control and estimation under uncertainty.

Lewis, Frank

For contributions in neural network control, systems structure, and control systems education.

Morari, Manfred

 

For pioneering contributions to the theory and application of robust process control, model predictive control, and hybrid systems control.

Safonov, Michael
For founding contributions to robust control.


Vicino, Antonio
For contributions to systems identification and robust control.



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