John V. Breakwell
American control theorist
John V. Breakwell[1] | |
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Born | 1917 Switzerland |
Died | April 16, 1991(1991-04-16) (aged 74) |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University[2] |
Awards | Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1983) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Control theory |
John Valentine Breakwell (1917 – April 16, 1991) was a noted American control theorist and a Professor of Astronautics at Stanford University. He is remembered for his contributions to the "science and applications of astrodynamics, for discovery of flight-trajectory optimization, and for outstanding academic service." He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1981 and a recipient of the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 1983.[3]
References
- ^ Dr. John V. Breakwell was elected in 1981 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering for founding contributions to the science and applications of astrodynamics, for discovery of flight-trajectory optimization, and for outstanding academic service.
- ^ Bryson, Arthur E. (1992). "In memory of John V. Breakwell". Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 72: 1–6. doi:10.1007/BF00939947. S2CID 119371982.
- ^ "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
External links
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- Hendrik Wade Bode (1979)
- Nathaniel B. Nichols (1980)
- Charles Stark Draper (1981)
- Irving Lefkowitz (1982)
- John V. Breakwell (1983)
- Richard E. Bellman (1984)
- Harold Chestnut (1985)
- John Zaborszky (1986)
- John C. Lozier (1987)
- Walter R. Evans (1988)
- Roger W. Brockett (1989)
- Arthur E. Bryson (1990)
- John G. Truxal (1991)
- Rutherford Aris (1992)
- Eliahu I. Jury (1993)
- Jose B. Cruz Jr. (1994)
- Michael Athans (1995)
- Elmer G. Gilbert (1996)
- Rudolf E. Kalman (1997)
- Lotfi A. Zadeh (1998)
- Yu-Chi Ho (1999)
- W. Harmon Ray (2000)
- A. V. Balakrishnan (2001)
- Petar V. Kokotovic (2002)
- Kumpati S. Narendra (2003)
- Harold J. Kushner (2004)
- Gene F. Franklin (2005)
- Tamer Başar (2006)
- Sanjoy K. Mitter (2007)
- Pravin Varaiya (2008)
- George Leitmann (2009)
- Dragoslav D. Šiljak (2010)
- Manfred Morari (2011)
- Arthur J. Krener (2012)
- A. Stephen Morse (2013)
- Dimitri Bertsekas (2014)
- Thomas F. Edgar (2015)
- Jason L. Speyer (2016)
- John S. Baras (2017)
- Masayoshi Tomizuka (2018)
- Irena Lasiecka (2019)
- Galip Ulsoy (2020)
- Miroslav Krstić (2021)
- Eduardo Sontag (2022)
- Stephen P. Boyd (2023)