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Welcome!
On
Saturday, October 27th 2007, the University
of Notre Dame will host a workshop in honor of Michael
K. Sain on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Mike was born on March 22, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri. After obtaining his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. at St. Louis University, he went to study at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign for his doctoral degree. With his Ph.D. degree complete, he came to the University of Notre Dame in 1965 as an assistant professor. He became a full professor in 1972 and a Frank M. Freimann professor of electrical engineering in 1982. He has remained at and loved the University of Notre Dame for over 40 years.
Mike’s research interests have been wide and varied. He has worked on statistical control and game theory, in particular with the use of cumulants; system theory on semirings; generalized pole and zero techniques; and feedback, nonlinear multivariable control with tensors; structural control for buildings and bridges subject to high winds and earthquakes; gas turbine control; algebraic systems theory; and generalization of H-infinity control. He has also been a valuable resource to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. In particular he has been the founding editor-in-chief of the Circuits and Systems magazine, and has been an editor on the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. He also served in numerous award committees including Alfred Noble Prize Committee. During his forty-two years of service, he received numerous awards and honors including the IEEE Centennial Medal, IEEE circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal, IEEE fellow, and University of Notre Dame President’s award. Furthermore, Mike has been given several teaching awards for his excellent pedagogy. He has also directed over 45 theses and dissertations.
The workshop will be held
in the DeBartolo building on the University of Notre Dame campus.
For more information about the workshop, please contact program chair,
Chang Won at cwon@temple.edu
(215) 204-6158 |
