Walter R. Evans

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Walter R. Evans
Born(1920-01-15)January 15, 1920
DiedJuly 10, 1999(1999-07-10) (aged 79)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Washington University in St. Louis
Known forRoot locus
AwardsRufus Oldenburger Medal (1987)
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1988)
Scientific career
FieldsControl theory

Walter Richard Evans (January 15, 1920 – July 10, 1999) was a noted American control theorist and the inventor of the root locus method and the Spirule device in 1948. He was the recipient of the 1987 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Rufus Oldenburger Medal[1] and the 1988 AACC's Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award.[2]

  1. ^ "Rufus Oldenburger Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  2. ^ "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2013-02-10.