Arjan van der Schaft

Arjan van der Schaft
NationalityDutch
CitizenshipNetherlands
Alma materRuG
Known forcontributions to Port-Hamiltonian systems, passivity-based control, and hybrid systems
AwardsFellow of IEEE;
Scientific career
FieldsSystems and Control Theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen; University of Twente
Thesis System theoretic descriptions of physical systems  (1983)
Doctoral advisorJan Camiel Willems
Doctoral studentsJacquelien Scherpen
Websitemath.rug.nl/arjan

Abraham Jan (Arjan) van der Schaft (born 1955) is emeritus professor of systems and control theory at the Bernoulli Institute of Mathematics Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen. He is notable for his contributions to network modelling and control of complex physical systems, specifically in the areas of Port-Hamiltonian systems, passivity-based control,[1] nonlinear H control, hybrid systems, and port-thermodynamical systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

  1. ^ "EOLSS" (PDF).