Elmer G. Gilbert

Elmer G. Gilbert
Born
(1930-03-29)March 29, 1930
DiedJune 16, 2019(2019-06-16) (aged 89)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
AwardsRichard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1996)
IEEE Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsControl theory

Elmer Grant Gilbert (March 29, 1930 – June 16, 2019) was an American aerospace engineer and a Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Instrumentation Engineering from Michigan in 1957.[1]

Gilbert was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the 1994 IEEE Control Systems Award[2][3] (the citation reads: "for pioneering and innovative contributions to linear state space theory and its applications, especially realization and decoupling, as well as to control algorithms") and the 1996 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award from the American Automatic Control Council.[4]

Gilbert died on June 16, 2019, at the age of 89.[5]

  1. ^ "Elmer Gilbert | Michigan Engineering". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  2. ^ "IEEE Control Systems Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "IEEE Control Systems Award". IEEE Control Systems Society. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ^ "Elmer G. Gilbert". Legacy. Retrieved 26 December 2023.