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'''Arthur Earl Bryson, Jr.''' is the Pigott Professor of Engineering Emeritus at [[Stanford University]] and the "father of modern [[optimal control]] theory". |
'''Arthur Earl Bryson, Jr.''' is the Pigott Professor of Engineering Emeritus at [[Stanford University]] and the "father of modern [[optimal control]] theory".{{citation needed|July 2012}} |
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He was a member of the U.S. Navy [[V-12 Navy College Training Program|V-12]] program at [[Iowa State University|Iowa State College]], and received his [[B.S.]] in Aeronautical Engineering there in 1946.<ref name=ISUalums>{{cite web |url=http://www.aere.iastate.edu/alumni/hall-of-distinguished-alumni/past-distinguished-alumni/arthur-e-bryson-jr/ |title=Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. |accessdate=May 6, 2012 |work=www.aere.iastate.edu}}</ref> He earned his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[California Institute of Technology]], graduating in 1951. His thesis ''An Interferometric Wind Tunnel Study of Transonic Flow past Wedge and Circular Arcs'' was advised by [[Hans W. Liepmann]]. |
He was a member of the U.S. Navy [[V-12 Navy College Training Program|V-12]] program at [[Iowa State University|Iowa State College]], and received his [[B.S.]] in Aeronautical Engineering there in 1946.<ref name=ISUalums>{{cite web |url=http://www.aere.iastate.edu/alumni/hall-of-distinguished-alumni/past-distinguished-alumni/arthur-e-bryson-jr/ |title=Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. |accessdate=May 6, 2012 |work=www.aere.iastate.edu}}</ref> He earned his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[California Institute of Technology]], graduating in 1951. His thesis ''An Interferometric Wind Tunnel Study of Transonic Flow past Wedge and Circular Arcs'' was advised by [[Hans W. Liepmann]]. |
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| Citizenship | American |
| Awards | Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award |
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| Fields | Control theory |
Arthur Earl Bryson, Jr. is the Pigott Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Stanford University and the "father of modern optimal control theory".[citation needed]
He was a member of the U.S. Navy V-12 program at Iowa State College, and received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering there in 1946.[1] He earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, graduating in 1951. His thesis An Interferometric Wind Tunnel Study of Transonic Flow past Wedge and Circular Arcs was advised by Hans W. Liepmann.
Bryson was the Ph.D. advisor to the Harvard control theorist Yu-Chi Ho.
Awards and honors
He was awarded membership into the National Academy of Engineering in 1970 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. He was awarded the IEEE Control Systems Science and Engineering Award in 1984,[2][3] the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 1990 from the American Automatic Control Council[4] and the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 2009.
References
- ^ "Arthur E. Bryson, Jr". www.aere.iastate.edu. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ "IEEE Control Systems Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ "IEEE Control Systems Award". IEEE Control Systems Society. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ "Recipients of Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Retrieved March 31, 2011.