A. Stephen Morse

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A. Stephen Morse [1]
Born (1939-06-18) June 18, 1939 (age 84)
Alma mater
Known forContributions to geometric control theory, adaptive control, and the stability of hybrid systems
Awards
Scientific career
Fields Control theory
Institutions
Thesis On the Analysis and Synthesis of Control Systems Using a Worst Case Disturbance Approach [2]
Doctoral advisor Violet B. Haas [2]
Notable students

A. Stephen Morse (born June 18, 1939) is the Dudley Professor of distributed control and adaptive control in electrical engineering at Yale University. [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Morse was born in Mt. Vernon, New York. He received his B.S. from Cornell University, his M.S. from the University of Arizona, and his Ph.D. from Purdue University.

Awards

Morse received the IEEE Control Systems Award and the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 1999 and 2013, respectively. Morse was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for contributions to geometric control theory, adaptive control, and the stability of hybrid systems.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. A. Stephen Morse was elected in 2002 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering for his contributions to geometric control theory, adaptive control, and the stability of hybrid systems.
  2. 1 2 A. Stephen Morse at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Oral-History:A. Stephen Morse". Engineering Technology & History Wiki (ETHW). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. "A brief biography of Daniel Liberzon". liberzon.csl.illinois.edu. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. Dudley Professor of Electrical Engineering at Yale University
  6. A. Stephen Morse Archived 2015-11-26 at the Wayback Machine , Electrical Engineering-Systems