Michael A. Demetriou is a professor of aerospace engineering at the

Worcester Polytechnic Institute '' , mottoeng = "Theory and Practice" , established = , former_name = Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (1865-1886) , type = Private research university , endowme ...

in Massachusetts. He was named a

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

in 2015 for his contributions to estimation and

optimization Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled ''optimisation'') or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criterion, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfi ...

distributed parameter system In control theory, a distributed-parameter system (as opposed to a lumped-parameter system) is a system whose state space is infinite-dimensional. Such systems are therefore also known as infinite-dimensional systems. Typical examples are system ...

Education and career

Demetriou got his BS ''magna cum laude'' in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

in 1987. He remained at his alma mater, during which time he obtained MS in

applied mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a combination of mathematical s ...

and

electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...

and

computer engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...

in 1989 and 1990, respectively. After graduating with a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering systems from the University of Southern California in 1993, Demetriou joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute. While at WPI, he served as an associate editor of the ''IEEE Transections on Automatic Control'' from 2004 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2011 held the same position at the ''ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control''. Since 1997, Demetriou has served as an associate editor on the IEEE-Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board and in 2009 became an assistant editor of the ''SIAM J. Control and Optimization''. Demetriou founded IEEE-CSS Technical Committee on Distributed Parameter Systems in 2003, serving as its chair until 2012. Currently he is a member of both the SIAM/SIAG Advisory Committee and the SIAG/CST Conference Steering Committee, as well as a secretary of the SIAM Control and Systems Theory activity group. He also is a director of the

American Automatic Control Council The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) is an organization founded in 1957 for research in control theory. AACC is a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) and is an association of the control systems divisions of ...

Board of SIAM.

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* 20th-century births Living people University of Southern California alumni Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty Fellow Members of the IEEE Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American electrical engineers {{US-electrical-engineer-stub