Biography:Anna Stefanopoulou
Anna G. Stefanopoulou (born 1968) is a Greek-American[1] mechanical engineer known for her research on the control theory of fuel cells[2] and on improving the fuel efficiency of automotive engines.[3] She is William Clay Ford Professor of Technology in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, director of the University of Michigan Energy Institute,[4] and a member of the University of Michigan President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality.[5]
Education and career
Stefanopoulou studied marine engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, studying ship propulsion[2] and graduating with a diploma in 1991. She moved to the University of Michigan for graduate study, beginning with a master's degree in marine engineering but then shifting to electrical engineering and computer science,[6] as she became more interested in automotive applications of control theory.[2]
After completing her Ph.D. in 1996, she worked on engine control for the Ford Motor Company from 1996 to 1997.[6][2] In 1998 she became an assistant professor of mechanical and environmental engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara,[6] where she developed an additional line of research on automated braking,[2] and was chosen as one of the participants in a prestigious National Academy of Engineering "Frontiers of Engineering" symposium.[7] In 2000 she returned to the University of Michigan as an associate professor of mechanical engineering,[6] and began the work on fuel cells for which she is best known.[2]
Book
Stefanopoulou is the co-author, with Jay T. Pukrushpan and Huei Peng, of the book Control of Fuel Cell Power Systems: Principles, Modeling, Analysis and Feedback Design (Springer, 2004).[8]
Recognition
Stefanopoulou was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007.[6] In 2009 she became an IEEE Fellow, "for contributions to control of energy conversion systems".[9] She became a fellow of SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers) in 2018.[6]
In 2009, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers gave Stefanopoulou their Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering.[10] In 2016 the IEEE Control Systems Society gave her their Control System Technology Award "for the development of an advanced battery management system accounting for electro-thermo-mechanical phenomena".[11]
The University of Michigan named Stefanopoulou to the William Clay Ford Professorship in 2017.[6]
References
- ↑ Birth year and US naturalization information from VoterRecords.com, accessed 2020-07-30
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "People In Dynamic Systems And Controls: Dr. Anna G. Stefanopoulou", Mechanical Engineering magazine, March 2019, http://www.memagazinedigital.org/memagazine/march_2019/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1468123#articleId1468123
- ↑ "A Push To Make Gasoline Engines More Efficient", Morning Edition (National Public Radio), November 23, 2011, https://www.npr.org/2011/11/23/142662849/a-push-to-make-gasoline-engines-more-efficient
- ↑ "Anna Stefanopoulou", Faculty (University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering), https://me.engin.umich.edu/people/faculty/anna-stefanopoulou, retrieved 2020-07-30
- ↑ "University of Michigan creates commission on carbon neutrality", ClickOnDetroit (WDIV-TV), February 5, 2019, https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2019/02/05/university-of-michigan-creates-commission-on-carbon-neutrality/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Curriculum vitae, http://www-personal.umich.edu/~annastef/attach/AgS_brief.pdf, retrieved 2020-07-30
- ↑ "UCSB researcher will take part in prestigious symposium", The Current (University of California, Santa Barbara), August 17, 1999, https://www.news.ucsb.edu/1999/011265/ucsb-researcher-will-take-part-prestigious-symposium
- ↑ Guzzella, Lino (2005), "Review of Control of Fuel Cell Power Systems", International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 15 (12): 553–554, doi:10.1002/rnc.1005
- ↑ CSS members promoted to IEEE Fellow in 2009, CSS IEEE Fellows archive, IEEE Control Systems Society, http://ieeecss.org/archive/css-ieee-fellows, retrieved 2020-07-30
- ↑ Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/gustus-l-larson-memorial-award, retrieved 2020-07-30
- ↑ Control System Technology Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, http://old.ieeecss.org/awards/control-systems-technology-award, retrieved 2020-07-30
External links
- Home page
- Anna Stefanopoulou publications indexed by Google Scholar
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