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Honoured for work in fault diagnosis and control systems
3 February 2010
Professor Ron Patton from the University’s Department of Engineering has been awarded the title of Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is the only control systems expert in the UK to be given the title, and one of only 10 people in the UK given the award across all Electrical and Electronic Engineering fields for 2010. The IEEE grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon those with an extraordinary record of accomplishments..
Prof Patton’s work includes extensive control system fault diagnosis research for the aerospace industries and other industrial applications. He is widely published and cited in his field, and is editor of several journals. His current work involves the development of methods to improve the safety and economy of future aircraft in a project involving Airbus and several European partners.
Ron said: “I was really shocked to be awarded this fellowship. It is a great honour to be recognised in this way by the IEEE for my research in fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control, a subject which has become increasingly important in recent years.”
As well as his highly important research, Prof Patton also relishes his role as a lecturer.
“I believe that if you are committed to teaching, you may also produce good research, and vice-versa,” he explained. “I love seeing my students develop and going on to excel in their careers.”
Prof Patton is to be Honorary Chair for the IEEE co-sponsored Conference SysTol’10 in Nice in October this year.
For more information contact Professor Ron Patton or visit the Control & Intelligent Systems Engineering website.
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