Shankar S. Sastry
Encyclopedia
S. Shankar Sastry is the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
. He currently holds the Nippon Electronics Corporation (NEC) Distinguished Professorship in the College of Engineering and the Walter A. Haas School of Business. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
in 2001 and is a recipient of the Donald P. Eckman Award
in 1990.
(1979, 1980, 1981). His PhD advisor was Professor Charles Desoer. He became an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1980-2), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor at University of California, Berkeley
(1983–present). He belongs to the Hoysala Karnataka (Smartha Brahmin) community. He is married to UC Berkeley and Stanford University
electrical engineering professor Claire J. Tomlin
.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He currently holds the Nippon Electronics Corporation (NEC) Distinguished Professorship in the College of Engineering and the Walter A. Haas School of Business. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
in 2001 and is a recipient of the Donald P. Eckman Award
Donald P. Eckman Award
The Donald P. Eckman Award is an award given by the American Automatic Control Council recognizing outstanding achievements by a young researcher under the age of 35 in the field of control theory. Together with the Richard E...
in 1990.
Biography
Sastry obtained his bachelor degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1977), his master and PhD degrees from University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
(1979, 1980, 1981). His PhD advisor was Professor Charles Desoer. He became an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(1980-2), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor at University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
(1983–present). He belongs to the Hoysala Karnataka (Smartha Brahmin) community. He is married to UC Berkeley and Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
electrical engineering professor Claire J. Tomlin
Claire J. Tomlin
Claire Jennifer Tomlin is an American researcher in hybrid systems, distributed and decentralized optimization and control theory.-Life:...
.