W. Harmon Ray
Encyclopedia
Willis Harmon Ray is an American chemical engineer
and a Vilas Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
He is a Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
and a member of the National Academy of Engineering
. Ray is a noted control theorist, and in 2000, he received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
from the American Automatic Control Council
.
Chemical engineer
In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is the profession in which one works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products, and deals with the design and operation of plants and equipment to perform such work...
and a Vilas Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
He is a Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a professional organization for chemical engineers.AIChE was established in 1908 with the purpose of establishing chemical engineers as a profession independent from chemists and mechanical engineers.As of 2010, AIChE had over 40,000 members,...
and a member of 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...
. Ray is a noted control theorist, and in 2000, he received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
The Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award is an annual award given by the American Automatic Control Council for achievements in control theory, named after the applied mathematician Richard E. Bellman...
from the American Automatic Control Council
American Automatic Control Council
The American Automatic Control Council is an organization founded in 1956 for research in control theory. It is an association of the control systems divisions of eight member societies and a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control....
.
External links
- AACC profile
- Harmon Ray joins the active emeriti, Perspective, (University of Wisconsin), Volume 30, Spring 2004