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

  1. ^ Birth year and US naturalization information from VoterRecords.com, accessed 2020-07-30
  2. ^ a b c d e f "People In Dynamic Systems And Controls: Dr. Anna G. Stefanopoulou", Mechanical Engineering magazine, March 2019
  3. ^ "A Push To Make Gasoline Engines More Efficient", Morning Edition, National Public Radio, November 23, 2011
  4. ^ "Anna Stefanopoulou", Faculty, University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering, retrieved 2020-07-30
  5. ^ "University of Michigan creates commission on carbon neutrality", ClickOnDetroit, WDIV-TV, February 5, 2019
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2020-07-30
  7. ^ "UCSB researcher will take part in prestigious symposium", The Current, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 17, 1999
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ CSS members promoted to IEEE Fellow in 2009, CSS IEEE Fellows archive, IEEE Control Systems Society, retrieved 2020-07-30
  10. ^ Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2020-07-30
  11. ^ Control System Technology Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, retrieved 2020-07-30