Vadim Utkin

Vadim Ivanovich Utkin
Born	(1937-10-30)30 October 1937 Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	18 September 2022(2022-09-18) (aged 84)[2] Columbus, OH, US
Nationality	Russian, American
Alma mater	Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Dipl. Eng.) Institute of Control Sciences (Ph.D., Dr.Sc.)
Known for	Sliding Mode Control Variable Structure System Utkin Observer
Awards	Lenin Prize (1972) Oldenburger Medal (2003) Humboldt Prize (2005) IEEE Fellow
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering Control theory
Institutions	Ohio State University Institute of Control Sciences
Thesis	Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control
Doctoral advisor	Boris Nikolaevich Petrov [1]

Vadim Ivanovich Utkin (Russian: Вадим Иванович Уткин; 30 October 1937 – 18 September 2022) was a Russian-American control theorist, electrical engineer and a professor of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the Ohio State University. He is best known for being one of the originators of Sliding Mode Control and Variable Structure Systems,[3][4][5][6][7] which have become fundamental concepts in the field of nonlinear control (e.g. robust control).

Biography

Utkin was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. He was with the Institute of Control Sciences from 1960 to 1994, where he served as its Head of Discontinuous Control Systems Laboratory from 1973 to 1994.[8][9][10] He joined the Ohio State University in 1994 as the Ford Chair of Electromechanical Systems, and was the first professor to hold this distinction [9] until 2002.

He was an IEEE Fellow,[11] and he has been the recipient of awards such as the Lenin Prize[12] and the Humboldt Prize.[13] He also holds honorary doctorates from the University of Sarajevo[10] and Rovira and Vergil University.[12][14]

Selected works

• Sliding Modes and their Applications in Variable Structure Systems. Mir, Moscow, 1978.
• Sliding Modes in Control and Optimization, Springer Verlag, 1992.
• Sliding Mode Control in Electro-Mechanical Systems, Taylor & Frencis. 1st edition 1999, 2nd edition 2009.

References

1. "Vadim Utkin - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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3. Ferrara, Antonella (31 May 2019). "Advanced Automation and Control Course" (PDF). The University of Pavia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2019.
4. Spurgeon, S. (2014). "Sliding mode control: A tutorial" (PDF). 2014 European Control Conference (ECC). pp. 2272–2277. doi:10.1109/ECC.2014.6862622. ISBN 978-3-9524269-1-3. S2CID 15975108.
5. He, Chenlong; Lu, Na; Sha, Ruizhi; Feng, Zuren (2018). "A Novel Sliding Mode Control for a Class of Affine Dynamic Systems". arXiv:1808.04627 [cs.SY].
6. Vecchio, Claudio (2008). "Sliding Mode Control: theoretical developments and applications to uncertain mechanical systems". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "Mathematical and Design Aspects of Sliding Mode Control Theory | IEEE Cleveland Section". www.clevelandieee.org. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
8. "Vadim I. Utkin". www2.ece.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
9. "New professor will strengthen engineering research". New professor will strengthen engineering research. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
10. "Уткин Вадим Иванович | ИПУ РАН". www.ipu.ru. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
11. Poznyak, Alex (1 February 2019). "My friend Vadim I. Utkin (sketch on friendship and some photos from private archives): My friend Vadim I. Utkin". International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 29 (3): 522–528. doi:10.1002/rnc.4417.
12. "Vadim Utkin". ait.mtas.ru. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
13. "Awards Presented by Professional Societies and Other Institutions". Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
14. Virgili, Universitat Rovira i. "Vadim Ivanovich Utkin | Honorary degrees". Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Retrieved 9 June 2019.