Joseph Bentsman

Joseph Bentsman (Life Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, in 1984. He is currently a Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. In 1985, he was a Lecturer and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. He has authored/coauthored more than 200 peer reviewed publications and two textbooks in these areas. His current research focuses on theory and applications of control of distributed parameter systems, multiresolution methods, and robust predictive and adaptive control. Dr. Bentsman is a recipient of the 1989 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the 2014 ISA Power Industry Division Achievement Award, and several best paper awards. He is currently an ASME Fellow. He was an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control and as the Chair of the Technical Committee on Power Generation of the IEEE Control Systems Society (2015–2019).