Guzzella, Lino, Prof.

Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control

 

Areas of Interest:

• Robotics, Systems and Control

Biography
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Lino Guzzella has been full professor of thermotronics at ETH Zurich since 1999.

Prof. Guzzella was born on October 13, 1957 in Zurich. After receiving his mechanical engineering diploma in 1981 and his doctoral degree in 1986 from ETH, he held several positions in industry (R&D team leader, Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur; R&D mechatronics department head, Hilti, Schaan) and academia (assistant and associate professor in the electrical engineering and mechanical engineering department at ETH; Honda Visiting Professor at The Ohio State University).

With his group he focuses in research on novel approaches in system dynamics and control of energy conversion systems. Control-oriented systems modeling, dynamic optimization and feedback control design methods are the main area of research. A particular emphasis is placed on the minimization of fuel consumption and pollutant emission of land vehicle propulsion systems.
Among others he received the IEEE-MSC - Industry Award for Excellence in Translational Control Research, IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award, the SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award and the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, the IMechE Thomas Hawksley Medal and Crompton Lancaster Medal, and the Energy Globe Award.

Prof. Guzzella has published more than 100 research articles in peer refereed journals and conferences as well as two research textbooks (Introduction to Modeling and Control of IC Engine Systems, Springer Verlag, 2nd. Ed. 2010 and Vehicle Propulsion Systems - Modeling and Optimization, Springer Verlag, 2nd. Ed. 2007). He has been a keynote speaker at many conferences worldwide.

Prof. Guzzella is a fellow of IFAC and a fellow of IEEE and a member of the Swiss academy of engineering sciences (SATW). Prof. Guzzella is member of several international and national research committees, e.g. the Swiss CTI Committee on Engineering Sciences and member of the board of governors of IFAC. He is a consultant to several automotive companies and holds several patents in that area.