Anna Stefanopoulou
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National Technical University of Athens
ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award (2009)
Anna Stefanopoulou | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) |
| Alma mater | Michigan (Ph.D.) National Technical University of Athens |
| Awards | IEEE Control System Technology Award (2016) ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Michigan (2000–) UC Santa Barbara (1998–2000) |
| Thesis | Modeling and control of advanced technology engines (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jessy W. Grizzle |
Anna 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]
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]