Dr. Roberto Horowitz

Biography

Roberto Horowitz is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the James Fife Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering. He received his B.S. degree with highest honors in 1978 and his Ph.D. degree in 1983, both in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Horowitz became a faculty member of the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1982. His teaching and research interests focus on adaptive and learning nonlinear control, robotics, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), computer disk file systems, mechatronics, and intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS). He has held prestigious positions such as Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-director of the Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) research center at U.C. Berkeley. Dr. Horowitz is a member of the IEEE and ASME and has received numerous awards for his contributions to the field, including the 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems Control Division Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award and the 2018 ASME Rufus Oldenburger Medal for lifetime achievements in automatic control.

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