Arjan van der Schaft

Arjan van der Schaft
Van der Schaft and his portrait
Born
Abraham Jan (Arjan) van der Schaft

(1955-02-10)February 10, 1955
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
Other namesA.J. van der Schaft
CitizenshipDutch
EducationPh.D. in Mathematics
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
Known forPort-Hamiltonian Systems, Nonlinear Control, Dissipative Systems, Nonlinear H∞ Control, Hybrid Systems
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen (2005,-), University of Twente (1982, 2005)
ThesisSystem theoretic descriptions of physical systems (1983)
Doctoral advisorJan Camiel Willems
Websitewww.rug.nl/staff/a.j.van.der.schaft/

Abraham Jan (Arjan) van der Schaft (born 1955) is an emeritus professor of systems and control theory at University of Groningen. He is most noted for his contributions to nonlinear control and port-Hamiltonian systems theory.