Hassan K. Khalil

Hassan K. Khalil
Born (1950-02-20) February 20, 1950
Cairo, Egypt
Alma materCairo University (B.S., M.S.)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D.)
Known forNonlinear control
Singular perturbation theory
High-gain observers
Nonlinear Systems (textbook)
AwardsIEEE Fellow (1989)
IFAC Fellow (2007)
John R. Ragazzini Award (2000)
IFAC Textbook Prize (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
Control theory
InstitutionsMichigan State University (University Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
Doctoral advisorPetar V. Kokotovic

Hassan K. Khalil (born February 20, 1950, in Cairo) is an Egyptian-born American electrical engineer and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He specializes in nonlinear control and singular perturbation theory, and is widely known for his textbook Nonlinear Systems, which received the 2002 IFAC Control Engineering Textbook Prize. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1989 for contributions to singular perturbation theory and its application to control.