Irmgard Flügge-Lotz

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
Born(1903-07-16)16 July 1903
Hamelin, Germany
Died22 May 1974(1974-05-22) (aged 70)
Palo Alto, California
CitizenshipGermany, United States
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover
Known forTheory of discontinuous automatic control
Bang-bang control
Lotz method
AwardsFellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1970)
Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award (1970)
von Kármán Lecture (1971)
Scientific career
FieldsFluid dynamics
Automatic control
InstitutionsAerodynamische Versuchsanstalt
Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt
ONERA
Stanford University
Thesis Mathemathische Theorien im Bereich der Wärmeleitung kreisförmiger Zylinder  (1929)

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, née Lotz (16 July 1903 – 22 May 1974) was a German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer. She was a pioneer in the development of the theory of discontinuous automatic control, which has found wide application in hysteresis control systems; such applications include guidance systems, electronics, fire-control systems, and temperature regulation.

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