P. S. Krishnaprasad
P. S. Krishnaprasad | |
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| Born | India |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (PhD) |
| Known for | Geometric control theory Bat echolocation research Smart materials |
| Awards | IEEE Fellow (1990) Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering Control theory Geometric mechanics Robotics |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park Case Western Reserve University |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger W. Brockett |
| Doctoral students | Naomi Leonard Xiaobo Tan Fumin Zhang |
Perinkulam Sambamurthy Krishnaprasad (commonly cited as P. S. Krishnaprasad) is an Indian-American electrical engineer and applied mathematician. He is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on geometric control theory, geometric mechanics, robotics, and biologically-inspired control systems.
Krishnaprasad was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1990 for his contributions to geometric and nonlinear control and to engineering education. He received the 2007 Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize from the IEEE Control Systems Society for fundamental contributions to the theory of control of natural and synthetic systems.