Elmer Grant Gilbert (March 29, 1930 – June 16, 2019) was an American

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and a

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of Aerospace Engineering at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. He received his Ph.D. in Instrumentation Engineering from Michigan in 1957. Gilbert was a member of the

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and a recipient of the 1994

IEEE Control Systems Award The IEEE Control Systems Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science or technology". It is an IEEE- ...

(the citation reads: "for pioneering and innovative contributions to linear state space theory and its applications, especially realization and decoupling, as well as to control algorithms") and the 1996 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award from the

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. Gilbert died on June 16, 2019, at the age of 89.

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NAE profile
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First-Hand: Reminiscences on My Career in Control video on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki

Faculty History Project at the University of Michigan

Professional biography from University of Michigan Aerospace

Cirriculum Vitae

Obituary from University of Michigan Aerospace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Elmer G. 1930 births 2019 deaths American aerospace engineers American control theorists Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award recipients University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni University of Michigan faculty Scientists from Michigan 20th-century American engineers 21st-century American engineers Fellows of the IEEE