Gunter Stein

Gunter Stein

Gunter Stein

Biography

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Dr. Gunter Stein is a chief scientist (retired) of Honeywell Labs. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1969. His technical specialization is in systems and control, particularly aircraft flight controls (fighters, transports, and experimental vehicles), spacecraft attitude and orbit controls, and navigation systems for strategic, tactical, and commercial applications. From 1977 to 1997, he also served as adjunct professor in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, teaching control systems theory and design. He is also active in the development of computer aids for control system design.  He was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1985, awarded the IEEE Control System Society’s first Hendrik W. Bode Prize in 1989, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1994, and was awarded the IFAC’s Nathaniel Nichols Prize in 1999.