Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award Recipients: Hendrik Wade Bode, Yu-Chi Ho, Lotfi Asker Zadeh, Richard E. Bellman, Rudolf E. Kalman

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 102. Not illustrated. Chapters: Hendrik Wade Bode, Yu-Chi Ho, Lotfi Asker Zadeh, Richard E. Bellman, Rudolf E. Kalman, Rutherford Aris, Harold Chestnut, Charles Stark Draper, Petar V. Kokotovic, Roger W. Brockett, A.v. Balakrishnan, Walter R. Evans, Michael Athans, Jose B. Cruz, Jr., John Zaborszky, Harold J. Kushner, Eliahu I. Jury, Arthur E. Bryson, Tamer Basar, John C. Lozier, W. Harmon Ray, Kumpati S. Narendra, Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, John V. Breakwell, Sanjoy K. Mitter, Elmer G. Gilbert, John G. Truxal, Irving Lefkowitz, Gene F. Franklin, Nathaniel B. Nichols. Excerpt: Hendrik Wade Bode (pronounced Boh-dee in English, Boh-dah in Dutch), (24 December 1905 21 June 1982) was an American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist, of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research. In addition, his research impacted many other engineering disciplines and laid the foundation for a diverse array of modern innovations such as computers, robots and mobile phones among others. Long respected in academic circles worldwide, he is also widely known to modern engineering students mainly for developing the asymptotic magnitude and phase plot that bears his name, the Bode plot. His research contributions in particular were not only multidimensional but far reaching as well, extending as far as the U.S. space program. Bode was born in Madison, Wisconsin. His father was a professor of education, and a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by the time young Hendrik was ready for elementary school. He entered Leal Elementary School and rapidly advanced through the Urbana school system to graduate from high school at the age of 14. Immediately after graduation from hi...