Lino Guzzella#
| Membership Number: | 4624 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://mavt.ethz.ch/de/personen/person-detail.guzzella.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015,01 - 2018,12 President of ETH Zurich
- 2012,08 - 2014,12 Rector of ETH
- 2003 - 2004 Honda visiting professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus (OH)
- 2001 - 2003 Head of the department MAVT
- 1999 - present Professor of Thermotronics
- 1996 - 1999 Head of the Institute of energy technology
- 1996 - 1999 Associate professor of engine systems
- 1993 - 1996 Assistant professor of engine electronics
Fields of Scholarship
- Minimization of fuel consumption and pollutant emission of land vehicle propulsion systems
- Novel approaches in system dynamics
- Control of energy conversion systems
- Dynamic optimization and feedback control design methods
- Control-oriented systems modeling
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Watt d’Or – Energy Prize of the Swiss Department of Energy (with Diesel/CNG hybrid team)
- 2013 Russel S. Springer visiting professor, UC Berkeley
- 2011 IEEE Fellow
- 2011 “Goldene Eule” Teaching Award, VSETH
- 2010 Arch T. Colwell Merit Award (with Peter Haluska), SAE
- 2010 Inspiration Grant (with pneumatic hybrid team), KPMG
- 2009 IFAC Fellow
- 2009 Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)
- 2008 Industry Award for Excellence in Translational Control Research, IEEE Control Systems Society
- 2007 Watt d’Or – Energy Prize of the Swiss Department of Energy (with PAC Car team)
- 2005 Energy Globe Award (with PAC Car team)
- 2002 Thomas Hawksley medal, Crompton Lanchester prize (with F. Weber and C. Onder)
- 2001 IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award (with Alois Amstutz)
- 2001 Clifford S. Steadman Prize (with Patrik Soltic), IMechE
- 2000 Ralph R. Teetor Award, SAE
