ME Professor Andrew Packard has been elected to Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for contributions to robust control."

According to the IEEE website:

Election to IEEE Fellow grade is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon an individual by the Institute. The Communications Society has many qualified candidates, but election to IEEE Fellow grade is simply not a matter of merit. One tenth percent of the total IEEE voting membership, excluding Students and Associates, may be elected each year.

Whatever their careers, candidates must have made an outstanding contribution to the electrical and electronics engineering profession.

Congratulations, Andy!