The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that it has added another Berkeley Engineering professor to its ranks, one of the highest professional honors bestowed on engineers in the United States. Masayoshi Tomizuka, the Cheryl and John Neerhout Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, studies optimal and adaptive control, digital control, signal processing, motion control, mechatronics and their …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka Receives ASME Honorary Membership
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka was awarded an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Honorary Membership at the 2020 ASME Annual Award Ceremony on November 16, 2020. The ASME Honorary Membership is awarded for a lifetime of service to engineering or related fields–e.g. science, research, public service. This achievement is described as “distinguished service that contributes …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka Receives IEEE ITS Lifetime Achievement Award
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka is the recipient of the 2020 IEEE ITS Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to (a) an outstanding leader in the organizations they have led; (b) a thought leader in the ITS field; and (c) a champion of vision of ITS and its fulfillment within and beyond the …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka to Be Awarded the 2020 IFAC Nichols Medal
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka will be awarded the prestigious 2020 Nichols Medal at the 21st International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress in Berlin, Germany on Sunday, July 12, 2020. Professor Tomizuka is being awarded for his pioneering contributions to the control of mechatronic systems. Created in 1996, the Nichols Medal recognizes outstanding contributions of …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka Receives Medal at ASME’s 2019 DSCC
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Soichiro Honda Medal at the 2019 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference in Park City, Utah on October 10, 2019. ASME established the medal in 1982 to recognize an individual for an outstanding achievement or a series of significant engineering contributions in developing …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka to Receive the 2019 Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka has been selected to receive the 2019 Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award. This award recognizes UC Berkeley faculty for their vital role in mentoring graduate students and training future faculty, and seeks to foster the qualities of excellence in mentorship that are so important to the Berkeley community. …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka Receives AACC’s Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka is the recipient of the 2018 American Automatic Control Council’s AACC’s Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. He accepted the award at the American Control Conference ACC Awards Ceremony in Milwaukee on June 28, 2018. The Bellman Award is given for distinguished career contributions to the theory or application of automatic …
DoD Announces Award of New Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub
Today, the Department of Defense awarded the 14th Manufacturing USA NNMI-National Network of Manufacturing Innovation Program institute – the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub. It is the eighth DoD-led institute. The ARM Institute joins the Manufacturing USA network in its collective effort to help revitalize American manufacturing and incentivize companies to invest in new …