Panos Antsaklis, the H. Clifford and Evelyn A. Brosey Professor of Electrical Engineering, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Docteur Honoris Causa) by the University of Lorraine (Universite de Lorraine), Nancy, Lorraine, France. The award ceremony took place on December 3rd, 2012 in Metz. Prof. Antsaklis’ honorary degree was one of five conferred by the University of Lorraine in 2012.
The others awarded to honorees were from Canada, Germany and the UK. The University of Lorraine is one of the largest universities in France. It was founded by the merger of four Universities, the Henri Poincare University (Nancy-I), Nancy-II, Paul Verlaine University – Metz and the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (INPL).
He is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS (2011) for distinguished contributions to the field of Systems and Control, particularly for feedback control of multi-variable systems, intelligent, hybrid and discrete event systems.
Election as a Fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.
Each year the Council elects members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.
He is Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC (2010) for fundamental contributions to hybrid control systems, supervisory control of discrete event systems, control of systems over networks and for leadership in the profession.
The IFAC Fellow Award is given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC, in the role as an Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader, or Educator.
- IEEE Fellow Award 1991. Citation reads: "For contributions to the theory of feedback stabilization and control of linear multivariable systems."
- IEEE Millennium Medal, 2000.
- IEEE Distinguished Member Award, Control Systems Society, 1998
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Control Systems Society, 1996-2003.
- President IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), 1997.
- General Chair, 34th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 1995.
- General Chair, 8th IEEE Intern Symposium on Intelligent Control, Chicago IL, August 1993.
- Program Chair, 30th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Brighton, England, December 1991.
- Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2010-Today
Faculty Recognition Award at Notre Dame
- Recognized on the field (20-yard line) at the ND vs. Boston College game, November 19, 2011
- In front of 85,000 football fans
- Presented with a signed football by Provost Tom Burish.
- Game Day Program
- Public Announcement
The 2006 Brown Engineering Alumni Medal Award (BEAM) of Brown University, May 2006
Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat) Member of the Max-Planck-Institut fur Dynamik Komplexer Technischer Systeme, Magdeburg, Germany; Member 2002-2007, Chair 2008-2012
- Kaneb Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Univ. of Notre Dame, 2000
- Master Mentor of Graduate Students, the Graduate School, Univ. of Notre Dame, 1999.
- Outstanding Teacher Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Dept. of Electr. Engr., Univ. of Notre Dame, 1991.
- Founding President of the Mediterranean Control Association (MCA). President, since 1998.
- Honorary Chair, 16th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED’08), Corsica, France, June 25-27, 2008.
- General co-Chair, 15th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED’07), Athens, Greece, June 27-29, 2007.
- Honorary Chair, 4th IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on Control and Automation, Crete, Greece, June 10-14, 1996.
for services as the Director of the Greek School and as the Founding President of the Hellenic Cultural Society.