Honoring Excellence in Control Engineering Education
The aim of the control education prize named the ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Prize is to honor outstanding contributions to the education in control theory and applications in the Asia-Oceania region made by a single individual, or group. These contributions can be expressed in terms of the impact in society at large, the engineering profession, the control industry, and/or in the university arena.
The prize is not intended to honor in the first instance scholarly contributions to the theory of control engineering education, although this can be an important contribution. Rather the prize is for excellence in practicing control and systems engineering education.
Excellence in control education can be established along the lines of:
Nominators are requested to be as complete as possible, as no information besides the information provided by the nominators will be taken into account in judging the nominees.
In nominating a person/group for the prize the following information will be provided:
In addition, and as appropriate:
Prof. PooGyeon Park
Vice President for Education, Asian Control Association
Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Pohang, South Korea
Tel: +82 054-279-2238
Tel: +82 054-279-5588
Email: ppg@postech.ac.kr
| Year | Winner | Affiliation | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Prof. Xiren Cao Prof. Yugeng Xi |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
| 2019 | Prof. Hidenori Kimura | University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 2017 | Prof. Tianyou Chai | Northeastern University | China |
| 2015 | Prof. Li-Chen Fu | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
| 2013 | Prof. Tong Heng Lee Prof. Iven Mareels |
National University of Singapore University of Melbourne |
Singapore Australia |
| 2011 | Prof. Hyungsuck Cho Prof. Graham Goodwin |
Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology University of Newcastle |
Korea Australia |
| 2009 | Prof. Fumio Harashima Prof. Han Fu Chen |
Tokyo Denki University Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Japan China |
| 2007 | Prof. Etsujiro Shimemura Prof. Chang Chieh Hang |
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology National University of Singapore |
Japan Singapore |
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2022 went to Prof. Yugeng Xi from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2022 went to Prof. Xiren Cao from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2019 went to Prof. Hidenori Kimura from University of Tokyo, Japan
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2017 went to Prof. Tianyou Chai from Northeastern University, China.
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2015 went to Prof. Li-Chen Fu from National Taiwan University
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2013 went to Prof. Tong Hen Lee from National University of Sungapore and to Prof. Iven Mareels from the University of Melbourne. The award was given on June 25, 2013 during the ASCC 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey.
<From left to right: Prof. Shaoyuan Li, Prof. Ben M. Chen(on behalf Prof. Tong Heng Lee), Prof. Iven Mareels, and President Li-Chen Fu)
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2011 went to Prof. Hyungsuck Cho from Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology and to Prof. Graham Goodwin from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the University of Newcastle. The award was given on May 17, 2011 during the ASCC 2011 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
< Prof. Cho received the award from President Xi >
< Prof. Goodwin received the award from President Xi >
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2009 went to Prof. Fumio Harashima from Tokyo Denki University and to Prof. Han Fu Chen from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The award was given on August 28, 2009 during the ASCC 2009 in Hong Kong, China.
< Prof. Chen received the award from Prof. Kwon >
< Prof. Hashimoto received award on behalf of Prof. Kwon >
The ACA Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award for the year 2007 goes to Prof. Etsujiro Shimemura from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and to Prof. Chang Chieh Hang from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. The award was given on September 18, 2007 during the SICE 2007 in Shikoku, Japan.
< Prof. Shimemura receiving the plaque >
< Prof. Shimemura receiving the plaque >
