Ian Craig (engineer)
Ian Craig is a South African engineer. He was selected to give the 67th 2018 Bernard Price Memorial Lecture from the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE).[1] The title of his lecture was Automatic Control: The Hidden Technology that Modern Society Cannot Live Without.[2] AcademiaCraig has a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pretoria,[3] an S.M. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[4] and an MBA and Ph.D from the University of the Witwatersrand.[5] In 1995, he became a professor at the University of Pretoria in its Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, as well as head of the Control Systems Group.[6] PublicationsIn 2005, Craig became editor-in-chief of Control Engineering Practice.[7] He has published over 150 papers.[8] Board membershipsIn 2011, Craig was appointed President of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), a position he held until 2014.[9] Three years later he became IFAC Advisor[10][11] and then chair of its Foundation Board and Publications Committee.[12] Craig is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC).[13] AcclaimThe awards and recognition Craig has received include the following:
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