Anu Annaswamy is the author of a graduate textbook on adaptive control, co-editor of two vision documents on smart grids and two editions of the Impact of Control Technology report, and on the editorial board of IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, the IFAC Annual Reviews in Control, and Asian Journal of Control. She has co-authored two National Academies consensus reports: The Future of Electric Power in the United States (2021) and The Role of Net Metering in the Evolving Electricity System (2023). She served as the President of CSS in 2020. Currently, Dr. Annaswamy serves as President-elect of the American Automatic Control Council and as Editor in Chief of the IEEE Control Systems magazine. Dr. Annaswamy received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University in 1985.
Honors and Awards
- 2024 Control Systems Technology Award, IEEE Control Systems Society
- 2023 Best Paper Award, IFAC Journal of Annual Reviews in Control
- 2021 Distinguished Alumni, Indian Institute of Science
- 2017 Fellow, International Federation of Automatic Control
- 2017 Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Control Systems Society
- 2016 Distinguished Member, IEEE Control Systems Society
- 2010 Best Paper Award, IEEE Control Systems Magazine
- 2008 Donald Groen Julius Prize, Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- 2008 Hans Fischer Fellow, Technische Universitat Munchen-Institute for Advanced Studies
- 2002 IEEE Fellow
- 1988 George Axelby best paper award, IEEE Trans. Autom. Control
Related Experience
- 2003 – Senior Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- 1999-2003 – Principal Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- 1996-1999 – Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- 1991-1996 – Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- 1988-1991 – Assistant Professor, Department of Mech. & Aero. Eng., Boston University