The Control Engineering Practice Award was renamed the Babatunde A. Ogunnaike Control Practice Award in his honor in 2023.
The Ogunnaike Award is given to one individual or one team to be selected from those nominated for significant contribution to the advancement of control practice. The primary criterion for selection will be for the application and implementation of innovative control concepts, methodology, and technology, for the planning, design, manufacture, and operation of control systems.
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The award consists of a certificate and an honorarium. In the event that the winner is a team, each member of the team will receive a certificate and the honorarium will be divided equally among the team members.
The work on which the nomination is based must have been performed while the nominated individual or at least one member of the team was a resident of the USA.
Form Instructions:
The following information will be necessary in order to complete the nomination application form:
- All fields marked by a red asterisk (*) is required.
- Three letters of support are required with option to submit no more than 5. You will need to provide the Supporter's Name, Affiliation, Email address and upload the letter of support.
- You may save the application at anytime during the process. You will receive an email on how to access your draft to update the nomination application.
- Upon submission, a confirmation email will be sent for to you for your reference.
2026
For developing innovative model predictive control and real-time optimization methods incorporating process fundamentals that created long-term sustainable value in industrial applications.
2025
In recognition of transformative contributions to predictive control theory and practice, driving advancements in energy-efficient automotive powertrains, optimized solar energy, and sustainable public transportation.
2024
For lifetime achievement in the development and application of Model Predictive Control technology, and for leadership in the international process control community.
2023
For pioneering and sustained contributions to the advanced analysis, modeling, and control of high-precision high-speed mechatronic systems, and for outreach efforts to actively disseminate the impact of control systems.
2022
For pioneering work on the industrial application of nonlinear model predictive control and for leading the effort for the establishment of an open software framework in computer control hardware.
2021
For contributions to the autonomous control of unmanned vehicle systems
2020
For the application of advanced data-driven algorithms for fault detection, fault diagnosis, and control in the chemical process industry
2019
Excellent sustained and impactful contributions to the modeling, analysis and control of advanced vehicle powertrain systems
2018
For pioneering contributions to modeling, simulation and control of dynamic thermal systems, and their applications in aerospace, automotive and building control industries.
2017
For pioneering applications of advanced control to wind turbines and wind farms
2016
For contributions to vehicle fuel economy and emission improvements using advanced control methods
2015
For pioneering the enabling technology of automatic control for systems biology and biomedical devices, specifically the foundational accomplishments for development of the artificial pancreas
2013
For original applications of advanced and classical estimation and control theory to automotive industry
2012
Contributions to the development and transitioning of adaptive controls technologies to advanced flight controls
2011
For original contributions to control practice in intelligent highway and vehicle systems
2010
For innovation in advanced control and optimization with sustained impact on the process industries
2009
For outstanding contributions to control systems analysis and synthesis methodologies for advanced aerospace vehicles and systems
2008
For pioneering the application and implementation of model predictive control, nonlinear state estimation, nonlinear control, and product control to polymer and granulation processes
2007
For pioneering contributions in the use of optimal and robust adaptive control design methodologies for unmanned aircraft and advanced weapon systems
2006
For fundamental and innovative contributions to spacecraft control systems, including technical leadership on the precision pointing system for the Spitzer Space Telescope
2005
For outstanding achievement in the development of feedback linearization and its application to aerospace systems
2004
For pioneering contributions to aerospace and automotive controls, ranging from very effective Space Shuttle controls to some of the first successful applications of optimal control and estimation in automotive industry
2003
For pioneering contributions to the relative gain array, pattern recognition, and adaptive control,and their innovative application to industrial process control
2002
For pioneering contributions to the development and usage of highly-effective multivariable control design methods in the aerospace industry
2001
2000
1999
For outstanding contributions to innovative practice of control engineering in the design of automotive control systems, encompassing transmission, engine, active suspension and traction controls employed in thousands of automobiles worldwide
