Emeritus Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Patras
PATRAS, GREECE
Robert E. King received his B.Sc.(Hons) and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester inEngland in 1957 and 1958 respectively. In 1960 he received his Ph.D. from Queen’s University in N. Ireland for his work on Non-linear and Adaptive Control. In 1970 he was awarded a D.Sc. by the University of Manchester for his contributions to Systems & Control .
He was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Physical Laboratories in Teddington, England. Since 1962 he has served on the faculties of Electrical Engineering at Queen’s University, N. Ireland, Columbia University in New York and City University of New York between 1962 and 1978. In 1989 he was elected Professor of Automation and Robotics in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Patras, Greece from which he retired in 2004. He has been a Senior Research Associate at the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute in Athens since 1999.
Between 1981 and 1989 he worked in the Process Industry as Head of Industrial Information Systems at the Heracles Cement Company S.A. (now owned by Lafarge) in Greece and was one of the pioneers in applying Computational Intelligence in the cement industry..
During his career he has also been a Visiting Professor at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia, the National Research Center and the National Technical University in Athens, Greece.
He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and served as Chairman of the Greek Chapter of the IEEE Control Systems Society for a number of years and in 2003 the Chapter was awarded the IEEE Outstanding Chapter Award.
Last revised
April 20, 2013
He was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Physical Laboratories in Teddington, England. Since 1962 he has served on the faculties of Electrical Engineering at Queen’s University, N. Ireland, Columbia University in New York and City University of New York between 1962 and 1978. In 1989 he was elected Professor of Automation and Robotics in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Patras, Greece from which he retired in 2004. He has been a Senior Research Associate at the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute in Athens since 1999.
Between 1981 and 1989 he worked in the Process Industry as Head of Industrial Information Systems at the Heracles Cement Company S.A. (now owned by Lafarge) in Greece and was one of the pioneers in applying Computational Intelligence in the cement industry..
During his career he has also been a Visiting Professor at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia, the National Research Center and the National Technical University in Athens, Greece.
He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and served as Chairman of the Greek Chapter of the IEEE Control Systems Society for a number of years and in 2003 the Chapter was awarded the IEEE Outstanding Chapter Award.
Last revised
April 20, 2013
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