Elmer G. Gilbert Scientist
Elmer G. Gilbert is an American aerospace engineer and a Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan in 1957.He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the 1994 IEEE Control Systems Award (the citation reads: "for pioneering and innovative contributions to linear state space theory and its applications, especially realization and decoupling, as well as to control algorithms") and the 1996 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award from the American Automatic Control Council.