Rutherford Aris

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name = Rutherford Aris


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birth_date = birth date|1929|9|15
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death_date = death date and age|2005|11|2|1929|9|15
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residence = United States
citizenship = American
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fields = Control theory
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awards = Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
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Rutherford Aris (September 15, 1929 - November 2, 2005) was an American chemical engineer and the Regents Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Aris was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1975 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988. He made significant contributions to the field of control theory, for which he received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 1992.

During his lifetime, Rutherford Aris published 13 books and more than 300 research articles, and mentored more than 65 M.S. and Ph.D. students.

External links

* [http://www.it.umn.edu/news/archives/05_0Faris.html UMN page]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/national/20aris.html NYT Memoriam]