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	\| fields = [[Control theory]]		\| fields = [[Control theory]]
	\| workplaces = [[University of California, Irvine]]		\| workplaces = [[University of California, Irvine]]
	\| alma_mater = [[University of Florida]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Florida]],
	[[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]		[[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]
	\| known_for = [[Robust control]], [[H-infinity methods in control theory]]		\| known_for = [[Robust control]], [[H-infinity methods in control theory]]
	\| awards =Fellow, IEEE and IFAC, NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, IEEE Baker Prize and Axelby Award, IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus, Claude E. Shannon Chair, University of Michigan		\| awards =Fellow, IEEE and IFAC, NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, IEEE Baker Prize and Axelby Award, IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus, Claude E. Shannon Chair, University of Michigan
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	Dr. Khargonekar has received numerous honors and awards. He is among the ISI Highly Cited Researchers, and has a Google Scholar h-index of 60 and g-index of 130, with one paper, “State-space solutions to standard H/sub 2/and H/sub infinity/control problems,” cited 6,895 times.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DB9IjY0AAAAJ\|title=Pramod Khargonekar - Google Scholar Citations\|website=scholar.google.com\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> In 1993 he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/menuCHRONOLOGICAL.html?beginYr=1993&endYr=1993#results_table\|title=IEEE Fellows Directory - Chronological Listing\|website=services27.ieee.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> Other honors include an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985), the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Paper Award (1991),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/recognitions/baker_rl.pdf\|title=IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Paper Award Recipients\|date=2016-02-23\|website=ieee.org\|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> the George Axelby Best Paper Award (from the IEEE Control Systems Society, 1990),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/george-s-axelby-outstanding-paper-award\|title=George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award {{!}} IEEE Control Systems Society\|website=www.ieeecss.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> the Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award (American Automatic Control Council, 1993),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://a2c2.org/awards/o-hugo-schuck-best-paper-award\|title=O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award {{!}} American Automatic Control Council\|website=a2c2.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> two Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowships (1992, 2007), and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1997).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/1997/distinguished-alumnus/prof-pramod-p-khargonekar\|title=Prof. Pramod P. Khargonekar Distinguished Alumnus 1997\|date=2014\|website=www.iitb.ac.in\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> At the University of Michigan, he received a teaching excellence award from the EECS department (1992), a research excellence award from the College of Engineering (1994), and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship (1995).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.provost.umich.edu/programs/thurnau/\|title=U-M Office of the Provost {{!}} Programs {{!}} Thurnau Professorships\|website=www.provost.umich.edu\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> At the University of Minnesota, he received the George Taylor Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Technology (1987).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://cse.umn.edu/r/collegiate-awards/\|title=George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research\|website=University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011307/https://cse.umn.edu/r/collegiate-awards/\|archive-date=2018-04-14\|access-date=2017-04-14\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Dr. Khargonekar has received numerous honors and awards. He is among the ISI Highly Cited Researchers, and has a Google Scholar h-index of 60 and g-index of 130, with one paper, “State-space solutions to standard H/sub 2/and H/sub infinity/control problems,” cited 6,895 times.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DB9IjY0AAAAJ\|title=Pramod Khargonekar - Google Scholar Citations\|website=scholar.google.com\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> In 1993 he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/menuCHRONOLOGICAL.html?beginYr=1993&endYr=1993#results_table\|title=IEEE Fellows Directory - Chronological Listing\|website=services27.ieee.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> Other honors include an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985), the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Paper Award (1991),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/recognitions/baker_rl.pdf\|title=IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Paper Award Recipients\|date=2016-02-23\|website=ieee.org\|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> the George Axelby Best Paper Award (from the IEEE Control Systems Society, 1990),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/george-s-axelby-outstanding-paper-award\|title=George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award {{!}} IEEE Control Systems Society\|website=www.ieeecss.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> the Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award (American Automatic Control Council, 1993),<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://a2c2.org/awards/o-hugo-schuck-best-paper-award\|title=O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award {{!}} American Automatic Control Council\|website=a2c2.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> two Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowships (1992, 2007), and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1997).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/1997/distinguished-alumnus/prof-pramod-p-khargonekar\|title=Prof. Pramod P. Khargonekar Distinguished Alumnus 1997\|date=2014\|website=www.iitb.ac.in\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> At the University of Michigan, he received a teaching excellence award from the EECS department (1992), a research excellence award from the College of Engineering (1994), and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship (1995).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.provost.umich.edu/programs/thurnau/\|title=U-M Office of the Provost {{!}} Programs {{!}} Thurnau Professorships\|website=www.provost.umich.edu\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> At the University of Minnesota, he received the George Taylor Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Technology (1987).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://cse.umn.edu/r/collegiate-awards/\|title=George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research\|website=University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011307/https://cse.umn.edu/r/collegiate-awards/\|archive-date=2018-04-14\|access-date=2017-04-14\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	In 2018 he was given the IEEE Control Systems Award <ref>[https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/control_sys_rl.pdf]</ref> and in 2018 he was elected as [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] fellow.		In 2018 he was given the IEEE Control Systems Award <ref>https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/control_sys_rl.pdf {{Bare URL PDF\|date=March 2022}}</ref> and in 2018 he was elected as [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] fellow.

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	In 1984, he moved to the [[University of Minnesota]] as an Associate Professor, and then was appointed full Professor in 1988. In 1989 he joined the [[University of Michigan]] faculty, where, in 1997, he was appointed Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in 2000 became the [[Claude E. Shannon Award\|Claude E. Shannon Professor]] of Engineering Science.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/pramod-p-khargonekar/bio\|title=Bio {{!}} Faculty History Project\|website=um2017.org \|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>		In 1984, he moved to the [[University of Minnesota]] as an Associate Professor, and then was appointed full Professor in 1988. In 1989 he joined the [[University of Michigan]] faculty, where, in 1997, he was appointed Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in 2000 became the [[Claude E. Shannon Award\|Claude E. Shannon Professor]] of Engineering Science.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/pramod-p-khargonekar/bio\|title=Bio {{!}} Faculty History Project\|website=um2017.org \|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>

	In 2001 he returned to his alma mater to become Dean of the College of Engineering and Eckis Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://vivo.ufl.edu/display/n345687\|title=2001-present Eckis Professor of Electrical and ~~COmputer~~ Engineering\|website=vivo.ufl.edu\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> During his tenure as Dean (2001-2009), the number of Ph.D.s awarded (189 during his final year) enjoyed a nearly 100 percent increase. As Dean, he also developed an ambitious strategic plan to elevate the ranking of the College of Engineering, and succeeded in moving it up to 25 (15 among public universities) from 35 (20 among public universities). In collaboration with the ~~College’s~~ faculty, in 2002 he also created a Biomedical Engineering Department,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bme.ufl.edu/about\|title=About Biomedical Engineering {{!}} www.bme.ufl.edu\|website=www.bme.ufl.edu\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.gainesville.com/news/20060118/uf-donors-10m-to-go-long-way\|title=UF donor's $10M to go long way\|last=Stripling\|first=Jack\|date=2006-01-18\|work=Gainesville Sun\|access-date=2017-04-14\|language=en}}</ref> which in 2009 moved into the new interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Building, which he collaborated with the UF College of Medicine to create. Among his other accomplishments during his tenure as Dean, total research expenditures at the College of Engineering grew from about $65 million to more than $109 million.		In 2001 he returned to his alma mater to become Dean of the College of Engineering and Eckis Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://vivo.ufl.edu/display/n345687\|title=2001-present Eckis Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering\|website=vivo.ufl.edu\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> During his tenure as Dean (2001-2009), the number of Ph.D.s awarded (189 during his final year) enjoyed a nearly 100 percent increase. As Dean, he also developed an ambitious strategic plan to elevate the ranking of the College of Engineering, and succeeded in moving it up to 25 (15 among public universities) from 35 (20 among public universities). In collaboration with the College's faculty, in 2002 he also created a Biomedical Engineering Department,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bme.ufl.edu/about\|title=About Biomedical Engineering {{!}} www.bme.ufl.edu\|website=www.bme.ufl.edu\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.gainesville.com/news/20060118/uf-donors-10m-to-go-long-way\|title=UF donor's $10M to go long way\|last=Stripling\|first=Jack\|date=2006-01-18\|work=Gainesville Sun\|access-date=2017-04-14\|language=en}}</ref> which in 2009 moved into the new interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Building, which he collaborated with the UF College of Medicine to create. Among his other accomplishments during his tenure as Dean, total research expenditures at the College of Engineering grew from about $65 million to more than $109 million.

	==Research==		==Research==
	Dr. ~~Khargonekar’s~~ research interests focus on systems and [[control theory]] and its applications.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DB9IjY0AAAAJ&hl=en\|title=Pramod Khargonekar - Google Scholar Citations\|website=scholar.google.com\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> Control systems are ubiquitous in modern technological society. Airplanes, automobiles, manufacturing tools and plants, chemical process plants, electric power grid, robots, biomedical devices, and heating and ventilation systems, among others, all contain control systems that ensure their suitable and desired operation. For example, flight control systems ensure airplane behavior during takeoff, cruise, and landing operations.		Dr. Khargonekar's research interests focus on systems and [[control theory]] and its applications.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DB9IjY0AAAAJ&hl=en\|title=Pramod Khargonekar - Google Scholar Citations\|website=scholar.google.com\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> Control systems are ubiquitous in modern technological society. Airplanes, automobiles, manufacturing tools and plants, chemical process plants, electric power grid, robots, biomedical devices, and heating and ventilation systems, among others, all contain control systems that ensure their suitable and desired operation. For example, flight control systems ensure airplane behavior during takeoff, cruise, and landing operations.
	Control theory is concerned with principles, techniques, and tools for analyzing and designing control systems. Often, these analysis and design procedures employ mathematical models of the system to be controlled based on relevant principles and laws from natural sciences. However, due to simplifying approximations and lack of complete knowledge, such mathematical models include errors and inaccuracies. Errors also arise due to inherent variability in manufacturing processes. [[Robust control]] is a subfield of control theory that addresses analysis and design processes and tools that can systematically and explicitly deal with modeling errors.		Control theory is concerned with principles, techniques, and tools for analyzing and designing control systems. Often, these analysis and design procedures employ mathematical models of the system to be controlled based on relevant principles and laws from natural sciences. However, due to simplifying approximations and lack of complete knowledge, such mathematical models include errors and inaccuracies. Errors also arise due to inherent variability in manufacturing processes. [[Robust control]] is a subfield of control theory that addresses analysis and design processes and tools that can systematically and explicitly deal with modeling errors.

	Much of Dr. ~~Khargonekar’s~~ early work was on new methods drawn from advanced algebra for analysis of system mathematical models. Later, he focused on the field of robust control, where he contributed to the development of state space [[H-infinity methods in control theory\|H-infinity control theory]], a major achievement in the field of control. He has also contributed to [[digital control]], system identification, and [[digital signal processing]]. He has made pioneering contributions to the application of modern control methods to semiconductor chip manufacturing processes, particularly to [[Plasma etching\|plasma processes for etching]] silicon and other materials. Other applications include color xerography and control of [[Reconfigurable Manufacturing System\|reconfigurable manufacturing systems]]. In recent years, he has focused on the problem of integrating wind and solar electricity into the power grid.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15082/nsf15082.jsp\|title=US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter: Research on Theory and Analytical Tools for Power Networks with High Levels of Renewable Generation (nsf15082)\|last=Khargonekar\|first=Pramod\|date=2015-05-19\|website=www.nsf.gov\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> The challenge here is to deal with the inherent variability, unpredictability and uncontrollability of these electric energy sources. He is a contributor to three patents,<ref>{{cite patent\|title=Method and system for creating a control-flow structure which represents control logic, reconfigurable logic controller having the control logic, method for designing the controller and method for changing its control logic\|~~date~~=Jul 3, 2001~~\|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US6256598~~\|inventor-last=Park\|inventor2-last=Tilbury\|inventor3-last=Khargonekar\|inventor-first=Euisu\|inventor2-first=Dawn M.\|inventor2-link= Dawn Tilbury \|inventor3-first=Pramod P.\|~~issue~~=~~US6256598 B1~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~2017-04-14~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent\|title=Coordinitization of tone reproduction curve in terms of basis functions\|~~date~~=May 5, 1998~~\|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US5749020~~\|inventor-last=Mestha\|inventor2-last=Wang\|inventor3-last=Dianat\|inventor-first=Lingappa K.\|inventor2-first=Yao Rong\|inventor3-first=Sohail A.\|~~issue~~=~~US5749020 A~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~2017-04-14~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent\|title=Optimal reconstruction of tone reproduction curve\|~~date~~=Oct 5, 1999~~\|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US5963244~~\|inventor-last=Mestha\|inventor2-last=Wang\|inventor3-last=Dianat\|inventor-first=Lingappa K.\|inventor2-first=Yao Rong\|inventor3-first=Sohail A.\|~~issue~~=~~US5963244 A~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~2017-04-14~~}}</ref> two of which create methods of optimizing [[Tone reproduction\|tone reproduction curves]], an image rendering technique which has relevance to printing technologies. Colleagues at Xerox indicate that these patents are being used in current Xerox Corp. products.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ieeecss.org/general/IoCT2-report\|title=The Impact of Control Technology—2nd Ed. {{!}} IEEE Control Systems Society\|website=ieeecss.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ieeecss.org/sites/ieeecss.org/files/CSSIoCT2Update/IoCT2-SS-Mestha-1.pdf\|title=Digital Printing Control: Print Shop in a Box\|last=Mestha\|first=Lalit\|last2=Gil\|first2=Alvaro\|date=2010\|website=ieeecs.org\|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>		Much of Dr. Khargonekar's early work was on new methods drawn from advanced algebra for analysis of system mathematical models. Later, he focused on the field of robust control, where he contributed to the development of state space [[H-infinity methods in control theory\|H-infinity control theory]], a major achievement in the field of control. He has also contributed to [[digital control]], system identification, and [[digital signal processing]]. He has made pioneering contributions to the application of modern control methods to semiconductor chip manufacturing processes, particularly to [[Plasma etching\|plasma processes for etching]] silicon and other materials. Other applications include color xerography and control of [[Reconfigurable Manufacturing System\|reconfigurable manufacturing systems]]. In recent years, he has focused on the problem of integrating wind and solar electricity into the power grid.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15082/nsf15082.jsp\|title=US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter: Research on Theory and Analytical Tools for Power Networks with High Levels of Renewable Generation (nsf15082)\|last=Khargonekar\|first=Pramod\|date=2015-05-19\|website=www.nsf.gov\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> The challenge here is to deal with the inherent variability, unpredictability and uncontrollability of these electric energy sources. He is a contributor to three patents,<ref>{{cite patent\|title=Method and system for creating a control-flow structure which represents control logic, reconfigurable logic controller having the control logic, method for designing the controller and method for changing its control logic\|pubdate=Jul 3, 2001\|inventor-last=Park\|inventor2-last=Tilbury\|inventor3-last=Khargonekar\|inventor-first=Euisu\|inventor2-first=Dawn M.\|inventor2-link= Dawn Tilbury \|inventor3-first=Pramod P.\|country=US\|number=6256598}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent\|title=Coordinitization of tone reproduction curve in terms of basis functions\|pubdate=May 5, 1998\|inventor-last=Mestha\|inventor2-last=Wang\|inventor3-last=Dianat\|inventor-first=Lingappa K.\|inventor2-first=Yao Rong\|inventor3-first=Sohail A.\|country=US\|number=5749020}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent\|title=Optimal reconstruction of tone reproduction curve\|pubdate=Oct 5, 1999\|inventor-last=Mestha\|inventor2-last=Wang\|inventor3-last=Dianat\|inventor-first=Lingappa K.\|inventor2-first=Yao Rong\|inventor3-first=Sohail A.\|country=US\|number=5963244}}</ref> two of which create methods of optimizing [[Tone reproduction\|tone reproduction curves]], an image rendering technique which has relevance to printing technologies. Colleagues at Xerox indicate that these patents are being used in current Xerox Corp. products.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ieeecss.org/general/IoCT2-report\|title=The Impact of Control Technology—2nd Ed. {{!}} IEEE Control Systems Society\|website=ieeecss.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ieeecss.org/sites/ieeecss.org/files/CSSIoCT2Update/IoCT2-SS-Mestha-1.pdf\|title=Digital Printing Control: Print Shop in a Box\|last=Mestha\|first=Lalit\|last2=Gil\|first2=Alvaro\|date=2010\|website=ieeecs.org\|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Pramod P. Khargonekar
| image = Pramod-p-khargonekar-uci.jpg
| birth_date = August 24, 1956
| birth_place = [[Indore]], India
| resting_place =
| citizenship = American
| fields = [[Control theory]]
| workplaces = [[University of California, Irvine]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Florida]]
[[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]
| known_for = [[Robust control]], [[H-infinity methods in control theory]]
| awards =Fellow, IEEE and IFAC, NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, IEEE Baker Prize and Axelby Award, IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus, Claude E. Shannon Chair, University of Michigan
}}

'''Pramod P. Khargonekar''' is the Vice Chancellor for Research and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the [[University of California, Irvine]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.uci.edu/research/uci-appoints-pramod-khargonekar-vice-chancellor-for-research/|title=UCI News - UCI appoints Pramod Khargonekar vice chancellor for research|date=2016-06-10|work=UCI News|access-date=2017-04-11|language=en-US}}</ref> An expert in [[control systems engineering]], Dr. Khargonekar has served in a variety of administrative roles in academia and federal funding agencies. Most recently, he served as Assistant Director for Engineering at the [[National Science Foundation]] (2013-2016),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126811|title=National Science Foundation Selects University of Florida Professor Pramod P. Khargonekar to Head Engineering Directorate {{!}} NSF - National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref> and as Deputy Director for Technology at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA–E, 2012–13).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ece.ufl.edu/content/khargonekar-named-arpa-e-cto|title=Khargonekar Named as ARPA-E CTO {{!}} Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering|website=www.ece.ufl.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref> From 2001 through 2009 he was the Dean of the College of Engineering at the [[University of Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.khargonekar.ece.ufl.edu/dean.html|title=Dr. Pramod Khargonekar's Work as Dean|website=www.khargonekar.ece.ufl.edu|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>

==History==
Dr. Khargonekar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. He earned his [[bachelor's degree]] at the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]], Bombay. In the late 1970s, he moved to [[Gainesville, Florida]], where he studied under the guidance of [[Rudolf Kálmán]]. At the University of Florida, Dr. Khargonekar received a [[master's degree]] in mathematics in 1980, and a [[doctorate]] in [[electrical engineering]] in 1981. Later in 1981 he joined the University of Florida faculty as an assistant professor of electrical engineering.

In 1984, he moved to the [[University of Minnesota]] as an Associate Professor, and then was appointed full Professor in 1988. In 1989 he joined the [[University of Michigan]] faculty, where, in 1997, he was appointed Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in 2000 became the [[Claude E. Shannon Award|Claude E. Shannon Professor]] of Engineering Science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/pramod-p-khargonekar/bio|title=Bio {{!}} Faculty History Project|website=um2017.org |access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>

In 2001 he returned to his alma mater to become Dean of the College of Engineering and Eckis Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vivo.ufl.edu/display/n345687|title=2001-present Eckis Professor of Electrical and COmputer Engineering|website=vivo.ufl.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> During his tenure as Dean (2001-2009), the number of Ph.D.s awarded (189 during his final year) enjoyed a nearly 100 percent increase. As Dean, he also developed an ambitious strategic plan to elevate the ranking of the College of Engineering, and succeeded in moving it up to 25 (15 among public universities) from 35 (20 among public universities). In collaboration with the College’s faculty, in 2002 he also created a Biomedical Engineering Department,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bme.ufl.edu/about|title=About Biomedical Engineering {{!}} www.bme.ufl.edu|website=www.bme.ufl.edu|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gainesville.com/news/20060118/uf-donors-10m-to-go-long-way|title=UF donor's $10M to go long way|last=Stripling|first=Jack|date=2006-01-18|work=Gainesville Sun|access-date=2017-04-14|language=en}}</ref> which in 2009 moved into the new interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Building, which he collaborated with the UF College of Medicine to create. Among his other accomplishments during his tenure as Dean, total research expenditures at the College of Engineering grew from about $65 million to more than $109 million.

==Research==
Dr. Khargonekar’s research interests focus on systems and [[control theory]] and its applications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DB9IjY0AAAAJ&hl=en|title=Pramod Khargonekar - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> Control systems are ubiquitous in modern technological society. Airplanes, automobiles, manufacturing tools and plants, chemical process plants, electric power grid, robots, biomedical devices, and heating and ventilation systems, among others, all contain control systems that ensure their suitable and desired operation. For example, flight control systems ensure airplane behavior during takeoff, cruise, and landing operations.
Control theory is concerned with principles, techniques, and tools for analyzing and designing control systems. Often, these analysis and design procedures employ mathematical models of the system to be controlled based on relevant principles and laws from natural sciences. However, due to simplifying approximations and lack of complete knowledge, such mathematical models include errors and inaccuracies. Errors also arise due to inherent variability in manufacturing processes. [[Robust control]] is a subfield of control theory that addresses analysis and design processes and tools that can systematically and explicitly deal with modeling errors.

Much of Dr. Khargonekar’s early work was on new methods drawn from advanced algebra for analysis of system mathematical models. Later, he focused on the field of robust control, where he contributed to the development of state space [[H-infinity methods in control theory|H-infinity control theory]], a major achievement in the field of control. He has also contributed to [[digital control]], system identification, and [[digital signal processing]]. He has made pioneering contributions to the application of modern control methods to semiconductor chip manufacturing processes, particularly to [[Plasma etching|plasma processes for etching]] silicon and other materials. Other applications include color xerography and control of [[Reconfigurable Manufacturing System|reconfigurable manufacturing systems]]. In recent years, he has focused on the problem of integrating wind and solar electricity into the power grid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15082/nsf15082.jsp|title=US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter: Research on Theory and Analytical Tools for Power Networks with High Levels of Renewable Generation (nsf15082)|last=Khargonekar|first=Pramod|date=2015-05-19|website=www.nsf.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> The challenge here is to deal with the inherent variability, unpredictability and uncontrollability of these electric energy sources. He is a contributor to three patents,<ref>{{cite patent|title=Method and system for creating a control-flow structure which represents control logic, reconfigurable logic controller having the control logic, method for designing the controller and method for changing its control logic|date=Jul 3, 2001|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US6256598|inventor-last=Park|inventor2-last=Tilbury|inventor3-last=Khargonekar|inventor-first=Euisu|inventor2-first=Dawn M.|inventor2-link= Dawn Tilbury |inventor3-first=Pramod P.|issue=US6256598 B1|accessdate=2017-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent|title=Coordinitization of tone reproduction curve in terms of basis functions|date=May 5, 1998|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US5749020|inventor-last=Mestha|inventor2-last=Wang|inventor3-last=Dianat|inventor-first=Lingappa K.|inventor2-first=Yao Rong|inventor3-first=Sohail A.|issue=US5749020 A|accessdate=2017-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent|title=Optimal reconstruction of tone reproduction curve|date=Oct 5, 1999|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US5963244|inventor-last=Mestha|inventor2-last=Wang|inventor3-last=Dianat|inventor-first=Lingappa K.|inventor2-first=Yao Rong|inventor3-first=Sohail A.|issue=US5963244 A|accessdate=2017-04-14}}</ref> two of which create methods of optimizing [[Tone reproduction|tone reproduction curves]], an image rendering technique which has relevance to printing technologies. Colleagues at Xerox indicate that these patents are being used in current Xerox Corp. products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ieeecss.org/general/IoCT2-report|title=The Impact of Control Technology—2nd Ed. {{!}} IEEE Control Systems Society|website=ieeecss.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ieeecss.org/sites/ieeecss.org/files/CSSIoCT2Update/IoCT2-SS-Mestha-1.pdf|title=Digital Printing Control: Print Shop in a Box|last=Mestha|first=Lalit|last2=Gil|first2=Alvaro|date=2010|website=ieeecs.org|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>

==Teaching==
Dr. Khargonekar has had a career-long interest in elevating the educational experience for undergraduate and graduate students and promoting education and scientific careers among women and underrepresented students and faculty. During his tenure as Dean, the University of Florida College of Engineering ranked in the top 10 nationally in the number of Ph.D.s graduated and in the top 15 in the number of Ph.D.s per faculty member per year. Also at the University of Florida, he worked with faculty across several departments to revise the undergraduate curriculum through a program designed to help students get a fast start on their undergraduate classes and to create a minority student mentoring program, both designed to increase students’ success while boosting the quality of their educational preparation. Similarly, in his role as Assistant Director in the NSF Engineering Directorate, he promoted efforts to address science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) issues at all educational levels, with an emphasis on improving opportunities and outcomes for women and underrepresented minorities in engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/inviting-engineering-community-join-new-initiative-stem-khargonekar|title=Inviting engineering community to join a new initiative for STEM inclusion|last=Khargonekar|first=Pramod|date=2016-03-05|website=LinkedIn.com|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref>

==Honors==
Dr. Khargonekar has received numerous honors and awards. He is among the ISI Highly Cited Researchers, and has a Google Scholar h-index of 60 and g-index of 130, with one paper, “State-space solutions to standard H/sub 2/and H/sub infinity/control problems,” cited 6,895 times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DB9IjY0AAAAJ|title=Pramod Khargonekar - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> In 1993 he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/menuCHRONOLOGICAL.html?beginYr=1993&endYr=1993#results_table|title=IEEE Fellows Directory - Chronological Listing|website=services27.ieee.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> Other honors include an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985), the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Paper Award (1991),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/recognitions/baker_rl.pdf|title=IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Paper Award Recipients|date=2016-02-23|website=ieee.org|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> the George Axelby Best Paper Award (from the IEEE Control Systems Society, 1990),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/george-s-axelby-outstanding-paper-award|title=George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award {{!}} IEEE Control Systems Society|website=www.ieeecss.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> the Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award (American Automatic Control Council, 1993),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://a2c2.org/awards/o-hugo-schuck-best-paper-award|title=O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award {{!}} American Automatic Control Council|website=a2c2.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> two Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowships (1992, 2007), and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1997).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/1997/distinguished-alumnus/prof-pramod-p-khargonekar|title=Prof. Pramod P. Khargonekar Distinguished Alumnus 1997|date=2014|website=www.iitb.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> At the University of Michigan, he received a teaching excellence award from the EECS department (1992), a research excellence award from the College of Engineering (1994), and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship (1995).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.provost.umich.edu/programs/thurnau/|title=U-M Office of the Provost {{!}} Programs {{!}} Thurnau Professorships|website=www.provost.umich.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-14}}</ref> At the University of Minnesota, he received the George Taylor Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Technology (1987).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cse.umn.edu/r/collegiate-awards/|title=George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research|website=University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011307/https://cse.umn.edu/r/collegiate-awards/|archive-date=2018-04-14|access-date=2017-04-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018 he was given the IEEE Control Systems Award <ref>[https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/control_sys_rl.pdf]</ref> and in 2018 he was elected as [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] fellow.

==Service==
Dr. Khargonekar has served as Associate Editor for six publications: ''IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control; SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization; Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems; Systems and Control Letters; International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control; ''and ''Mathematical Problems in Engineering.''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/khargonekar/ Pramod Khargonekar's website]

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