Biography
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Bio SketchJohn W. Simpson-Porco is an Assistant Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on feedback control theory and applications of control and optimization in power and energy systems. John received his B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from Queen's University in 2010, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a visiting scientist with the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Prof. Simpson-Porco is a recipient of the Automatica Paper Prize, the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation Best Thesis Award, and the IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award for Outstanding Technical Report. He is currently an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. |
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University of Toronto |
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University of Waterloo |
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ETH Zurich |
Education
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University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Queen's University |
About Me
I grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and went to high school at Etobicoke C.I. I went to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where I received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics with the Mechanical Engineering Option. During my undergrad I spent time in the Ultracold Atoms Lab at the University of Toronto, in Marc Dignam's nonlinear and quantum optics group at Queen's University, and in industry at Aercoustics Engineering Ltd. I then moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara to pursue a Ph.D. degree at the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation in September 2010. My research advisor was Francesco Bullo.