Abstract :
In this issue of IEEE Control Systems Magazine (CSM) we speak with William Garrard, professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota. Bill has worked extensively on modeling and control of aerospace vehicles, he is a Fellow of the AIAA, and he served as head of the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department at the University of Minnesota for 15 years. We also speak with Asen Dontchev, associate editor for Mathematical Reviews of the American Mathematical Society and a former faculty member at the University of Florida and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He has worked in the areas of optimization, control, and applied analysis.