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Houpis, Constantine Harry was born on June 16, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry John and Metaxia (Gourokous) Houpis.
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The first edition of Quantitative Feedback Theory gained enormous popularity by successfully bridging the gap between theory and real-world engineering practice. Avoiding mathematical theorems, lemmas, proofs, and correlaries, it boiled down to the essential elements of quantitative feedback theory (QFT) necessary to readily analyze, develop, and implement robust control systems. Thoroughly updated and expanded, Quantitative Feedback Theory: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition continues to provide a platform for intelligent decision making and design based on knowledge of the characteristics and operating scenario of the plant. Beginning with the fundamentals, the authors build a background in analog and discrete-time multiple-input-single-output (MISO) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) feedback control systems along with the fundamentals of the QFT technique. The remainder of the book links these concepts to practical applications. Among the many enhancements to this edition are a new section on large wind turbine control system, four new chapters, and five new appendices. The new chapters cover non-diagonal compensator design for MIMO systems, QFT design involving Smith predictors for time delay systems with uncertainty, weighting matrices and control authority, and QFT design techniques applied to real-world industrial systems. Quantitative Feedback Theory: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition includes new and revised examples and end-of-chapter problems and offers a companion CD that supplies MIMO QFT computer-aided design (CAD) software. It is the perfect guide to effectively and intuitively implementing QFT control.
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Electrical engineering educator
Houpis, Constantine Harry was born on June 16, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry John and Metaxia (Gourokous) Houpis.
Student Wayne University, 1941-1943. Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1947, Master of Science, 1948. Postgraduate Ohio State University, 1952-1956.
Doctor of Philosophy, U. Wyoming, 1971.
Special research assistant University Illinois, 1947—1948. Development electrical engineer Babcock & Wilcox Company, Alliance, Ohio, 1948—1949. Instructor electrical engineering Wayne State University, 1949—1951.
Principal electrical engineer Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1951—1952. Professor electrical engineering Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 1952—1996, professor emeritus, since 1997. Guest lecturer National Technology University Athens, 1958, 99, University Patras, 1984, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1984, University Strathclyde, 1995, Binghampton University, 1996.
Senior research associate Air Force Research Laboratory, 1981-1997, senior research associate emeritus, 1997—2006.
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Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member American Society Engineering Education, American Hellenic Education Progressive Association, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Member Greek Orthodox Church.
Married Mary Stephens, August 28, 1960 (deceased August 19, 2007). Children: Harry C., Angella S.