Lyubomir Tihomir Gruyitch

Background

Gruyitch, Lyubomir Tihomir was born on October 29, 1939 in Belgrade, Serbia. Arrived in South Africa, 1992. Son of Tihomir O. and Mariya A. (Peychitch) Gruyitch.

Education

Diploma mechanical engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 1963. Doctor of Science, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 1972. Master of Science, Faculty Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, 1970.

Doctor (honorary), University of Science and Engineering, Lille, France, 1984.

Career

Assistant, Faculty of Mech. Engineering, Belgrade, 1964-1974; assistant professor, Faculty of Mech. Engineering, Belgrade, 1974-1979; associate professor, Faculty of Mech.

Engineering, Belgrade, 1979-1988; professor, Faculty of Mech. Engineering, Belgrade, 1988-1992; AECI professor of control, Department Electrical Engineering, Durban, South Africa, 1992-1993; professor, Ecole National D'Ingenieurs, Belfort, France, since 1993. Research associate Department Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara, California, 1971.

Visiting professor U. Notre Dame, 1988-1989, U. Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1989-1990, Ecole Centrale de Lille, 1992. Professor automatic contractor Faculty Mech. Engineering, Belgrade, since 1992, chairman chair of automatic control, 1982, 83, 90-92.

Achievements

• Lyubomir Tihomir Gruyitch has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Indiana candidate President of the Republic of Serbia, 1990. President of Senate Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 1982-1984. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Association of Serbia for Systems Automatic Control and Measurement (founder 1981), American Mathematics Society, International Federation of Automatic Control, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Interests

• Avocations: football, swimming, rowing, tennis, literature.

Connections

Married Krunitsa M. Savitch, January 26, 1964. Children: Yelena, Djordje.

Father:

Tihomir O. Gruyitch

Mother:

Mariya A. (Peychitch) Gruyitch

Spouse:

Krunitsa M. Savitch

child:

Djordje Gruyitch

child:

Yelena Gruyitch