Markku Tapio Nihtilä

Background

Nihtilä, Markku Tapio was born on August 14, 1946 in Lahti, Häme, Finland.

Education

Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Helsinki U. Technology, Espoo, Finland, 1971; licensed in technical, Helsinki U. Technology, Espoo, Finland, 1974; Doctor of Science in Engineering, Helsinki U. Technology, Espoo, Finland, 1979.

Career

Research fellow, Academy Finland, Espoo, 1974-1984; senior research fellow, Academy Finland, Espoo, 1989-1992; docent in automatic control, Helsinki U. Technology, Espoo, 1980; drive system engineer, ABB (Stromberg), Helsinki, 1984-1985; consultant and design engineer, Hakala Engineering Ltd., Helsinki, 1985-1986, 88-89; associate professor, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1986-1988; associate professor, U. Kuopio, Finland, since 1992. Member of national organization committees various symposia, reviewer, referee conferences and journals in field. Visiting research fellow Center National Research Science, Lab d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes, Toulouse, France, 1990-1996.

Visiting research fellow School Engineering and Applied Sciences U. Sussex, England, 1984, 86.

Achievements

• Markku Tapio Nihtilä has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

2d. limited Finnish Armed Forces Reserve, 1972-1973. Fellow Royal Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), Finnish Society Automation, Association Elec.

Engineers Finland, European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry.

Connections

M. Marjariitta Nihtilä, 1968. 3 children.