Maria Prandini facts for kids
Maria Prandini, born on September 8, 1969, is an amazing Italian electrical engineer. She studies how to control different systems, including those used in air traffic control. She is a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, a well-known university in Italy.
Her Journey to Becoming an Engineer
Maria Prandini was born in a city called Brescia, Italy. She loved studying electrical engineering. She earned her first university degree in this field in 1994 from the Polytechnic University of Milan.
She continued her studies and earned her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Brescia. A Ph.D. is a very high academic degree. Her teacher and guide for her Ph.D. was Marco Claudio Campi.
Her Career and Research
After finishing her Ph.D., Maria Prandini traveled to the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. There, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher, which means she continued her research after getting her Ph.D.
She also visited other famous universities, like Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In 2002, she returned to the Polytechnic University of Milan. She became an assistant professor there, teaching and doing research.
Her research focuses on topics like control theory, which is about making systems work in a desired way. She also studies "pursuit-evasion" problems and how to control air traffic safely.
Awards and Recognition
In 2020, Maria Prandini received a very special honor. She was named an IEEE Fellow. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is a big organization for engineers. Being an IEEE Fellow means she is recognized as a leader in her field.
She received this award for her important work on "stochastic, hybrid and distributed control systems theory." This means her research has greatly helped us understand and control complex systems that involve chance, different types of parts, and spread-out networks.
