Prof. John H. Westcott

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Imperial College
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2BT, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7594 6240
Fax: +44 20 7594 6282
E-mail: j.westcott@ic.ac.uk

• 1941-1945 BTH Company (Rugby) Apprentice (Radar Research and Development)
• 1951-1956 Imperial College, Electrical Engineering Department, Lecturer. Founder /Head of Control Section.
• 1956-1961 Reader.
• 1961-1984 Professor of Control Systems.
• 1970-1979 Head of Department of Computing and Control.
• 1984-present. Senior Research Fellow/Emeritus Professor.

• PhD, University of London
• DIC, Imperial College
• DSc(Eng), University of London
• FCGI, Imperial College

Professional Membership

• Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)
• Hon FIEE
• Hon FInstMC
• FInstD

Research Interest

• Optimal Control Theory and Self-Optimising Techniques
• Optimal Policy Evaluation (Macro-economics).

Publications

• Selected publications

• 1945-1946 Member of Control Commission for Germany.
• 1953-1958 Consultant to Bataafsche Petroleum Maatshappij (Shell), The Hague, Netherlands.
• 1955-1969 Consultant to Associated Electrical Industries (AEI)
• 1965-1969 Consultant to Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)
• 1975-1980 Consultant to George Wimpey and Son
• 1983-1985 Consultant to Westlands

• 1958-1998 Chairman of Feedback plc.
• 1968-1969 Chairman of Control and Automation Division, IEE
• 1969-1975 Member of Executive Council, IFAC