The UCSB Mechanical Engineering Department was extremely well-represented at the 15th European Control Conference (ECC), delivering three semiplenary lectures. For complete details on the conference, held in Aalborg, Denmark, from June 29th to July 1st, 2016, see the conference website at http://www.ecc16.eu.

Dr. Hana El-Samad (PhD '04), Grace Boyer Junior Endowed Chair in Biophysics, at the University of California, San Francisco, and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, delivered a lecture entitled "Trade-Offs in Adapting Biological Systems". 

Dr. Mihailo Jovanovic (PhD '04), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, delivered a lecture entitled "Controller architectures: Trade-Offs Between Performance and Complexity".

Dr. Niklas Karlsson (PhD '02), Vice President of R&D at AOL Platforms, delivered a lecture entitled "Control Problems in Online Advertising and Benefits of Randomized Bidding Strategies". 

This event is a remarkable testament to the high quality and impactfulness of our PhD program!

Congratulations Hana, Mihailo, and Niklas!!!