George Pappas, UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation and chair of the department of electrical and systems engineering in SEAS, has been named one of four 2021 distinguished alumni by the department of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Pappas received this honor at the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS), where he was recognized for “influential contributions to the field of control theory and in particular, hybrid systems, embedded systems, hierarchical and distributed control systems, and for leadership in setting strategic directions for ECE departments in the U.S.A. and abroad.” Dr. Pappas earned a doctorate from the department of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkley in 1998.

Dr. Pappas also has appointments in Penn Engineering’s departments of computer and information science and mechanical engineering and applied mechanics.