Eduardo Fernández Camacho receives prestigious international award for his career in Education in Control

The professor Eduardo Fernández Camacho has been awarded the IFAC TC Award: Control Education Life Time Achievement, an international recognition of her outstanding career and contribution in the field of education in automatic control.

This prestigious award is given by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC: International Federation of Automatic Control) and was delivered within the framework of IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, held in Budapest (Hungary) during the month of June 2025.

The award recognizes a career dedicated to training, research and promotion of knowledge in the area of ​​automatic control, consolidating Eduardo Fernández Camacho as a leading figure in the academic and international field.

A fruitful and extensive career

Professor Fernández Camacho holds a doctorate in industrial engineering and is an emeritus professor at the University of Seville. A pioneer of the methodology known as 'predictive control', he has authored several internationally recognized publications, including Model Predictive Control, and numerous articles in journals.

He was president of the European Union Control Association (EUCA) and chaired the International Affairs Committee of the Control Systems Society (CSS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was also a member of the IEEE CSS Board and the Council of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). He is an honorary member of both IFAC and IEEE.

In 2018, it received one of the prestigious grants European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant He has focused his research on the optimal control of solar thermal systems. He has supervised 37 doctoral theses and has been the principal investigator on numerous projects funded by regional, national, and European governments. He has also carried out numerous technology transfer projects for companies, primarily in the fields of solar energy and industrial processes.

Among the awards received, the following stand out: the National Automatic Control Award, given by the Spanish Committee of Automatic Control (CEA), the Fama Award from the University of Seville, and the Javier Benjumea Puigcerver Award from the Focus Foundation.