Alessandro Morelli Author

Alessandro Morelli received a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he was a recipient of the MathWorks studentship in Engineering and a member of the Control Group. His research interests include control theory and its applications to electrical and mechanical systems.

Malcolm C. Smith is a professor and head of the Control Group in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, which he joined in 1990. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Royal Academy of Engineering and also of Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in the areas of robust control, nonlinear systems, electrical and mechanical networks, and automotive applications. He is well known for his invention of the inerter mechanical device currently used in Formula One motor racing and elsewhere.