Person Mayne; David Quinn (1930 - 2024); academic and engineer Mayne David Quinn academic and engineer 1930 - 2024 British Male Germiston, East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa 23/04/1930 19300423 Oxford, England 27/05/2024 20240527

Academic; Engineer Mathematical optimisation Electronic Engineering Computer engineering Engineering Education: University of the Witwatersrand BSc (1950); MSc; University of London DSc (1967); Imperial College, London PhD Career: Lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand (1950-54 and 1957-59); electrical engineer at the British Thomson-Houston Company, Rugby, England (1954-56); Lecturer, Imperial College, London (1959); Reader (1967); Professor (1971); Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London (1984-1988); retired (1989); returned to Imperial as Emeritus Professor (1996). Memberships: IFAC IEEE IET Royal Academy of Engineering Awards/Medals: IFAC Giorgio Quazza Medal IEEE Control Systems Award IFAC High Impact Paper Award Parents: Spouse: Josephine Mayne. Children: Sue, Máire, and Ruth. Made numerous contributions to the theory of control, and to computational techniques for solving control problems. He pioneered a number of techniques in identification, including the use of Kalman filters for identification, the use of ‘instrumental variables’, canonical forms for identification, and the use of autoregressive models. In systems theory, David developed computational methods for minimal realisations, and contributed to an extension of the Weierstrass excess-function theorem. His best known work is the development of computer algorithms for the optimisation of stochastic and deterministic systems, with proofs of existence and convergence. He developed two different approaches to the design of control systems, and implemented these as interactive computing methods. In addition, he made a number of contributions to finite-dimensional optimisation, and participated in a range of projects in which his own and other methods have been used to solve industrial problems of control. Sectional Committee 4: Engineering and Materials Science (November 1998 - November 2001) Fellow 21/03/1985 54 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor David Mayne FREng FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/david-mayne-11916/; last accessed: 29/01/2025] Imperial, Thomas Parisini, Alessandro Astolfi, 10 June 2024, Professor David Q Mayne FREng FRS 1930 - 2024, [URL: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/253973/professor-david-mayne-freng-frs-1930/; last accessed: 29/01/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Mayne%2C+David+Q 23 Apr 1930 - The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 29/01/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4587 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/107749404 2f3fcdd0-edac-469f-9e65-1c44ec6c3362