Alumnus Samuel Balula, supervised by Prof. João Miranda Lemos, was the winner of the APCA 2018 Award - Best Master's Dissertation. This prize is awarded every 2 years by the Portuguese Association of Automatic Control (APCA). Samuel Balula has also been awarded the Luís Vidigal Prize last year.

Alumnus Pedro Casau, supervised by professors  Carlos Silvestre and Ricardo Sanfelice, was distinguished with the APCA 2018 Award - Best Doctoral Dissertation.

APCA 2018 Award - Best Master's Dissertation

Thesis title: "Nonlinear Control of an Inverted Pendulum"

Author: Samuel Balula

Supervisor: João Miranda Lemos

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APCA 2018 Award - Best Doctoral Dissertation

Thesis title: "Synergistic Hybrid Feedback Control with Application to Autonomous Air Vehicles"

Author: Pedro Casau

Supervisors: Carlos Silvestre e Ricardo Sanfelice (UCSC)