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Faculty Biography and Research Interests

Nhan Levan, Professor Emeritus

Life Fellow, IEEE, 1995
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1997

Office: 65-132C Boelter Hall, Phone: 310.825.2213, Email

Biography

Nhan Levan obtained his M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1962. In 1966 he received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Monash University, Australia. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University in 1966, and joined the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department in 1967. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Professor Levan's research interests are in control systems, especially stability and stabilizability and errors in dynamic systems; he also investigates signals analysis and the theory and application of wavelets.

He received the ASEE Western Electric Fund Award for Excellence in Engineering Education (1979), the UCLA Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award (1973), and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award (1972).

Research Interests

Professor Levan's research interests are in control systems, especially stability and stabilizability and errors in dynamic systems; he also investigates signals analysis and the theory and application of wavelets.

Awards and Recognitions

• 1979 ASEE Western Electric Fund Award, Excellence in Engineering Education

• 1973 UCLA Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award

• 1972 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

• 1970 EGSA Distinguished Teaching Award

• 1967 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Professor Award