Calculus for the Modern Engineer: Math and Programming at the Scale of Life - Hardcover

Jessy Grizzle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1607859661 ISBN 13: 9781607859666

Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT, 2026

Synopsis

Jessy W. Grizzle is the Elmer Gilbert Distinguished University Professor and Jerry and Carol Levin Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he is a Professor of Robotics. A Fellow of IEEE and IFAC, he holds seventeen US patents. His pioneering contributions have earned him many of control theory’s top honors, including the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Paper of the Year Award (1993), the George S. Axelby Award (2002), the Control Systems Technology Award (2003), the Bode Prize (2012), the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award (2014), the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science Best New Application Paper Award (2019), and the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control’s Kalman Award for Outstanding Paper (2023). Grizzle is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research on bipedal locomotion, which has been featured in plenary lectures and profiled by CNN, ESPN, Discovery Channel, The Economist, Wired, Discover, Scientific American, and Popular Mechanics. As founding director of the University of Michigan Robotics Institute, he co-led its transformation into the first standalone Robotics Department at an R1 public university. His current passion is mathematics education for today’s engineering students.

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Jessy W. Grizzle is the Elmer Gilbert Distinguished University Professor and Jerry and Carol Levin Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he is a Professor of Robotics. A Fellow of IEEE and IFAC, he holds seventeen US patents. His pioneering contributions have earned him many of control theory’s top honors, including the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Paper of the Year Award (1993), the George S. Axelby Award (2002), the Control Systems Technology Award (2003), the Bode Prize (2012), the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award (2014), the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science Best New Application Paper Award (2019), and the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control’s Kalman Award for Outstanding Paper (2023).

Grizzle is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research on bipedal locomotion, which has been featured in plenary lectures and profiled by CNN, ESPN, Discovery Channel, The Economist, Wired, Discover, Scientific American, and Popular Mechanics. As founding director of the University of Michigan Robotics Institute, he co-led its transformation into the first standalone Robotics Department at an R1 public university. His current passion is mathematics education for today’s engineering students.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607859661
• ISBN 13: 9781607859666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 694