I believe strongly in the primacy of the quality of the student-teacher relationship, its mutually precious intellectual and emotional rewards, and its key role in the attainment of educational objectives such as the development of the student's critical thinking, the capacity for self-exploration, and independence of judgment. Furthermore, at WPI both undergraduate and graduate curricula are creatively designed to highlight the many nuanced forms and features of the inherently complex, value conflict-laden and contextually rich interaction between science, technology, culture, and society. As a result, the prospect of a singular educational experience is offered to our students as they prepare themselves to responsibly and confidently deal with the great problems of our time.
Scholarly Work
S. Dubljevic and N. Kazantzis, 2002, "A New Lyapunov Design Approach for Nonlinear Systems Based on Zubov's Method", Automatica, vol. 38, pp. 1999-2007. 2002
N. Kazantzis, 2002, On the Existence and Uniqueness of Analytic Invertible Solutions of a System of Nonlinear Functional Equations ", Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 146, pp. 301-308. 2002
N. Kazantzis and T. Good, 2002, "Invariant Manifolds and the Calculation of the Long- Term Asymptotic Response of Nonlinear Processes Using Singular PDEs", Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol. 29, pp. 999-1012. 2002
N. Kazantzis, 2001, "On Invariant Manifolds of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Input-Driven Dynamical Systems", Physics Letters A, vol. 292, pp. 107-114. 2001
R. Wright, C. Kravaris and N. Kazantzis, 2001, Model-Based Synthesis of Nonlinear PI and PID Controllers ", American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, vol. 47, pp. 1805-1818. 2001
N. Kazantzis and C. Kravaris, 2001, Discrete-Time Nonlinear Observer Design Using Functional Equations", Systems and Control Letters, vol. 42, pp. 81-94. 2001
National Science Foundation