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
N. Kazantzis, 2001, A Functional Equations Approach to Nonlinear Discrete-Time Stabilization Through Pole-Placement", Systems and Control Letters, vol. 43, pp. 361-369 2001
N. Kazantzis, 2000, " Singular PDEs and the problem of finding invariant manifolds for nonlinear dynamical systems ', Physics Letters A, vol. 272, pp. 257-263. 2000
N. Kazantzis and C. Kravaris, 2000, Synthesis of State Feedback Regulators for Nonlinear Processes ", Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 55, pp. 3437-3449. 2000
N. Kazantzis and C. Kravaris, 2000, Singular PDEs and the Single-Step Formulation of Feedback Linearization With Pole-Placement," Systems and Control Letters, vol. 39, pp. 115-122. 2000
N. Kazantzis, C. Kravaris and R. Wright, 2000, Nonlinear Observer Design for Process Monitoring ", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 39, pp. 408-419. 2000
N. Kazantzis and C. Kravaris, 1999, Time-Discretization of Nonlinear Control Systems via Taylor Methods", Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol. 23, pp. 763- 784. 1999
National Science Foundation