Simpson-Porco, John W.
Associate Professor

Biography

John W. Simpson-Porco is an Associate Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on feedback control theory and applications of control and optimization in power and energy systems. John received his B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University in 2010, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a visiting scientist with the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

Memberships/Awards

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Ontario Early Researcher Award (2024)
• IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award for Outstanding Technical Report (2020)
• IFAC Automatica Paper Prize (2014)