Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz

German mathematician

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 22-May-1974

Profession: engineer, mathematician, university teacher, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, née Lotz (16 July 1903 – 22 May 1974) was a German-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and control theorist.
She was a pioneer in the development of the theory of discontinuous automatic control, which has found wide application in hysteresis control systems; such applications include guidance systems, electronics, fire-control systems, and temperature regulation.
She became the first female engineering professor at Stanford University in 1961 and the first female engineer elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.