Janez Peklenik#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 672 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SLOVENIA |
Janez Peklenik passed away March 16, 2016.
Positions Held
- 1996 Professor Emeritus
- 1972 Professor, Chair of Control and Manufacturing systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana and founder of LAKOS
- 1964 Full Professor, Chair for Manufacturing Systems, University of Birmingham
- 1961 Assistant Professor, Technical University (RWTH) in Aachen
Fields of Scholarship
- Identification of machining processes
- Characterization of surfaces
- Adaptive control of manufactoring processes
Honours and Awards
- Member of The International Academy for Production Engineering - CIRP, president 1979/80
- 1960 Taylor Award of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
- 1974 Okoshi Medal
- 1980 Taylor Award SME
- 1988 Georg Schlesinger Award
- 2008 Golden Doctorate from RWTH Aachen
- 1972 Honorary Professorship from the Birmingham University
- 1982 Honorary Professorship from the Nanjing Aeronautical Institute
- 1992 Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1996 Award of the Republic of Slovenia for scientific research work
- 2012 Honorary Citizen of the municipality of Kranj
- Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the founder and the Honorary President of the Slovenian Academy of Engineering, Honorary Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering CIRP, Fellow of the Russian Academy for Engineering.
