Sebastian Engell received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ruhr-UniversitAt Bochum, Germany, in 1978, and the Dr.-Ing. degree from the UniversitAt Duisburg, Germany in 1981. In 1987 the UniversitAt Duisburg granted him the venia legendi in Automatic Control Since 1990 he has been Professor of Process Control in the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, UniversitAt Dortmund, Germany. 1996-1999 he served as the Department Chairman, and from 2002-2005 as Vice-Rector for Research, Promotion of Young Scientists and International Relations of UniversitAt Do...