Andy Packard, with colleague Gary Balas from the University of Minnesota, was awarded the 2005 Control Systems Technology Award of the IEEE Control Systems Society for

"Outstanding contributions to control systems technology by developing state-of-the art control algorithms and enabling software for use in industrial problems, for making modern robust control tools accessible to practicing engineers, and for leadership in the field of control engineering."

The award was presented at the Control Systems Society Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, during the joint IEEE-CDC/ECC in Seville, Spain.