Béla G. Lipták

Béla G. Lipták (born June 7, 1936, in Hungary) is a Hungarian engineer consultant specializing in the fields of safety, automation, process control, optimization and renewable energy. He is the editor-in-chief of the Instrument and Automation Engineer's Handbook. His handbook and other works in the field of automation have become important in the automation field.

Biography Lipták was born in Hungary on June 7, 1936. He entered the United States as a refugee of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Education Lipták received a scholarship at the Stevens Institute of Technology (1959) and a master's degree from CCNY (1962). He also holds graduate courses in computer science at Pratt Institute (1965). He is also included in the Process Automation Hall of Fame by the Control Global media portal.