Control Engineering

Control Engineering is a moderately new study and it ensures that certain parameters meet pre-defined values and controls. Parameters include temperature, pressure, speed and voltage. This form of engineering uses sensors to record the performance of the system and provides necessary feedback that will help improve its performance. A control engineer can monitor the performance of anything from a household washing machine to a large aircraft. Classical control theory is one division of the control engineer profession and this method is normally limited to a single input and output. It is often used in industrial applications as it continuously calculates any errors between a desired position and a measured position and corrects it based on relative and vital points. Another theory is the modern control theory and this deals with multiple input and output factors. This is more commonly used in aircraft controls and is a relatively new theory to be used for controlling systems. A control engineer will help design and implement new control processes as well as monitoring current controls and upgrading where necessary. They will look at the current process and measure its input and output using various methods and these engineers are usually key people in large computing or manufacturing industries where they rely on high technology based systems.