Technical Committee on Control Education [Technical Activities

Abstract

activities of the IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Committee on Control Education (TC-CE) are focused on 1) promoting control with its cross-boundary nature as a field that spans science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); 2) providing students at all levels, including precollege, undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate, with the opportunity to explore the world of control engineering; 3) organizing workshops and special sessions on education that unite members from academia and industry to facilitate learning experiences and attract students to control engineering; 4) communicating to the public at large about the control field; and 5) engaging all TCs in control education issues and activities. TC-CE currently has 30 members. Bozenna Pasik-Duncan chaired the TC from January 2012 to December 2014. Ljubo Vlacic was the chair in 2015, and Sebastian Dormido held the position from January 2016 to September 2017. Anthony Rossiter is the new chair. Among the topics of interest currently pursued by the membership are university education and continuing education issues in control; methodologies for improving the theory, practice, and accessibility of control systems education; control education laboratories; experiments; computer-aided design (CAD); distance and virtual education technologies; and a general awareness among precollege students and teachers of the importance of systems and control technology and its cross-disciplinary nature. This column summarizes the 2016 activities.