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===Mathematical modelling===

[[David Quinn Mayne]], (1930-20241930–2024) was among the early developers of a rigorous mathematical method for analysing [[Model predictive control]] algorithms (MPC). It is currently used in tens of thousands of applications and is a core part of the advanced control technology by hundreds of process control producers. MPC's major strength is its capacity to deal with nonlinearities and hard constraints in a simple and intuitive fashion. His work underpins a class of algorithms that are provably correct, heuristically explainable, and yield control system designs which meet practically important objectives.<ref name=P&A>{{cite web|author1=Parisini, Thomas|author2=Astolfi, Alessandro|title=Professor David Q Mayne FREng FRS 1930 - 2024|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/253973/professor-david-mayne-freng-frs-1930/|date= 10 June 2024|publisher=[[Imperial College London]] news|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>

== Control systems ==

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== Careers ==

{{Globalize |section |United States |date=April 2023 |discuss=Talk:Control engineering#"Careers" section}}

A control engineer's career starts with a bachelor's degree and can continue through the college process. Control engineer degrees are typically paired with an electrical or mechanical engineering degree, but can also be paired with a degree in chemical engineering. According to a ''Control Engineering'' survey, most of the people who answered were control engineers in various forms of their own career.<ref name="Control">{{Cite web |date=1 May 2019 |title=Career & Salary Report |url=https://www.controleng.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Control-Engineering-2019-Career-and-Salary-Study.pdf |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=Control Engineering}}</ref>

There are not very many careers that are classified as "control engineer", most of them are specific careers that have a small semblance to the overarching career of control engineering. A majority of the control engineers that took the survey in 2019 are system or product designers, or even control or instrument engineers. Most of the jobs involve process engineering or production or even maintenance, they are some variation of control engineering.<ref name="Control"/>

Because of this, there are many job opportunities in aerospace companies, manufacturing companies, automobile companies, power companies, chemical companies, petroleum companies, and government agencies. Some places that hire Control Engineers include companies such as Rockwell Automation, NASA, Ford, Phillips 66, [[Eastman Chemical|Eastman]], and Goodrich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://engineering.case.edu/eecs/node/213|title=Systems & Control Engineering FAQ {{!}} Computer and Data Science/Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering|date=2015-11-20|website=engineering.case.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Control Engineers can possibly earn $66k annually from Lockheed Martin Corp. They can also earn up to $96k annually from General Motors Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Control_Systems_Engineer/Salary|title=Control Systems Engineer Salary {{!}} PayScale|website=www.payscale.com|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Process Control Engineers, typically found in [[Oil Refinery|Refineries]] and Specialty Chemical plants, can earn upwards of $90k annually.

Because of this, there are many job opportunities in aerospace companies, manufacturing companies, automobile companies, power companies, chemical companies, petroleum companies, and government agencies. Some places that hire Control Engineers include companies such as Rockwell Automation, NASA, Ford, Phillips 66, [[Eastman Chemical|Eastman]], and Goodrich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://engineering.case.edu/eecs/node/213|title=Systems & Control Engineering FAQ {{!}} Computer and Data Science/Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering|date=2015-11-20|website=engineering.case.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Control Engineers can possibly earn $66k annually from Lockheed Martin Corp. They can also earn up to $96k annually from General Motors Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Control_Systems_Engineer/Salary|title=Control Systems Engineer Salary {{!}} PayScale|website=www.payscale.com|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Process Control Engineers, typically found in [[Oil Refinery|Refineries]] and Specialty Chemical plants, can earn upwards of $90k annually.

== Recent advancement ==

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== Further reading ==

*{{Cite book | publisher = Plenum Press| editor = P. H. Hammond | author = [[David Quinn Mayne| D. Q. Mayne]]| title = A Gradient Method for Determining Optimal Control of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems in Proceedings of [[International Federation of Automatic Control|IFAC]] Symposium, Theory of Self-Adaptive Control Systems | pagepages = 19--2719–27| date= 1965}}

* {{Cite book | publisher = IET | isbn = 978-0-86341-047-5 | last = Bennett | first = Stuart | title = A history of control engineering, 1800-1930 | date = June 1986}}

* {{Cite book | publisher = IET | isbn = 978-0-86341-299-8 | last = Bennett | first = Stuart | title = A history of control engineering, 1930-1955 | year = 1993 }}