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[[File:Space Shuttle Columbia launching.jpg|thumb|320px|Control systems play a critical role in [[space flight]].]]

'''Control engineering''', oralso known as '''control systems engineering''' orand, Automationin engineeringsome (InEuropean Somecountries, European'''automation Countries)engineering''', is an [[engineering]] discipline that deals with [[control system]]s, applying [[control theory]] to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments.<ref name="Case Western Reserve University">{{cite web|title=Systems & Control Engineering FAQ {{!}} Electrical Engineering and Computer Science|url=https://engineering.case.edu/eecs/node/213|website=engineering.case.edu|publisher=Case Western Reserve University|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en|date=20 November 2015}}</ref> The discipline of controls overlaps and is usually taught along with [[electrical engineering]], [[chemical engineering]] and [[mechanical engineering]] at many institutions around the world.<ref name="Case Western Reserve University"/>

The practice uses [[sensors]] and detectors to measure the output performance of the process being controlled; these measurements are used to provide corrective [[feedback]] helping to achieve the desired performance. Systems designed to perform without requiring human input are called [[automatic control]] systems (such as [[cruise control]] for regulating the speed of a car). [[Multi-disciplinary]] in nature, control systems engineering activities focus on implementation of control systems mainly derived by [[mathematical model]]ing of a diverse range of [[system]]s.<ref>Burns, S. Roland. Advanced Control Engineering. Butterworth-Heinemann. Auckland, 2001. ISBN 0750651008</ref>