Control engineering
Engineering discipline that deals with control systems
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| March 17 2025 |
Branislava Peruničić
Passed away at the age of 88.
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| March 17 2025 |
Branislava Peruničić
Passed away on this date, leaving behind a legacy as an Emeritus Professor of Control Engineering at the University of Sarajevo.
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| 2025 |
Flow control
Planned rollout of the 7,000-pound X-65 aircraft in early 2025, with the first flight anticipated in the summer of 2025.
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| 2024 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
John D. Hedengren receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| January 2024 |
Flow control
DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences initiated CRANE Phase 3, focusing on building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft that uses active flow control actuators for primary flight control.
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| 2023 |
Flow control
The experimental aircraft prototype received its official designation as X-65, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences as part of the DARPA CRANE program investigating active flow control technology.
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| 2023 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Richard D. Braatz receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2022 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Bonnie Ferri receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| January 2022 |
Fault tolerance
The JSTAR computer (JPL Self-Testing-And-Repairing computer) developed by NASA for the Voyager mission was still operational.
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| 2021 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Graham Goodwin receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2020 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Naomi Leonard receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| December 2020 |
Fault tolerance
Twitter discontinued its lightweight front-end version that did not rely on JavaScript, which had previously been used to ensure wide accessibility across different platforms.
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| 2019 | A survey of control engineers was conducted, revealing the diverse career paths within the field, including system/product designers, control/instrument engineers, and process/production/maintenance roles. |
| 2019 |
Richard M. Murray
Richard M. Murray received the John R. Ragazzini Award, recognizing his significant contributions to control systems and engineering.
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| 2019 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Richard M. Murray receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| March 2019 |
Flight envelope protection
A second Boeing 737 MAX airliner experienced MCAS flight protection system failure, again causing an unrecoverable dive and contributing to the total loss of 346 lives worldwide.
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| 2018 |
MIMO
Emil Björnson, Jakob Hoydis, and Luca Sanguinetti published research demonstrating that pilot contamination in massive MIMO can be solved, showing capacity can be increased by adding more antennas.
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| 2018 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Frank L. Lewis receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| October 2018 |
Flight envelope protection
MCAS flight protection system's erroneous activation caused a Boeing 737 MAX airliner to enter an unrecoverable dive, resulting in fatal crashes and loss of 346 lives.
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| 2017 |
Richard M. Murray
Murray was honored with the IEEE Control Systems Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, highlighting his expertise in control theory.
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| 2017 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Miroslav Krstić receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2016 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Brian D. O. Anderson receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2015 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Magnus Egerstedt receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2014 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Roger W. Brockett receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2013 |
Richard M. Murray
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his groundbreaking contributions in control theory, networked control systems, and their applications in aerospace engineering, robotics, and autonomy.
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| 2013 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2011 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
James B. Rawlings receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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| 2010 |
John R. Ragazzini Award
Tzyh Jong Tarn receives the John R. Ragazzini Award.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Flow control (fluid), Flight envelope protection, Richard M. Murray, John R. Ragazzini Award, Control engineering, IEC 62264, Fault tolerance, Proportional control, MIMO, ANSI/ISA-95 & Branislava Peruničić, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.