ACC Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers and Students

Wednesday, May 24, 2017
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Seattle, WA

In conjunction with the
2017 American Control Conference
May 24-26, 2017



Sponsors: American Automatic Control Council (AACC) Technical Committee on Education and IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Technical Committee on Control Education .


Co-Organizers: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (University of Kansas) and Linda Bushnell (University of Washington) and Sebastian Dormido, UNED, Madrid, Spain.



Purpose: This outreach event is designed to increase the general awareness of the importance of systems and control technology and its cross-disciplinary nature among high school students and teachers. Control is used in many common devices and systems: cell phones, computer hard drives, automobiles, and aircraft, but is usually hidden from view. The control field spans science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The success of all STEM disciplines depends on attracting the most gifted young people to science and engineering professions. Early exposure to middle and high school students and their teachers is a key factor. The goal of these outreach efforts is to promote an increased awareness of the importance and cross-disciplinary nature of control and systems technology.

The workshop activities include presentations by control systems experts from our technical community, informal discussions, and the opportunity for teachers and students to meet passionate researchers and educators from academia and industry. The talks are designed to be educational, inspirational and entertaining showing the excitement of controls.

Lunch will be provided. Participants will receive certificates of participation.


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Photos and Videos from Past Workshops: (see more)

2012 Maui 2011 Orlando
2010 Atlanta 2002 Las Vegas




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