Friday, August 29, 2014
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Room 1.42
Cape Town International Convention Centre

In conjunction with the
19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
August 24 - 29, 2014


Sponsors: IFAC World Congress and IFAC Technical Committee on Control Education.


Coordinator: Edward Boje (University of Cape Town), Program Chair of IFAC World Congress.


Chair: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (University of Kansas), Chair of IFAC TC on Control Education.


Assisted by: Linda Bushnell (University of Washington), Cody Clifton (University of Kansas), Dominique Duncan (University of California, Davis), and Sebastian Trimpe (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems), members of American Automatic Control Council (AACC), IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), and IFAC Technical Committees on Control Education.


Introduction: Feedback control is a vital component of many common devices and systems but is usually hidden from view. Without feedback control, devices such as computer hard drives, DVD players, motor car engine management and anti-lock braking systems, and aircraft auto pilots would simply not work. The control field, which spans science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), has contributed to human development since before the Industrial Revolution (where the control of mills and steam engines were important developments) through to the present day. Its continuing success depends on attracting the most gifted young people to the profession.

The IFAC Technical Committee on Control Education strives to bring control system concepts and technologies to the awareness of high school students and their teachers. The goal of this outreach effort is to promote an increased awareness of the importance and cross-disciplinary nature of control and systems technology.


Control Education Links and Videos:


Photos and Videos from Past Workshops: (see more)

2014 Portland Workshop 0
2012 Maui 2011 Orlando




Last updated: