Educating the Next Generation of Process Control Engineers

Which subjects should be included in the curriculum of an undergraduate process control course, and which should not?
EE World Online

MCUs integrate CPLD-like logic for deterministic control

Microchip Technology has expanded its CLB-based MCU portfolio with the PIC16F13276 and PIC18-Q35 families, low-power ...
Electronic Specifier

Programmable logic redefined for smarter, fully integrated designs

Microchip Technology is expanding its CLB–based MCU portfolio. The families combine CPLD-like programmable logic and an MCU ...

Case Study: Small Municipality Streamlines and Standardizes Wastewater Treatment Sites with PLC Hardware

After decades using a mixture of specialized and commercial automation technologies, this utility operating many wastewater ...
Bleeping Computer

US warns of Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure

Iranian-linked hackers are targeting Internet-exposed Rockwell/Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. The warning came ...
Sports Illustrated

Trump Administration Moves to Seize Control of Washington D.C.’s Public Golf Courses

National Links Trust says it is "fundamentally in disagreement with the administration’s characterization as being in default under the lease.” | Peter Casey-Imagn Images The Trump administration has ...
The Washington Post

Here’s the problem with training more air traffic controllers

OKLAHOMA CITY — Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration welcomed 600 recruits to its academy in Oklahoma City — the biggest class ever, and a sign, the agency said, that the high-profile push ...
StamfordAdvocate

Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training − but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution

(THE CONVERSATION) Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately. A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more ...