''Control Engineering'' (CtE) () is a trade publication and web site owned by CFE Media serving the global control, instrumentation, and automation marketplace.
Established in 1954 by Technical Publishing Company, a division of Dun-Donnelley Publishing Corporation, a
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. company, ''Control Engineering '' is published monthly. Common topics presented through news, product listings, feature articles, case studies and opinion, included controllers (
PLCS &
PACs), motors and drives, safety (machine and process),
system integration
System integration is defined in engineering as the process of bringing together the component sub- systems into one system (an aggregation of subsystems cooperating so that the system is able to deliver the overarching functionality) and ensuring ...
(software, hardware, power supplies, components), control software (including
HMI,
SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors and ...
and
MES),
process control
An industrial process control in continuous production processes is a discipline that uses industrial control systems to achieve a production level of consistency, economy and safety which could not be achieved purely by human manual control. I ...
,
discrete control, industrial networks (fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless), sensors, robotics, I/O, and sustainable/green engineering.
''Control Engineering'' published six other editions.
As of June 2008, total
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audited circulation was 87,000 subscribers.
Cahners Publishing, a predecessor of Reed Business Information, acquired Technical Publishing in 1986.
[https://apnews.com/article/188ba10361825d9c4e1d4593f6633965?utm_source=pocket_reader] In April 2010, former owner
Reed Business Information announced the magazine's closure; later that month, ''Control Engineering'', ''
Consulting-Specifying Engineer
''Consulting-Specifying Engineer'' () is a trade publication and website owned by CFE Media, serving the information needs of engineering personnel who perform various consulting engineering activities.
The magazine is published monthly and cover ...
'' and ''
Plant Engineering
''Plant Engineering'' () is a trade publication and web site owned by CFE Media. It covers the field of plant engineering and maintenance in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries.
In April 2010, former owner Reed Business Informatio ...
'' were acquired by a new company, CFE Media.
Control Engineering Magazine is available in paper, digital, and online versions. The monthly online version contains several blogs that focus on a variety of topics in the world of automation and control.
One of the blogs is written by former
DARPA Grand Challenge
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team leader
Paul Grayson. He writes about an eclectic assortment of people, parts, and products that people interested in the progress of autonomous vehicles might find interesting. Grayson is also a strong supporter of efforts to improve
STEM education
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in the USA and has started a
4-H
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technology club in his neighbourhood. His adventures working with the next generation of engineers and scientists provide and interesting perspective and sometimes surprises which he reports in the blog.
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