Control engineering

Control engineering, also known as control systems engineering and, in some European countries, automation engineering, is an engineering discipline that deals with control systems, applying control theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. The discipline of controls overlaps and is usually taught along with electrical engineering, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering at many institutions around the world. The practice uses sensors and detectors to measure the output performance of the process being controlled; these measurements are used to provide corrective feedback helping to achieve the desired performance.

Extends: [Control engineering](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Control engineering), [Electrical engineering](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Electrical engineering), [Mechanical engineering](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Mechanical engineering), [Systems engineering](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Systems engineering), [Engineering disciplines](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Engineering disciplines)