Name: Locaba, Eli James O.

Subject: Control Engineering Assignment #1

Year/Section: BSME -4C

What is the importance of Control Systems Engineering?

Control system engineering is a discipline that deals with control systems, applying control
theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. It
uses sensors to measure the output performance of the process being controlled and actuators to
control and adjust the system; these measurements are used to provide corrective feedback helping
to achieve the desired performance.
Control Systems are used to continually regulate the behavior of devices in a repeatable
and predicted way. They may be simple electronic or electrical devices or very sophisticated
computer-controlled systems. The fundamentals of a Control System include measuring an error
signal and then adjusting the system to reach the desired course or outcome. If the system deviates
too fast and the control system is unable to adjust the course or outcome, the Control System is
inadequate to manage the disturbances.
Some basic examples of a control system include a cruise control in a motor vehicle,
temperature control in a building, the chemical concentrations in drinking water, the speed of a
conveyor belt in a process plant.