"Panel Discussion: What skills do controls engineering graduates need to have for industry?"

This panel aims to uncover controls engineering graduate requirements from a variety of industries including automotive, aerospace and process. Industry representatives will share their opinions with leading educators in an effort to bridge the gap between academia and the needs of industry currently, and over the next few decades. The panel will focus on the relevance of specific controls concepts such as PID; while tools for teaching and practical application development will be covered for applications such as mechatronics project design, rapid control prototyping, and hardware-in-the-loop simulations. Panelists will also aim to address key questions pertaining to the effects shifting economic forces and demographics will have on their industries and hence their future requirements for controls engineering graduates.