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kfseefel@mtu.edu (KURT F. SEEFELDT) writes:

>In article <92286.130554E59140@TRMETU.BITNET> <E59140@TRMETU.BITNET> writes:


>>Can any of you control engineers out there supply me with a layman
>>definition of the profession?  I myself have taken courses in the
>>subject but I need to have a definition to give people from a non-
>>technical background; a text book one, of which I have several, will
>>not do. Please e-mail to avoid cluttering the newsgroup.
>>

>A discussion of this on the net would help.

Okay - here is my $0.02

1.  Using computers to make machines work better.

2.  Making manufacturing more efficient without REPLACing
the EQUIPMENT.

As you can see, I do *process* control; I suspect our
friends in aerospace and electrical engineering  will
find these descriptions too narrow and/or inappropriate
for their work.





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