Control Systems is a steadily growing and pervasive engineering field. There is rarely an engineering endeavor that does not involve the innovative control, analysis  and synthesis of physical dynamics. Today, our technological demands impose extremely challenging and widely varying control problems, ranging from aircraft, land and underwater vehicles to automobile and space telescopes, from chemical processes and the environment to manufacturing automation, robotic maneuvering and communication networks. Control is challenging since it takes strong foundation in engineering and mathematics, uses extensively computer software and hardware, and requires ingenious thinking to address and solve new  problems in a variety of disciplines, from aeronautical to electrical and chemical engineering, to biology, sociology and physiology and economics.

            The cross-disciplinary control systems program at OSU College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT) embraces five schools: biosystems and agricultural engineering (BIOEN), chemical engineering  (CHENG), industrial engineering and management (INDEN), electrical and computer engineering (ECEN), and mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE). Over fifteen full-time faculty members engage in a wide spectrum of control-related research and education.