"It doesn’t matter how good you are with PLC programming. There won’t be any good automation control design without the engineer touching the process he or she is trying to control, added Veronica Ramos, procurement coordinator at International Consulting Group, Miami. Young engineers should get operation experience, field experience before launching into this side of the business because they fancy writing programs." Will Wagoner, PE, president, Wagoner Consulting, process control engineer, Richmond, Va., said no, the problem is that "we have too many automation engineers who lack the background to understand what they are automating.
That requires programs and teachers that show how critical control systems are to industry and pass on the passion."Īlthough most felt that the shortage of automation and controls engineers is real, a few disagreed, at least in part. Engineering students need to be interested in control. I am glad to see this discussion, although I am not sure there is a clear solution. This means that there is still a need for competent control engineers and will be in the future. "Even though some companies are trending more to IT, many understand the true value of control engineering and knowledge of the process. Read more opinions online under this headline at īrett Israelsen, a young process control engineer at Corning Inc., Oneonta, N.Y., with degrees in mechanical and chemical engineering, noticed there are not many others his age, especially degreed engineers, in this industry. A taste of the discussion, ongoing, is presented here. Unquestionably, each had his or her own take on the topic. Most participants agreed a problem exists to one degree or another. A query about the supply of and demand for young engineers in automation and control engineering unleashed a flood of comments, generating hundreds of responses from around the globe. Case in point: an ongoing discussion thread among the LinkedIn Automation & Control Engineering Group for the past year. Ask an engineer about the future of engineering and you are sure to elicit an intense and lively response.
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