File: Control Systems Centre

Scope and Content

Papers including a submission in May 1968 from Professor Adamson and Professor Rosenbrock to the Academic Development Committee concerning the Control Systems Centre and Control Engineering activities in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics. The main aims were to ensure the independence of the Control Systems Centre and its consolidation as a major centre of UMIST and to exploit the potential for growth in the electrical engineering industry. The file contains details of the work of the Control Systems Centre and a report by Professor Rosenbrock: 'The Future of Control' produced in May 1975.