Back to Basics

Feb. 12, 2008
How helpful do you find refreshers and primers on engineering topics? Do back-to-basics articles provide you with the kind of information that helps you to perform better as a controls engineer? Periodically, we publish articles that revisit the fundamentals on topics that span the controls spectrum. Which topics have you found helpful in the past? And which ones would you find helpful in future issues?
How helpful do you find refreshers and primers on engineering topics? Do back-to-basics articles provide you with the kind of information that helps you to perform better as a controls engineer? Periodically, we publish articles that revisit the fundamentals on topics that span the controls spectrum. Which topics have you found helpful in the past? And which ones would you find helpful in future issues?

About the Author

Mike Bacidore | Editor in Chief

Mike Bacidore is chief editor of Control Design and has been an integral part of the Endeavor Business Media editorial team since 2007. Previously, he was editorial director at Hughes Communications and a portfolio manager of the human resources and labor law areas at Wolters Kluwer. Bacidore holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is an award-winning columnist, earning multiple regional and national awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He may be reached at [email protected] 

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