Advanced controls, linear programming, fuzzy logic

Communication/presentation

45%

39%

Computer Team-building

33%

Marketing/sales Language

15% 13%

Finance 9% 8% Recruitment

24-30

COVER: Control Engineering Career and Salary Survey, 2020, asked respondents what skills they needed to succeed. See Career Update section, pages 24-30. The background image, courtesy of Emerson, is Solvay’s PVC polymerization plant at Tavaux, France, which has deployed Emerson’s DeltaV process control software and systems.

INSIGHTS

6 | Research: Poll results, week 2: Doubled adverse COVID-19 impacts 8 | Technology Update: Power conditioning to match power quality environment 12 | Integrator Update: 10 ways manufacturers can add COVID-19 preparedness Technology Updates 14 | How to operate manufacturing remotely 16 | Essentials of remote monitoring and control for operations 18 | How to quickly start a robotic pick-andplace application 19 | MESA smart manufacturing model to detail 8 areas 21 | Rugged smart wireless devices improve smart cities COVID-19 impacts 6, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 26, P1 www.controleng.com/manufacturer-health-wellness

NEWS 22 | COVID-19 developments and effects on engineers; ONLINE News 23 | Think Again: Impact on COVID-19

Vol. 67 Number 4

MAY 2020

ANSWERS

24 | Control Engineering Career and

Salary Survey, 2020 26 | How COVID-19 is changing the engineering jobs, jobs market 28 | Education, attitude, communication are top tip topics in 2020 salary survey 29 | Career advice for engineers:

Step out of the comfort zone 30 | Five engineering career tips:

Set a vision and live it out 31 | Automation controllers, edge computing 32 | Open-source benefits for industrial controllers 34 | Edge controller, PLC, or PAC? 36 | Industrial controllers: past, present, future 38 | Combine Ethernet, fieldbus advantages, avoid limits 40 | Five ways industrial Ethernet can use TSN 42 | Industrial Ethernet is not office Ethernet 43 | Robot cybersecurity threats to watch 44 | Compliance for robotic companies 46 | Identify and mitigate robotic hazards

INSIDE MACHINES P1 | How to run virtual process hazard analysis meetings P2 | Advanced controls, linear programming, fuzzy logic

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INNOVATIONS

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