Table of Contents: April 2002

Special Section on The History of Control

 

Guest Editorial: The History of Control: From Idea to Technology
Dennis S. Bernstein and Linda G. Bushnell

21

Hermann Schmidt: Pioneer in Control and Cybernetics
Karl Heinz Fasol

24

Otto Mayr: Contributions to the History of Feedback Control
Stuart Bennett

29

Women in the Field of Control Systems
N. Harris McClamroch and Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

34

Origin and Evolution of the Anchor Clock Escapement
Mark V. Headrick

41

Feedback Control: An Invisible Thread in the History of Technology
Dennis S. Bernstein

53

Columns

 

Eye on Education: Virtual and Remote Control Labs Using Java:
A Qualitative Approach
J. Sánchez, F. Morilla, S. Dormido, J. Aranda, and P. Ruipérez

8

Lecture Notes: Linear Operator Equations with Applications
in Control and Signal Processing
Randal W. Beard

69

From Publication Activities: 2001 CSS Outstanding Paper Awards

80

Volunteers: Round Up! Support Your CSS!
Cheryl B. Schrader;
CSS Constitution and Bylaws
Linda Bushnell

82

Departments

 

From the Editor

4

Ph.D. Dissertations

91

President’s Message

6

In the News

92

Feedback

85

Conference Calendar

94

In Memoriam

87

On the Market

98

Scanning the Transactions

88

On the Lighter Side

104