BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County School District is hoping a new state-of-the-art program can help fill the need for air traffic controllers in the county and nationwide. The past few weeks have been ...

Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the heater starts warming up; ...

"Windup" occurs when the integral term grows indefinitely while the actuator is saturated (at max limit). Standard PID calculates d(Error)/dt. This library calculates ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic controllers and the recent government shutdown has only exacerbated the crisis. Controllers were forced to work ...

DENVER ‒ They sit inside darkened facilities or lofty towers, surrounded by aging computers, speaking in clipped and cryptic phrases. And the slips of paper they pass between each other represent the ...

Abstract: Typically, egg incubators available for purchase utilize on-off control to regulate incandescent lamps, which might result in temperature changes. The objective of this research is to ...

Travel delays were adding up at airports across the U.S. on Friday as the government shutdown drags on, putting even more pressure on air traffic controllers who have been working without pay for a ...

The F.A.A. warned that a lack of certified air traffic controllers in Orlando could cause delays throughout the East Coast. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington Air traffic controller ...

Growing problems are unfolding days after the controllers missed their first full paycheck because of the shutdown. By Karoun Demirjian and Christine Chung A shortage of air traffic controllers, who ...

Thousands of flights have been delayed this week as the government shutdown enters its eighth day. It’s hard to know exactly how many delays are due to staffing shortages from the shutdown, but ...