- knowledge of principles and methods of synthesis of control systems;
- knowledge of algorithms and control circuits, which are used at food and recycling industry;
- ability to make material and energy balances and apply them for static and dynamic simulation of food and recycling industry objects;
- ability to make mathematical models and apply them to research of food and recycling industry objects, automation tools and control systems;
- the ability to apply optimization techniques for the development of control systems of technology processes at food and recycling industry.

- Modeling of Controlled Plants;
- Identification and Simulation of Technological Objects;
- Production Technology of Food and Recycling Industry;
- Automation and Optimization of Technological Processes of Food and Recycling Industry;
- Control Systems Modeling and Optimization.

Research problem statement, characterization of food and recycling industry object in terms of construction of automated control system, analysis of the research object of food and recycling industry as control object, structural and parametric identification of food and recycling industry object, comparative analysis of existing automation schemes of investigated object, development of control system structure and selection of optimal criteria for achievement specified quality indicators of control system of food and recycling industry object; synthesis of optimal control system, software development and technical support of control system, modeling and research of control system and its elements, conclusions.

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- final control (control measure – differentiated test): oral form (100%);