| Date |
Topic |
Additional Reading |
| 01/16 |
Introduction to feedback control; historical overview |
FPE Ch. 1, Control - A perspective |
| 01/18 |
State-space models of systems; linearization |
FPE Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 - 2.4 |
| 01/23 |
Linear systems and their dynamic response |
FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A |
| 01/25 |
Dynamic response with arbitrary initial conditions |
FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A |
| 01/30 |
System modeling diagrams; prototype 2nd-order system |
FPE Sections 3.1-3.2; lab manual |
| 02/01 |
Transient response specifications |
FPE Sections 3.3-3.4; lab manual |
| 02/06 |
Effect of zeros and extra poles; Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion |
FPE Sections 3.5-3.6 |
| 02/08 |
Basic properties and benefits of feedback control |
FPE Section 4.1; lab manual |
| 02/13 |
Introduction to Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control |
FPE Sections 4.1-4.3; lab mamual |
| 02/15 |
Introduction to Root Locus |
FPE Chapter 5 |
| 02/20 |
no class |
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| 02/22 |
Introduction to design usuing Root Locus |
FPE Chapter 5 |
| 02/27 |
Lead and lag dynamic compensation |
FPE Chapter 5 |
| 02/29 |
Lead and lag dynamic compensation (cont.); intro to frequency response |
FPE Sections 5.1-5.4, 6.1 |
| 03/05 |
Bode plots for three types of transfer functions |
FPE Section 6.1 |
| 03/07 |
In-class Midterm I |
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| 03/12 |
no class: Spring Break |
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| 03/14 |
no class: Spring Break |
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| 03/19 |
Stability from frequency response, gain and phase margins |
FPE Section 6.1 |
| 03/21 |
Control design using frequency response |
FPE Chapter 6 |
| 03/26 |
Control design using frequency response: lead and lag compensation |
FPE Chapter 6 |
| 03/28 |
Nyquist stability criterion |
FPE Chapter 6 |
| 04/02 |
Control design using the Nyquist stability criterion |
FPE Chapter 6 |
| 04/04 |
Introduction to state space design |
FPE Chapter 7 |
| 04/09 |
Controllability, stability, coordinate transformations |
FPE Chapter 7 |
| 04/11 |
Pole placement by full state feedback |
FPE Chapter 7 |
| 04/16 |
Review for Midterm II |
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| 04/18 |
In-class Midterm II |
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| 04/23 |
Observer design |
FPE Chapter 7 |
| 04/25 |
Dynamic output feedback and the Separation Principle |
FPE Chapter 7 |
