ECE 451- Control Engineering Design I

Catalog description: Mathematical modeling of physical dynamic systems for automatic control system applications. Control system performance evaluation. Controller design via complex frequency-domain methods.

Prerequisites:

By course: ECE 351
By topic: Laplace transform models for continuous-time signals and systems, Conversion between time domain and Laplace domain representations, Ordinary differential equations, Linearization of nonlinear functions using Taylor's series, Modeling simple physical and electrical phenomena.

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 452

Credits: 4 Terms Offered: Winter

Instructors:

Primary: M. Shor
Secondary: Costello

Textbook: G. C. Goodwin, S. F. Graebe, and M. E. Salgado, Control System Design, Prentice Hall, 2001 (Parts I, II, and III) ISBN 0 13 9586539.

Course Learning Objectives:
Students must demonstrate the ability to:

1. Simplify models using linearization and block diagram analysis (ABET Outcomes a, e)
2. Simulate models using Matlab/Simulink (ABET Outcome k)
3. Analyze linear time-invariant dynamic systems for stability, accuracy, responsiveness and sensitivity (ABET Outcome a)
4. Understand and state control goals (ABET Outcome e)
5. Use goals to select appropriate controller structures and to design control systems (ABET Outcome c)
6. Use control design tools such as Matlab/Simulink, root loci, Bode and Nyquist plots (ABET Outcome k)
7. Present technical material effectively at appropriate level for audience. (ABET Outcome g)

Topics

Structure: Three 50-minute lectures every week. One

Original: 1/01
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