Dynamic System Modeling and Control Design
(Spring 2025)
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Announcements:
Lecture Recordings are on Canvas.Extension for Postlab2 to 10/17!
We have decided to give a blanket extension for Postlab2 to 2/17.
See Calendar Updates below.
Schedule
Lectures 1-190 (NOTE CHANGE): Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm
Labs 38-528: Fridays 10am-1pm or Fridays 2pm-5pm
Office Hours 38-528: Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30pm-10:30pm and Sundays 2pm-5pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm
Tentative calendar: details may change as the semester proceeds.
| Week | Lecture A (Monday) |
Lecture B (Wednesday) |
Prelab | Lab | Postlab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 3 Introduction to Control | Feb 5 First-Order Systems Handout | Prelab 1 | Lab 1: Fast and SpuriousA | |
| 2 | Feb 10 Linearity, Time Invariance, and Steady-State Handout | Feb 12 System Identification Handout | Lab 1: Fast and SpuriousB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 1: Fast and Spurious Postlab Solutions | |
| 3 | Feb 17 Second Order Systems Handout | Feb 19 Matrix DEs, Evalues, Nat Freqs Handout | Prelab 2 | Lab 2:Code Of ArmsA | |
| 4 | Feb 24 Steady-State and Disturbance Handout | Feb 26 PID and Disturbers Handout | Lab 2:Code Of ArmsB PRELAB RECOMMENDED! | Postlab 2: Code of Arms | |
| 5 | Mar 3 From DT to CT Handout | Mar 5 CT System Functions and Block Diagrams Handout | Prelab 3 | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the ForceA | |
| 6 | Mar 10 Transfer Functions, Blacks Formula Handout | Mar 12 Frequency Response, Disturbance Rejection Handout | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the ForceB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 3: A Disturbance in the Force Postlab Solutions | |
| 7 | Mar 17 Poles, Zeros, and Frequency Response Postlab 2 (extension) Due | Mar 19 Gain and Phase Margins, PD Control | Prelab 4 | Lab 4: Marginal Maglev: Simplified ModelA | |
| 8 | Mar 31 Lead Compensation Postlab 3 Due | Apr 2 Disturbance, Lead, Lag, Lead-Lag | Lab 4: Marginal Maglev: Lead DesignB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 4: Marginal Maglev | |
| 9 | Apr 7 Transfer functions <--> State-Space | Apr 9 Optimization Formulations | Prelab 5 | CatchupA | |
| 10 | Apr 14 CT to DT in SS Postlab 4 Due | Apr 16 Linear-Quadratic Regulators | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQRA | Postlab 5: Win, Place, LQR | |
| 11 | Apr 21 Patriots Day (no lecture) | Apr 23 Observers | Prelab 6 | Lab 6: Observe and LearnA | |
| 12 | Apr 28 State-Space Control with Observers Postlab 5 Due | Apr 30 Observer Gains and Noise | Lab 6: Observe and LearnB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 6: Learn and Observe | |
| 13 | May 5 LQR versus LQR+Observers | May 7 The Abstract Picture | CatchupA | ||
| 14 | May 12 What's Next? Postlab 6 Due | May 14 No Class |