Dynamic System Modeling and Control Design
(Fall 2024)
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Lectures (2-190): Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm
Labs (38-545): Thursdays 2pm-5pm or Fridays 10am-1pm or Fridays 2pm-5pm
Office Hours (38-545): Mondays and Wednesdays 7:30pm-10:30pm and Sundays 2pm-5pm
Tentative calendar: details may change as the semester proceeds.
| Week | Lecture A (Monday) |
Lecture B (Wednesday) |
Prelab | Lab | Postlab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 2 Labor Day (no lecture) | Sep 4 Introduction to Control Slides / Handout | Prelab 1 | Lab 1: Fast and Spurious | |
| 2 | Sep 9 First-Order Systems Slides / Handout | Sep 11 Linearity, Time Invariance, and Steady-State Slides / Handout | Postlab 1: Fast and Spurious Postlab Solutions | ||
| 3 | Sep 16 System Identification Slides / Handout | Sep 18 Second Order Systems Slides / Handout | Student Holiday (no lab) | ||
| 4 | Sep 23 PD and PID Controllers Slides / Handout | Sep 25 DT System Functions Slides / Handout | Prelab 2 | Lab 2: Code Of Arms | |
| 5 | Sep 30 DT Poles and Stability Slides / Handout | Oct 2 From DT to CT Slides / Handout | Postlab 2: Code of Arms Postlab Solutions | ||
| 6 | Oct 7 Frequency Response Slides / Handout | Oct 9 CT System Functions Slides / Handout | Prelab 3 | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the Force | |
| 7 | Oct 14 Indigenous Peoples Day (no lecture) | Oct 16 CT Frequency Response Slides / Handout | Postlab 3: A Disturbance in the Force Postlab Solutions | ||
| 8 | Oct 21 CT Gain and Phase Margins Slides / Handout | Oct 23 CT Lead Compensation Slides / Handout | Prelab 4 | Lab 4A: Marginal Maglev Part A: Simplified Model | |
| 9 | Oct 28 State-Space Approach Slides / Handout | Oct 30 State-Space Characterization Slides / Handout | Lab 4B: Marginal Maglev Part B: Lead Design | Postlab 4: Marginal Maglev Postlab Solutions | |
| 10 | Nov 4 State-Space Responses Slides / Handout | Nov 6 State-Space Design Slides / Handout | Prelab 5 | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQR | |
| 11 | Nov 11 Veterans Day (no lecture) | Nov 13 Linear Quadratic Regulator Slides / Handout | Postlab 5: Win, Place, LQR | ||
| 12 | Nov 18 Tracking Errors and Disturbances Slides / Handout | Nov 20 State-Space Control with Observers Slides / Handout | Prelab 6 | Lab 6: Observe and Learn | |
| 13 | Nov 25 CT Observer 2 | Nov 27 CT Observer 3 | Thanksgiving Holiday (no class) | ||
| 14 | Dec 2 DT Observer | Dec 4 DT Observer 2 | Lab 6: Observe and Learn | Postlab 6: Learn and Observe | |
| 15 | Dec 9 Applications | Dec 11 Retrospective | Study Period (no lab) |