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  
1Sep 2
Labor Day
(no lecture)
Sep 4
Introduction to Control
Slides / Handout  
Prelab 1Lab 1: Fast and Spurious
2Sep 9
First-Order Systems
Slides / Handout  
Sep 11
Linearity, Time Invariance, and Steady-State
Slides / Handout  
Postlab 1: Fast and Spurious
Postlab Solutions
3Sep 16
System Identification
Slides / Handout  
Sep 18
Second Order Systems
Slides / Handout  
Student Holiday
(no lab)
4Sep 23
PD and PID Controllers
Slides / Handout  
Sep 25
DT System Functions
Slides / Handout  
Prelab 2Lab 2:
Code Of Arms
5Sep 30
DT Poles and Stability
Slides / Handout  
Oct 2
From DT to CT
Slides / Handout  
Postlab 2: Code of Arms
Postlab Solutions
6Oct 7
Frequency Response
Slides / Handout  
Oct 9
CT System Functions
Slides / Handout  
Prelab 3Lab 3:
A Disturbance in the Force
7Oct 14
Indigenous Peoples Day
(no lecture)
Oct 16
CT Frequency Response
Slides / Handout  
Postlab 3: A Disturbance in the Force
Postlab Solutions
8Oct 21
CT Gain and Phase Margins
Slides / Handout  
Oct 23
CT Lead Compensation
Slides / Handout  
Prelab 4Lab 4A:
Marginal Maglev Part A: Simplified Model
9Oct 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
10Nov 4
State-Space Responses
Slides / Handout  
Nov 6
State-Space Design
Slides / Handout  
Prelab 5Lab 5:
Win, Place, LQR
11Nov 11
Veterans Day
(no lecture)
Nov 13
Linear Quadratic Regulator
Slides / Handout  
Postlab 5: Win, Place, LQR
Postlab Solutions
12Nov 18
Tracking Errors and Disturbances
Slides / Handout  
Nov 20
State-Space Control with Observers
Slides / Handout  
Prelab 6Lab 6:
Observe and Learn
13Nov 25
CT Observer 2
Nov 27
CT Observer 3
Thanksgiving Holiday
(no class)
14Dec 2
DT Observer
Dec 4
DT Observer 2
Lab 6:
Observe and Learn
Postlab 6: Learn and Observe
15Dec 9
Applications
Dec 11
Retrospective
Study Period
(no lab)