Dynamic System Modeling and Control Design
(Fall 2024)
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No Office Hours on Sunday, Oct. 13 or Monday, Oct. 14.
Because of the student holidays,there will be no office hours on Sunday, Oct. 13 or Monday, Oct. 14.
Instead, there will be office hours on Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 7:30pm to 10:30pm.
Because of the student holidays,there will be no office hours on Sunday, Oct. 13 or Monday, Oct. 14.
Instead, there will be office hours on Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 7:30pm to 10:30pm.
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 | Postlab 3: A Disturbance in the Force | ||
| 8 | Oct 21 CT Gain and Phase Margins | Oct 23 CT Lead Compensation | Prelab 4 | Lab 4A: Marginal Maglev Part A: Simplified Model | |
| 9 | Oct 28 State-Space Approach | Oct 30 State-Space Design | Lab 4B: Marginal Maglev Part B: Lead Design | Postlab 4: Marginal Maglev | |
| 10 | Nov 4 CT and DT State Spaces | Nov 6 Eigenvalues and Pole Placement | Prelab 5 | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQR | |
| 11 | Nov 11 Veterans Day (no lecture) | Nov 13 LQR 1 | Postlab 5: Win, Place, LQR | ||
| 12 | Nov 18 LQR 2 | Nov 20 CT Observer 1 | 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 1 | 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) |