Dynamic System Modeling and Control Design
(Fall 2026)
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NOTE FOR FALL 2026: Postlab Interviews, Lecture questions to encourage participation, see course information.
Schedule
Lectures 2-190: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm
Labs 38-528: Fridays 10am-1pm or Fridays 2pm-5pm
6.310/6.3102 Office Hours TBA
Tentative calendar: details may change as the semester proceeds.
| Week | Lecture A (Monday) |
Lecture B (Wednesday) |
Prelab | Lab |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 7 Holiday Handout | Sep 9 Intro to Control, Thermal Example | Prelab 1 | Lab 1: Fast and Spurious:A |
| 2 | Sep 14 First Order Sys, Stability, Steady State | Sep 16 Linearity, Parameter Identification | Lab 1: Fast and Spurious:B PRELAB NEEDED! | |
| 3 | Sep 21 Second Order Systems, Matrix Powers and Evalues | Sep 23 Complex Evalues, Oscillations, and Stability | Prelab 2 | Lab 2:Code Of Arms:A Postlab Interview Due |
| 4 | Sep 28 Steady-State and Disturbances | Sep 30 PD and PID Properties | Lab 2:Code Of Arms:B PRELAB NEEDED! | |
| 5 | Oct 5 Block Diagrams, Intro to CT | Oct 7 Intro to Freq Res, Mag, Phase | Lab 3:A Disturbance in the Force:A Postlab Interview Due | |
| 6 | Oct 13 Tuesday! Oper Calculus, Trans Funcs, Blacks Formula | Oct 14 K, H, G, Poles, Zeros, and Freq Res | prelab3 | Lab 3:A Disturbance in the Force:B |
| 7 | Oct 19 Stability and Phase Margin | Oct 21 PD and Lead Design | Lab 3:A Disturbance in the Force:C PRELAB NEEDED! | |
| 8 | Oct 26 Metric Based Design | Oct 28 State Space and Pole Placement | Catch Up Lab | |
| 9 | Nov 2 Weighted Optimizaton and LQR | Nov 4 LQR and Transfer Functions | Prelab 4 | Lab 4: Win, Place, LQR:A Postlab Interview Due |
| 10 | Nov 9 State Estimation | Nov 11 Holiday - No Lecture | Lab 4: Win, Place, LQR:B PRELAB NEEDED! | |
| 11 | Nov 16 LQR and Robustness to Modeling Errors | Nov 18 State Estimation Example | Prelab 5 | Lab 5: Observe and Learn:A Postlab Interview Due |
| 12 | Nov 23 State Estimation with Luenberger Observers | Nov 25 LQR Optimization of State Observers | Holiday - No Lab | |
| 13 | Nov 30 State Estimation IV | Dec 2 Advanced Topics | Lab 5: Observe and Learn:B PRELAB NEEDED! | |
| 14 | Dec 7 Connections to Reenforcement Learning I | Dec 9 Reenforcement Learning II | Catch Up Lab Postlab Interview Due ***6.3102 Only*** | |
| 15 | Dec 14 TBA | Dec 16 What's Next? |