Dynamic System Modeling and Control Design
(Fall 2025)
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Schedule
Lectures 2-190: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm
Labs 38-528: Fridays 10am-1pm or Fridays 2pm-5pm
Office Hours (starting 9/7) 38-528: Tuesday 7:30pm-10:30pm, Thursday 2pm-5pm and 7:30-10:30, Sundays 2pm-5pm and 7:30pm-10:30pm.
Tentative calendar: details may change as the semester proceeds.
| Week | Lecture A (Monday) |
Lecture B (Wednesday) |
Prelab | Lab | Postlab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1 Holiday | Sep 3 Intro to Control, Thermal Example Handout | Prelab 1 | Lab 1: Fast and Spurious:A | |
| 2 | Sep 8 First Order Sys, Stability, Steady State Handout | Sep 10 Linearity, Parameter Identification | Lab 1: Fast and Spurious:B PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 1: Fast and Spurious | |
| 3 | Sep 15 Second Order Systems, Matrix Powers | Sep 17 Evalues and Nat Freqs | No Lab -- Holiday | ||
| 4 | Sep 22 Steady-State and Disturbance | Sep 24 Matrix PID | Prelab 2 | Lab 2:Code Of Arms:A POSTLAB DUE! | |
| 5 | Sep 29 DT to CT | Oct 1 CT System Functions and Block Diagrams | Lab 2:Code Of Arms:B PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 2: Code of Arms | |
| 6 | Oct 6 Transfer Functions, Blacks Formula | Oct 8 Frequency Response, Bode Diagrams | Prelab 3 | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the Force:A POSTLAB DUE! | |
| 7 | Oct 13 Holiday - No Lecture | Oct 15 Poles, Zeros, and Frequency Response | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the Force:B PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 3: A Disturbance in the Force | |
| 8 | Oct 20 Stability, Frequency Response, Phase Margin | Oct 22 PD and Lead Design | Prelab 4 | Lab 4A: Marginal Maglev: Simplified Model:A POSTLAB DUE! | |
| 9 | Oct 27 Intro to State Feedback | Oct 29 Poles, Eigenvalues, Nat Freqs | Lab 4B: Marginal Maglev: Lead Design:B PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 4: Marginal Maglev | |
| 10 | Nov 3 Performance Optimization and LQR | Nov 5 Weights and Integrals | Prelab 5 | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQR:A POSTLAB DUE! | |
| 11 | Nov 10 Holiday - No Lecture | Nov 12 Observers | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQR:B PRELAB REQUIRED! | postlab5 | |
| 12 | Nov 17 CT to DT | Nov 19 CTLQR to DTLQR | Prelab 6 | Lab 6: Observe and Learn:A POSTLAB DUE! | |
| 13 | Nov 24 DT Observers | Nov 26 Phase Margin, LQR, and Observers | Holiday -- No Lab | postlab6 | |
| 14 | Dec 1 DT Observers | Dec 3 Learning-based Control | Lab 6: Observe and Learn:B PRELAB REQUIRED! | ||
| 15 | Dec 8 LQR, RL, and ML | Dec 10 What's Next? |