MC300 Class Schedule – Spring, 2010
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Jan. 26
Ch. 1

Course Introduction, Intro to Modern Control Theory, MatLab/Octave

Get ahead in your reading
Lecture01, Guide to Classical Control,

Control Tutorials for MATLAB and Simulink, The MatLab Language, MatLab Tutorial

ProblemSet1

ProblemSet1 - Solutions

Feb. 2
Ch. 2.1-2.7, 2.9-2.10

Mathematical Models of Systems
Laplace Transforms

Lecture02, Lecture03, Lecture04,

Laplace, Laplace Properties, Laplace & LTI

E2.4, E2.6, E2.27, P2.2, P2.12, P2.36 (a & c), CP2.2 (by hand, without MatLab), CP2.3

Feb. 9
Ch. 3.1-3.7, 3.10-3.11

State Variable Models
Linear Algebra Review

Lecture05, Lecture06, Lecture06b, Lecture07

E3.6, E3.9, E3.13, E3.21, P3.7, P3.32, P3.34, CP3.4

Feb. 16

Tuesday is Monday – No Class

Try to make it to “Active Noise Cancellation” in McA102 at 6 pm on Tuesday Feb. 16

 

Feb. 17
Ch. 3.10-3.11, 4.1-4.4

State Variables (cont.),
Linear Algebra (again)

Feedback System Characteristics

Lecture08, Lecture09, Lecture10, Lecture11
In Bannow 166

 E4.3, E4.4, E4.7 (a), (c), (d), E4.13, P4.15, AP4.5, DP4.3, DP4.5

Feb. 23
Ch., 4.8, 12.1-12.2

Design Examples, System Sensitivity
Review for Exam 1

Lecture12

Study for Exam 1
Chapters 1-3, 4.1-4.4

Mar. 2
Ch. 5.2-5.4, 5.8

Exam 1: Ch. 1 – 3
System Performance

Lecture13, Lecture14

E5.6, E5.7, E5.9, E5.10, P5.1, P5.4, P5.19, DP5.6

Mar. 9

Spring Break – No Class

 

Mar. 16
Ch. 6.1-6.3

Exam 1 reprise
Stability, Root Locus

Lecture15, Lecture16

E6.1, E6.2, E6.6, E6.10, E6.23, P6.7, DP6.1, CP6.5

Mar. 23
Ch. 7.1-7.4, 7.7-7.8, 7.10

Root Locus (cont.)
PID

Lecture17, Lecture18, Lecture19, Lecture20

E7.1, E7.7, E7.15, P7.1, P7.14, CP7.1

Mar. 30
Ch. 8.1-8.3

Frequency Response

H. W. (Bill) Taylor
Lecture21, Lecture22

 

Apr. 6
Ch. 8.4-8.6, 9.1-9.6

Specifications,

Control System Design

Lecture25, Lecture26

E8.12, E8.13, E9.1, E9.12 (a),(b), E9.17, E9.24, E9.28, P9.4

 

Apr. 13
Ch. 10.1-10.4, 10.6, 10.8

Control System Design (cont.)

Lecture23, Lecture24

E10.1, E10.7, E10.14, P10.14, P10.15

Apr. 20
Ch. 11.1-11.8

State Variable System Design
Review for Exam 2

Lecture27, Lecture28, Lecture28b

Study for Exam 2
Chapters 4, 5 - 10

Apr. 27

EXAM 2

Ch. 4 - 10

13

 

May. 4

Exam 2 reprise
Review for Final Exam

14

 

May. 11

FINAL EXAM
Cumulative, Covers all topics
 from Jan 26 through May 4

15

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture Note Errata

Lecture 5, slide 26: Below 'In matrix form', insert 'x(t)' after the 2x2 matrix.