| Date | Topic | Suggested Readings |
| January 14 | Feedback Control Systems | Chpt. 1, pp. 1-17 |
| Open-loop vs. closed-loop control, rise time, steady-state error, stability, | ||
| overshoot, disturbance rejection. | ||
| January 17 | Dynamic Models | Chpt. 2, 19-26,35-38 |
| January 21 | Performance Specifications: Part I | Chpt. 3, pp. 118-131. |
| Rise time, peak time, settling time, damped frequency, % overshoot | ||
| January 24 | Performance Specifications: Part II | Sect. 3.5, pp. 131-138 |
| Damping ratio, undamped natural frequency. | ||
| January 28 | Homework #1 Due | |
| January 28 | Effects of Feedback | Sect. 4.1, pp. 167-176 |
| Sensitivity to parameter variations, disturbance rejection. | ||
| January 31 | Steady-State Errors | Sect. 4.3, pp. 200-206 |
| February 4 | Homework #2 Due | |
| February 4 | A Motor-Speed Control System: | Notes |
| Time Domain Analysis | ||
| February 7 | PID Controllers | Sect. 4.2,pp179-187,196-200. |
| Design of proportional-integral-derivative controllers | ||
| February 11 | Stability | Sect. 4.4, pp.212-223 |
| The Hurwitz instability test, the Routh-Hurwitz stability test, relative stability. | ||
| February 14 | Design Project #1 due: Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis | |
| February 14 | Root Lucus | Sect. 5.1-5.3, pp. 243-281 |
| February 18 | No Class on February 18(Monday Schedule). | |
| February 21 | Homework #3 Due | |
| February 21 | Root Lucus Methods | Sect. 5.1-5.3 |
| February 25 | Root Lucus Design | Sect. 5.1-5.3 |
| February 28 | Homework #3 Due | |
| February 28 | Frequency Response Methods | Sect. 6.1,6.1.1,pp 337-357, Sect. 6.4, pp375-383 |
| Bode plots, gain margin and phase margin. | ||
| March 4 | Design Project #2 Due: Root-Locus Design | |
| March 4 | Relative Stability anc Bode Plots | Sect. 6.1.,6.1.1,pp 337-357 |
| Performance characteristics in the frequency domain | ||
| March 7 | Exam 1 | All Material up until February 28 (HWs#1-4) |
| March 10-14 | Spring Break | |
| March 18 | Connection Between the Frequency Domain and the Time Domain | Sect. 6.1, pp. 338-344, Sect. 6.4, pp 375-379 |
| Resonant frequency, resonant peak, bandwidth | ||
| March 21 | Design and Compensation | Sect. 6.7, pp. 389-412 |
| Phase-lead compensator design | ||
| March 25 | Homework #5 Due | |
| March 25 | Phase-Lead Compensation | Sect. 6.7 |
| Design of phase-lead compensators to meet performance specifications in the time and frequency domain | ||
| March 28 | Phase-Lag Compensationnbsp; | Sect. 6.7.3-6.7.5, pp. 400-412 |
| Design of phase-lag compensators to meet performace specifications in the time and frequency domain. | ||
| April 1 | Homework #6 due | |
| April 1 | PID Compentsation | Sect. 6.7.5, pp. 407-412 |
| Lead-Lag and lag-lead compensators | ||
| April 4 | State Variables | Sect. 7.1-7.2.1, pp. 469-485 |
| State variable concepts, state variable representations. | ||
| April 8 | Design Project #3 due: Frequency Domain Design Methods | |
| April 8 | State Variable Representations | Sect. 7.1-7.2.2, pp.469-486 |
| Comparing state variable representations, transfer function matrices, canonical forms. | ||
| April 11 | Controllability | Sect. 7.2.1, pp. 472-479 |
| Control canonical form, the controllabilty matrix | ||
| April 15 | Homework #7 due | |
| April 15 | Full-state Feedback Controllers | Sect. 7.3.pp. 496-497 |
| Feedback controller design | ||
| April 18 | Reference Inmput with Full-state Feedback | Sect. 7.3.2,pp.502-505 Sect. 7.5,pp.515-521 |
| Reference imputs, a simple state estimator | ||
| April 22 | Homework #8 due | |
| April 22 | The Observer Canonical Form | Sect. 7.2, pp. 479-480 Sect. 7.5, pp. 515-521 |
| The Observability matrix, observer design | ||
| April 25 | Observer Design | Sect. 7.5, 7.6, pp. 515-540 |
| Reduces-order observers, combined observers and controllers | ||
| April 29 | Exam 2 | Frequency Response and State-Space Methods (Hws#5-8) |
Penalty for late submissions: 1 day late 10%, 2 days 20%, 3 days 50%; no credit beyond 3 days.
* If any class days are cancelled due to weather or emergencies, Exam 2 will be held during Final Exam Week.