Course Number and Title: EE 3151 Control Systems (4 credits)


Lecture Time/Location: 3:00 - 3:50 PM, MWF/MWAH 191

Lab Time/Location: 9:00 - 11:50 AM and 1:00 - 3:50 PM, T/MWAH 141

Office Hours: 1:00 - 3:00 PM, MW

Lab TA: Allan Bekkala; Office Hours: TBA; email: bekka003@d.umn.edu

Course Text: R. C. Dorf and R. H. Bishop, Modern Control Systems, 13rd Edition, Pearson, 2017


Educational Goals:

This course is designed to give students the ability to model, analyze, and design linear feedback control systems. It covers the basic properties, charateristics and performance of feedback control systems as well as control system design using both the classical and the state-space approaches. The use of Matlab and the Control System Toolbox is required in this course. It provides students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Toolbox and use the software to analyze and design linear feedback control systems. Newly developed control lab experiments will also be conducted.


Relationship to EE Program Objectives:

  • Extends students' understanding of linear systems and signal analysis.
  • Enhances students' understanding of feedback and stability concepts with control system analysis and design that implement these concepts.
  • Prepares students for more advanced courses such as EE 5151 "Digital Control System Design" by explaining basic properties, performance, and characteristics of control systems, as well as various analysis methods.
  • Exposes students to the state-of-art Matlab software and the Control System Toolbox, and also provides students hands-on lab experience by working on the control equipment to enhance learning of control systems.

    Course Outcomes: The course meets the ABET Student Outcomes (a), (c), (e), and (k).


    Prerequisites: EE 2111 (Linear Systems and Signal Analysis)


    References:

    1. N. S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons, MA, 2011
    2. G. F. Franklin, J. D. Powell, and A. Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 7th edition, Prentice Hall, NJ, 2014
    3. F. Golnaraghi and B. C. Kuo, Automatic Control Systems, 9th edition, John Wiley & Sons, NJ, 2010
    4. K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, 5th edition, Prentice Hall, NJ, 2010
    5. M. Gopal, Control Systems: Principles and Design, McGraw-Hill, 2008
    6. J. J. D'Azzo, C. H. Houpis, and S. N. Sheldon, Linear Control System Analysis and Design with Matlab, 5th edition, Marcel Dekker, 2003

    Lecture Topics and Schedule:

    Introduction

    Control System Characteristics and Performance

    Stability of Linear Control Systems

    Root-Locus Method

    Frequency Response Methods

    State-Space Methods


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