EE4314hnd

EE 4314- CONTROL SYSTEMS

EE 4314 SYLLABUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY

Updated:� Friday, June 04, 2021

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Catalog Information:�

EE 4314 CONTROL SYSTEMS (3-2) Analyses of closed loop systems using frequency response, root locus, and state variable techniques. Analog and digital control design methods. System modeling, identification, and control design based on analytic and computer methods. Use of laboratory experiments with mechatronic systems to complement the course lectures. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EE 3316. Co-requisite: EE 3318.

Course Objectives:� To provide students with basic background in Linear Feedback Control Systems analysis and design.� To lay the foundations of classical control design including root locus, Bode plots, stability and system properties.� To understand tools for system analysis including differential equations, transfer functions, and state variable systems.� To provide an introduction to basic analysis and design methods in state variable systems.� To train students in the use of MATLAB for system design and simulation for the workplace.� The lab sections will give students an understanding of implementing these concepts on actual physical industrial processes.

Topics Covered:� See separate schedule.

Class hours:� TuTh 2p-320p, NH 203 Nedderman Hall

Instructor:
Office hours:

Teaching Assistants:� see Canvas

Texts:
�� Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, by Franklin, Powell, and Emami-Naini, 7th edition.
�� Student Edition of Matlab, windows version
�� Also recommended: Schaum's Outline in Feedback Control

Grading:

Laboratory�� 25%
homework�� 10%
Exam I �� 20%�� (1 sheet both sides) ��
Exam II �� 20%�� (2 sheets both sides)��
Final Exam-- �� 25% �� (open notes and book)��

The instructor reserves the right to make appropriate changes to the grading policy.

Student Learning Outcomes:�

1.� Acquire the mathematical tools needed to analyze feedback control systems by classical methods including root locus, Bode, and Routh Test.

Assessment- homework design projects and examinations.

2.� Understand the basic concepts of state variable analysis including stability, internal and input-output properties, transfer functions.

Assessment- homework design projects and examinations.

3.� Ability to perform designs with various control tools using MATLAB computer simulation toolboxes.

Assessment- computer design and simulation projects assigned in homeworks.

4.� Ability to perform design of feedback control systems using classical methods.

Assessment- design and simulation projects in homeworks, exams.

5.� Ability to perform feedback control system design using state variable form including pole placement.

Assessment- design and simulation projects in homeworks, exams.

6.� Understand the implementation of feedback control systems methods on actual industrial processes.

Assessment- Lab sessions and lab reports.

7.� Learn to work in teams and contribute as a member to a group project

Assessment- lab sessions and lab reports

Relation to Program Objectives.� This course is meant to provide basic training and familiarity with feedback control systems.� Feedback systems are ubiquitous in daily life and appear in many other disciplines including communications, industrial process control, aerospace systems, vehicle engine systems, environmental efficiency, and elsewhere.� Classical control methods of analysis and design are used for linear systems and provide intuitive procedures for feedback control based on systems structure.� State Variable methods since the 1960s have been responsible for the high performance and stability of modern engineered systems including aerospace, robotic, and industry processes.

Attendance is not mandatory. If you skip classes, you will find the homework and exams more difficult. Due to the pace of the lectures, copying someone else's notes may be an unreliable way of making up an absence. You are responsible for all material covered in class regardless of absences.

You will need to use MATLAB including Simulink and the Control Systems Toolbox. MATLAB is available in some of the OIT computer labs and you can also purchase the student edition of MATLAB for your personal computer.

Check the grading of the exams thoroughly. You will have one week after the exam to see me for regrading. After this period, the grade is final.

Questions during class are strongly encouraged. The worst thing I can do is move too slowly and bore you. The next worst thing I can do is move too quickly and confuse you. If either of these occurs, it is your responsibility to speak up. You are paying for an education, and if the material is not presented clearly with confusion being eliminated shortly after it sets in you are not getting what you contracted for. On the other hand, if I never confuse you I am being unduly conservative and hence not conscientious. There is a very fine balance here, with you as student and me as instructor each having very definite responsibilities for keeping open all channels of communication. It is extremely difficult to teach a course without some sort of real-time feedback.

Some philosophy. I have an attitude toward learning which is based very heavily on independence and self-reliance; it can be summed up in the statement

"Knowledge cannot be given, but comes only with great personal sacrifice and effort."

It is my job to make knowledge available to you and show you one attitude toward it based on my experience in the area. It is your job to make it a part of yourself and so your own personal possession.

Drop Policy: Students may drop or swap (adding and dropping a class concurrently) classes through self-service in MyMav from the beginning of the registration period through the late registration period. After the late registration period, students must see their academic advisor to drop a class or withdraw. Undeclared students must see an advisor in the University Advising Center. Drops can continue through a point two-thirds of the way through the term or session. It is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw if they do not plan to attend after registering. Students will not be automatically dropped for non-attendance. Repayment of certain types of financial aid administered through the University may be required as the result of dropping classes or withdrawing. For more information, contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

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Academic Integrity: �At UT Arlington, academic dishonesty is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated in any form, including (but not limited to) �cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts� (UT System Regents� Rule 50101, �2.2). Suspected violations of academic integrity standards will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. Violators will be disciplined in accordance with University policy, which may result in the student�s suspension or expulsion from the University.

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Lab Safety Training is not required for this course.

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Student Feedback Survey: ��At the end of each term, students enrolled in classes categorized as lecture, seminar, or laboratory will be asked to complete an online Student Feedback Survey (SFS) about the course and how it was taught. Instructions on how to access the SFS system will be sent directly to students through MavMail approximately 10 days before the end of the term. UT Arlington�s effort to solicit, gather, tabulate, and publish student feedback data is required by state law; student participation in the SFS program is voluntary.

Final Review Week: ��A period of five class days prior to the first day of final examinations in the long sessions shall be designated as Final Review Week. The purpose of this week is to allow students sufficient time to prepare for final examinations. During this week, there shall be no scheduled activities such as required field trips or performances; and no instructor shall assign any themes, research problems or exercises of similar scope that have a completion date during or following this week unless specified in the class syllabus. During Final Review Week, an instructor shall not give any examinations constituting 10% or more of the final grade, except makeup tests and laboratory examinations. In addition, no instructor shall give any portion of the final examination during Final Review Week. During this week, classes are held as scheduled. In addition, instructors are not required to limit content to topics that have been previously covered; they may introduce new concepts as appropriate.