ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSE

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

EEL 3657 - CONTROL SYSTEMS I

 

Instructor:                  Amaury A. Caballero, Ph. D., P.E. 

Class Time:                Section U01: Tu. & Th. 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

                                    Section U02: M & W 7:50 PM – 9:05 PM

Location:                    Section U01: EC 1110

                                    Section U02: EC 1105

Office Hours:             Monday through Friday 9:00 AM – 11:40 AM                       

Phone:                         305-348-1950

E-Mail:                        caballer@fiu.edu

Web Page:                  web.eng.fiu.edu/amauryc/

Catalog Data:            Analysis of linear time-invariant feedback control systems. System modeling, time and frequency-domain response, stability and accuracy. Analysis by use of Root-Locus, Bode plots, Nyquist diagram

Prerequisites:             EEL 3110 and EEL 3135 (Computer Engineering), or EEL 3112 (Electrical Engineering)  

Textbook:                   Control Systems Engineering by Norman S. Nise,                                                                     Fifth Edition, John Wiley & sons, Inc.

 

Course Objectives:

 

Give the students a general background in control systems that will permit them:

  1. To apply the Laplace Transform for finding mathematical models (transfer function) for linear, time invariant feedback control systems.
  2. To find the time response from the transfer function as well as the use of poles and zeros to determine the response of a control system.
  3. To simplify a complex system using block diagrams and flow graphs.
  4. To determine the stability of a system represented as a transfer function, and how to determine the system gain to yield stability.
  5. To find steady-state error for feedback control systems, with and without disturbances.
  6. To define a root locus and how to sketch a root locus manually and using MATLAB.
  7. To use the root locus in the feedback control systems analysis.
  8. To use frequency response to analyze stability (Nyquist and Bode plots), and how to use frequency response in the feedback control systems analysis using MATLAB.

 

 

 

 

Topics Covered:

 

  1. Introduction to Control Systems
  2. Modeling in the Frequency Domain
  3. Modeling in the Time Domain
  4. Time Response
  5. Reduction of Multiple Subsystems
  6. Stability
  7. Steady State Errors
  8. Root-Locus Techniques
  9. Frequency Response Techniques

 

Course Outcomes

 

After finishing this course, the student will be capable of:

·        applying his (her) knowledge of mathematics in analyzing linear control systems based on it components and the desired needs.

·        designing linear control systems to meet the desired needs.

·        Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems related to feedback control systems.

·        showing an ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.

·         using techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice (MATLAB simulation)

 

Absence:

 

Students who are absent from class are responsible for all material covered that class. Any student who is absent during a class test will obtain a zero mark unless he/she is able to produce a documented excuse prior to the test.

 

The course grade will be decided using the following weighing of the data:

 

Test # 1                                      25%

Test # 2                                      25%

Test # 3                                      25%

Project                                       25%

 

Tentative Schedule of Tests

 

Test # 1:  After activity # 10

Test # 2:  After activity # 17

Test # 3:  At the end of the semester

 

 

 

 

Missed Test: 

 

Call Instructor BEFORE test time to notify of problem and to make special arrangements with instructor before next class. Make-up test BEFORE next class meeting or make special arrangements with instructor before next class.

 

Department Criteria for Incomplete Grades:

 

An incomplete grade is a temporary symbol given at the discretion of the instructor for work not completed because of serious interruption not caused by the student’s own negligence. An incomplete must be made up as quickly as possible, but no later than two consecutive semesters after the initial taking of the course or it will automatically default to an “F” or the grade that the student earned in the course. There is no extension of the two semester deadline. The student must not register again for the course to make up the incomplete. Students who have incomplete grades on their records must remove the incomplete by the end of the fourth week of the term in which they plan to graduate. Failure to do so will result in a cancellation of graduation .

In such cases where the course instructor determines that it appropriate to award a student a grade of “I” (incomplete) the following steps must be followed.

Using an Official University Form the course instructor will report the following:

1. The grade earned by the student to date

2. The missing work and the percentage of the final grade it represents (this requires the details of the specific missing assignment)

3. The date the instructor expects the missing work to be submitted or in the case of an examination made up

4. The justification for awarding the grade of “I”

5. Have the student sign the form

6. Submit this form to the Department Chair and Dean and maintain a copy for instructor records and provide a copy for the student

7. Upon satisfying the requirements for a grade the instructor will sign off on the form and attach it to the change of grade form she or he will submit.

 

Grading:

 

Letter Range                     Letter Range                           Letter Range                             

A   94+                                    B-   81+                                    D+   65+

A-  90+                                    C+  77+                                    D     60+                                

B+  87+                                   C    73+                                    D-    55+

B    84+                                   C-   69+                                    F      54-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Misconduct

 

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