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Course Info for ENGR - 312 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 2351 Title: Automatic Control Systems Department: Engineering
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 25 Current enrollment: 14 Available seats: 11
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 8:30AM-9:45AM, SH - S201 Instructor(s): Byers, Clayton
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Mathematics 231 and Engineering 212L, or permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
Automatic control systems with sensors and feedback loops are ubiquitous in modern designs. The emergence of powerful microcontrollers in recent decades makes control system implementation much easier and encourages more innovation. This course provides a broad coverage of control system theory for engineering majors. Essential mathematical tools to study control systems are reviewed. Course topics include mathematical modeling, solutions to system design specifics, performance analysis, state variable and transition matrix, compensator design using root-locus, and PID controller design. Analysis is focused on linear control systems and broad applications. Linear system modeling is broadly applied to a variety of engineering systems. MATLAB and Simulink are used in assignments and team projects.