EE 4343/5320 - Control
System Design Project
EE4343/5320 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
Updated: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 by J. Gadewadikar
This is a UTA Web-Based
Course. The internet URL is http://arri.uta.edu/acs
Related webpages:
Systems, Controls, and Manufacturing Thrust
Area
Catalog Information: Design of
continuous and digital control systems using modern analytic and computer
design tools. Student teams will design
specific control systems.
Prerequisite: EE
4314, EE 2315 or 2320, and Senior Standing; or Graduate Standing.
Course Objectives: To
provide students with capstone design knowledge in systems and controls. This course brings together notions of
classical control theory and modern control theory and shows students how to
design control systems of the sort used in industry. Extensive control system design and computer
simulation will be carried out on systems with practical aerospace and industry
relevance. Lab experiments will give
students practical experience in feedback control systems. In the lab, students will learn to function
as part of engineering teams. The
culmination will be a complete project devised, designed, and implemented in
accordance with industry concepts of project management.
Topics Covered: see
separate schedule.
Class
hours: MW 3:30-5:20pm, room NH 110
Lab
Hours: See
link.
Instructor: J.Gadewadikar,
tel: 272-5967, office: ARRI room 216 (off campus),
Gadewadikar@uta.edu
Office hours: open door- by appointment.
Teaching
Associates:
Texts:
1) Student Edition of Matlab,
windows version 5.0
2) Dorf and Bishop, Modern Control Systems, ed. 8 or
9.
Grading:
Undergrads Grads
Homework-- NA% NA%
Laboratory-- 15%
Exam 1 (1 sheet of notes both sides) 10% 20%
Exam 2 (1 sheet of notes both sides) 10% 20%
Research Paper 25%
Project 1 20% 25%
Project 2 35%
Exam 3 (2 sheets
of notes both sides) 20% 30%
Instructor
Reserve the right to make the necessary changes in the grading policy.
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. MATLAB is installed on the ACS network. Using
the Student Edition of MATLAB you can install it on your own PC or MAC.
Check the grading of the exams thoroughly. You will have one week after the
exam to see the grader 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.
Relation to Program
Objectives. This is a capstone design class that gives
students experience in analysis, design, computer simulation, and
implementation of feedback control systems.
Fundamental principles of classical and modern control systems are
combined to give the student an approach to control system design that can be
used in actual industrial and aerospace systems. The students will learn to solve engineering
problems and design controllers for systems of the sort that actually appear in
industry and aerospace. The student will
learn skills in combining engineering design with computer simulation and,
through the labs, with actual implementation of control systems. Lab reports teach the student skills in
communications. In the lab, students
will learn to function as part of engineering teams. The crucial final project will enable the
student to work in industry-like environments, adhering to time lines,
preparing budget proposals and feasibility studies and successfully
demonstrating proof-of-concept.
Drop Policy
As per
University guidelines. See the Registrar’s
Bulletin or the University Calendar in the front part of the UTA catalog for
drop dates.
Student Evaluation of
Teaching
Students will be asked to complete
instructor/course evaluation forms at the end of the semester.
Americans with Disabilities
Act
If you require an
accommodation based on disability, I would like to meet with you in the privacy
of my office, during the first week of the semester, to make sure you are
properly accommodated.
The University of Texas at Arlington is on record as being committed
to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation;
reference Public Law 93112—The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. With the passage of new federal legislation
entitled Americans with Disabilities Act – (ADA), pursuant to section 504 of
The Rehabilitation Act, there is renewed focus on providing this population
with the same opportunities enjoyed by all citizens.
As a faculty member, I am
required by law to provide “reasonable
accommodation” to students with disabilities, so as not to discriminate on
the basis of that disability. Student
responsibility primarily rests with informing
faculty at the beginning of the semester and in providing authorized
documentation through designated administrative channels.
Academic Dishonesty
It is the philosophy of The
University of Texas at Arlington that academic dishonesty is a completely
unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will
be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or
expulsion from the University.
“Scholastic dishonesty
includes but is 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.” (Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3,
Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22).
ANY CHEATING
WILL RESULT IN SEVERE PENALTIES.