29/09 - Welcome to EEE 342 Control Engineering Fall 2026
Administrative
Instructor: Dr. Shahnewaz Siddique
Instructor email: shahnewaz dot siddique at northsouth dot edu
Instructor Office: SAC 1024
Lectures: NAC992, Sunday/Tuesday 11.20am - 12.50pm (Section 2)
Office hours: Sunday/Tuesday 1.00pm - 3.30pm or email me for appointment
Lab Instructor: Tasbeer Ahmed
Email: dot at northsouth dot edu
Lab: LIB607, 2.40pm - 5.50pm Wednesday
Office: SAC
Office hours:
Teaching Assistant:
Email: dot at northsouth dot edu
Office:
Office hours: MW
Lab: TBD
Textbook
Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems by Gene Franklin, J. David Powell, and Abbas Emami-Naeini (FPE)
(Note: Problems will be assigned from the 7th edition)
Syllabus
- Chapter 1: Overview of Feedback Control.
- Chapter 2: Dynamic models. Focus on: Sections 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2, 2.3.2.
- Chapter 3: Dynamic Response. Focus on: Sections 3.1, 3.2.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6.
- Chapter 4: Analysis of Feedback. This chapter will be mostly covered through lecture notes.
- Chapter 5: Root-Locus Design Method. Focus on: Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4.
- Chapter 6: The Frequency response design method.
- Chapter 7: State space design method.
If time permits we will cover some parts of Chapter 6 and 7.
Each chapter has a "Historical Perspective" section. I strongly urge all of you to read these sections to understand the motivations and history of feedback control.
Grading
4 credits (Theory: 3 credits, Lab: 1 credit):
Theory Attendance 10%
Midterm 30%
Theory Final 35%
Lab Attendance 5%
Lab Submissions 8%
Lab Midterm 4%
Lab Computational Final 8%
Total 100%
3 credits (Theory only):
Attendance 10%
Midterm 35%
Final 40%
Homework 15%
Total 100%
1 credit (Lab only):
Lab Attendance 20%
Lab Submissions 30%
Lab Midterm 20%
Lab Computational Final 30%
Total 100%
Midterm: TBD
Handouts, Readings
Feedback Control Of Dynamic Systems (7 ed.)
Feedback Control Of Dynamic Systems (8 ed.)
Influence of pole locations on time response of systems
Review (won't be tested): Damped Harmonic Oscillator
Review (won't be tested): Simple Harmonic motion
Aircraft Equations of Motion (Slides 25, 26, 27), Reading only: Won't be tested
Aircraft Equations of Motion (Page 3), Reading only: Won't be tested
Labs, Homeworks
Chapter 2 practice problems: 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16
Lab 3: Block diagrams, System dynamics
Lab 4: Closed loop feedback, Stability analysis using Routh method, Error Analysis
Lab 5: Analysis and design using Root-locus
Homework 6: State-space design
Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are
a. to acquaint the students with basic methods of modeling of electrical, mechanical and other dynamic systems.
b. to introduce analysis techniques of linear time-invariant systems (LTI) in both time-domain and frequency-domain.
c. to introduce control techniques to design a feedback control system in both time-domain and frequency-domain.
d. to provide graphical analysis and design tools such as pole zero maps, block diagram reduction, Bode Plots, Root Locus - all applied to examples of real-world systems.
e. to instill simulation (eg. Simulink, MATLAB) and hardware skills with application to control engineering.
Course Outcome (CO)
CO1: Explain the concept of system modeling of electrical, mechanical and other dynamic systems.
CO2: Analyze LTI systems for stability and performances (transient and steady state response)
CO3: Design controllers in time-domain and frequency domain to achieve stability and performance goals.
CO4: Utilize simulation tools and laboratory equipment to design feedback control systems