Course: EW306 Advanced Control Engineering      

3 Credits – 2 Recitation Hours – 2 Laboratory Hours

Course Description: 

This course builds upon the foundation established in EW305 and covers the analysis and design of state-space control systems. Specifically, state feedback design control and state estimation methods are presented and supported by a series of laboratory projects on the design and implementation of state-space control systems for physical systems.

Pre-requisites: 

EW301, EW305

Course Coordinator: 

Prof. O'Brien

Textbook: 

Nise, Norman S., Control Systems Engineering, 8th Edition, John Wiley, 2019

Course Objectives: 

1. Generate a state-space model from a schematic

2. Analyze/predict the response of a state equation with initial condition to a step input

3. Design a state feedback controller to meet performance specifications

4. Design a state estimator (observer) to meet performance specifications

Topics: 

1. State-space modeling and analysis

2. State feedback design

3. Tracking control design

4. Eigenvalue placement

5. Observer design

6. Estimated state feedback

7. Laboratory exercises (throughout the semester): Modeling and control of a coupled-tank system