EE 351 Automatic Control

Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to acquire the basic concepts of control systems' analysis; particularly, to learn the basics of control systems representations/modeling and stability analysis (in time and frequency

domains).
Topics Covered: System representation, state variable analysis, stability analysis, time domain analysis, root locus, Bode plots, Nyquist plots, modeling, and introduction to basic control design.
Class/Tutorial Schedule: Class is held three times per week (50 min/lecture). In addition, there is a 50-minute weekly tutorial.
Professional Component Contributions: Students in this course acquire the basic skills of dealing with and analyzing some real-life control problems.  Students must retrieve and blend tools of mathematics, signals and systems, and circuits in order to analyze a variety of control system scenarios. They also learn how to asses different alternative techniques to solve a set of problems.  Moreover, the students acquire necessary evaluation skills and basic knowledge of realistic trade-off scenarios through the quantitative and qualitative performance evaluation of control systems.
Relationship to Program Objectives: This course contributes to the general objectives listed for an Electrical Engineering Department.