‹ MAE 143 B · Maurício de Oliveira

MAE 143 B - Linear Control - Spring 2018

News

• No news is good news

Instructor

• Mauricio de Oliveira, first name at ucsd dot edu

Class Times

Lectures

• Tuesday, Thursday 08:00-09:20,
  CENTR 101

Discussion Session

• Tuesday 18:00-18:50,
  CENTR 101
  

Teaching Assistants

• Amit Pandey, appandey at ucsd dot edu
• Yilong (Dylan) Chen, yic013 at ucsd dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II Room 105

• Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 (Dylan)
• Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 (Amit)
• Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 (Mauricio)

You can make an appointment with me or the TAs by email.

Text Book

Fundamentals on Linear Control: a concise approach by Mauricio C. de Oliveira

Supplemental materials

You will find supplemental materials, including Matlab Live scripts on the book webpage.

Course Topics

• Analysis of feedback systems
  • Dynamic models
  • Differential equation models and transfer functions
  • Dynamic response
  • Stability, tracking and regulation
• Design of feedback systems
  • PID control
  • Root-locus method
  • Frequence response
  • Bode and Nyquist diagrams

Grades

Check out your homework and midterm grades on TED.
Check them out regularly to make sure that your homework is being graded and transcribed correctly!

Formula

GRADE = MAX(0.2 * HOMEWORK + 0.3 * MAX(MIDTERM1, MIDTERM2) + 0.5 * FINAL EXAM, FINAL EXAM)

Exams

Exams are open notes: you are allowed to consult any written or printed material of your choice.
You can use a hand calculator without communication capabilities.
You cannot use any device that is able to communicate.

• Midterm: May, 3rd, in class
  Get a copy
  Get a solution
• Midterm: May, 22nd, in class
  Get a copy
  Get a solution
• Final exam: June, 14th, 08:00 - 10:59
  Get a copy
  Get a solution
  Final grade distribution: histogram, percentile

You might want to check out the website for MAE 143 B Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, and Spring 2017 to have an idea of what the midterm and final will look like.

Homework

Turn in every Thursday at 17:00.
This quarter we will be having an all electronic homework submission and grading process.
Homework, instructions and solutions will be posted on TED
You can type and scan your homework for submission.
20% deduction for lateness by one day without reason, else 100%.
Please turn in a readable and organized homework. This is a big class! Here is a suggestion:

• Write your name and student ID on top of each and every page;
• Start answering a question always on the top of the page.

Homework #1

P1.1 a), c), h) , P1.4, P1.9 c), e)
Due: 04/05/2018

Homework #2

P2.18, P2.19, P2.20, P2.34, P2.35, P2.41, P2.42, P2.43
Due: 04/12/2018

Homework #3

P2.21, P2.22, P2.23, P2.24, P2.25, P2.26, P3.39 a), h), P3.40 c), l), P3.41 f), j)
Due: 04/19/2018

Homework #4

P3.47 b), h), P3.62, P3.63, P3.65, P3.66, P3.68, P3.69, P3.70
Due: 04/26/2018

Homework #5

P4.4 a), c), P4.6 a), f), P4.23, P4.24
Due: 05/04/2018

Homework #6

P5.19 through P5.22, P5.41 through P5.43.
Due: 05/18/2018

Homework #7

P6.7 c), f), j), P6.8 c), d), e), P6.14, P6.15
Due: 05/25/2018

Homework #8

P7.1 b), d), f), P7.5 a), b), f), P7.8 a), c), f)
Due: 06/01/2018

Homework #9

P7.10 a), c), f), P7.11 a), c), f), P7.15, P7.16,
Due: 06/08/2018

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