‹ MAE 143 B · Maurício de Oliveira

MAE 143 B - Linear Control - Winter 2020

News

• No news is good news

Instructor

• Mauricio de Oliveira, first name at ucsd dot edu

Class Times

Lectures

• TuTh 14:00-15:20,
  Pepper Canyon 122

Discussion Session

• TBA

Teaching Assistants

• Yilong (Dylan) Chen, yic 013 at ucsd dot edu
• Abhijeet Patil, aj last name at ucsd dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II Room 105

• Monday, 9:00-10:00,
• Wednesday, 12:00-13:00,
• Friday, 14:00-15:00, (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 lecture notes and Matlab 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 canvas.
Check them out regularly to make sure that your homework is being graded and transcribed correctly!

Formula

GRADE = MAX(0.2 * HOMEWORK + 0.2 * MIDTERM1 + 0.2 * MIDTERM2 + 0.4 * 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 #1: January, 28th, in class
  Get a copy
  Get a solution
• Midterm #2: February, 18th, in class
  Get a copy
  Get a solution
• Final exam: March, 19th, 15:00 - 17:59 - ON CANVAS
  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, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, and Spring 2019 to have an idea of what the midterms and final will look like.

Homework

Homework, instructions and solutions will be posted on canvas.

Homework will be posted every other week, due the following week.

This class uses an all-electronic homework submission and grading process.

You can type and scan your homework for submission.

No paper submissions will be accepted.

Turn in every Friday at 23:59, every week.

No late homework submissions will be accepted

Please turn in a readable and organized homework.

Homework #1

P1.1 e), g), P1.4, P1.9 c), e) P2.41, P2.42, P2.43, P2.47, P2.48
Due: 01/17/2020

Homework #2

P3.39 a), d), P3.41 c), e), g), P3.95, P3.97, P3.98, P4.4 c), e), P4.29, P4.30, P4.31, P4.32
Due: 01/31/2020

Homework #3

P4.6 c), k), m), P4.10, P4.34, P4.35, P4.36, P5.30, P.5.31, P5.32, P5.39, P5.40
Due: 02/14/2020

Homework #4

P6.7 b), f), l), P6.8 b), c), f), P6.20, P6.21, P6.23, P6.30, P6.31, P6.32, P6.33
Due: 02/28/2020

Homework #5

P7.5 b), f), l), P7.6 b), f), l), P7.7 b), f), l), P7.9 a), d), P7.10 a), d), P7.20, P7.23, P7.29, P7.30
Due: 03/13/2020

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