520.454 Control Systems Design
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Fall 2013
General Information
Tentative Syllabus/Calendar: (This is tentative. I will adjust the schedule as I have a better idea of how the lectures go.)
Week 1 (September 2)
1. Introduction. Open-loop vs. closed-loop control.
2. External vs. internal stability.
Week 2 (September 9)
3. Performance specs. Steady-state specs.
4. Internal model principle. PS1 Due.
Week 3 (September 16)
5. Pole placement using polynomial methods. Sylvester's theorem.
6. Incorporating integral feedback into the pole placement algorithm.
Week 4 (September 23)
7. Pole placement using state feedback. Controllable canonical form. Look at the controllability handout.
8. Ackermann's formula.
Week 5 (September 30)
9. Tracking in state-space systems. Precompensators.
Integral.
10. Observers. Reduced order observers.
Week 6 (October 7)
11. LQR.
12. Simulink tutorial.
Week 7 (October 14; remember that Tuesday is really a Monday this week!)
13. LQR.
14. Optimal observer.
Week 8 (October 21)
15. Frequency domain design.
16. Frequency domain design.
Week 9 (October 28)
17. Discrete-time modeling.
18. Discrete-time control.
Week 10 (November 4)
19-20. Project Week 1.
Week 11 (November 11)
21-22. Project Week 2
Week 12 (November 18)
23-24. Project Week 3
Week 13 (November 25)
25-26. Project Week 4 + Thanksgiving
Week 13 (December 2)
25-26. Project Week 5
Project report due on the last day of classes (December 6, 2013).
Final exam
Last updated: 09/03/2013