EENG 470 — CONTROL SYSTEMS and CONTROL SYSTEMS LAB
Learning Objectives & Matches
1. Model both open and closed-loop systems using both time and frequency domain methods.
Redesign linear, or open-loop, systems into cyclical, or closed-loop, systems so that waste products become inputs for new processes, modeling natural ecosystems.
Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
Formulate mathematical or simulation models of problems, relating constants and variables, restrictions, alternatives, conflicting objectives, and their numerical parameters.
Develop efficient and effective system controllers.
Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.
Develop computer models of chemical processes.
Complete models and simulations, using manual or automated tools, to analyze or predict system performance under different operating conditions.
Program computer numerical control machines.
Design, conduct, and evaluate experimental operational models in cases where models cannot be developed from existing data.
Break systems into their components, assign numerical values to each component, and examine the mathematical relationships between them.
2. Determine gain and phase margin for a closed-loop system.
Break systems into their components, assign numerical values to each component, and examine the mathematical relationships between them.
Calculate load estimates or equipment requirements to determine required control settings.
Determine system performance standards.
3. Relate a transfer function, its pole/zero plot and frequency response to one another.
Determine voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos, and tone balances required to achieve the effects desired in a musical composition.
4. Model linear dynamical systems with state-space methods.
Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
Create complex and dynamic mathematical models of population, community, or ecological systems.
Develop efficient and effective system controllers.
Break systems into their components, assign numerical values to each component, and examine the mathematical relationships between them.
Specify manipulative or computational methods to be applied to models.
Design control systems or algorithms for purposes such as automotive energy management, emissions management, or increased operational safety or performance.
Formulate mathematical or simulation models of problems, relating constants and variables, restrictions, alternatives, conflicting objectives, and their numerical parameters.
Devise or apply independent models or tools to help verify results of analytical systems.
Redesign linear, or open-loop, systems into cyclical, or closed-loop, systems so that waste products become inputs for new processes, modeling natural ecosystems.
Develop computer models of chemical processes.
5. Design a P, PI, and PID controller to meet steady state tracking error requirements.
Develop efficient and effective system controllers.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Calculate load estimates or equipment requirements to determine required control settings.
Program computer numerical control machines.
Develop or integrate control feature requirements.
Design advanced precision equipment for accurate or controlled applications.
Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
Track conditions that could affect power needs, such as changes in the weather, and adjust equipment to meet any anticipated changes.
Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
Monitor functioning of equipment and make necessary modifications to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
6. Design a P, PI, and PID controller to meet disturbance rejection requirements.
Develop efficient and effective system controllers.
Calculate load estimates or equipment requirements to determine required control settings.
Manipulate controls to adjust or activate power distribution equipment or machines.
Develop or integrate control feature requirements.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels.
Design measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and in pilot plant operations.
Respond to problems by adjusting control room equipment or instructing other personnel to adjust equipment at problem locations or in other control areas.
7. Design a closed-loop system that meets specified transient and steady state error goals.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Program computer numerical control machines.
Design control systems or algorithms for purposes such as automotive energy management, emissions management, or increased operational safety or performance.
Develop efficient and effective system controllers.
Determine system performance standards.
Write simple programs for computer-controlled machine tools.
Analyze problems and take appropriate action to ensure continuous and reliable operation of equipment and systems.
Define the goals of the system and devise flow charts and diagrams describing logical operational steps of programs.
Direct the analysis, development, and operation of complete computer systems.
Calculate load estimates or equipment requirements to determine required control settings.