MAE 143B: LINEAR CONTROL (TENTATIVE) SCHEDULE

Week	Date	Lecture	Topics	Book	HW
Week 1:	08/04	Lecture 1	Course Introduction Dynamical Models	Chap 1 Chap 2	1
	08/06	Lecture 2	Linearization Laplace Transform Transfer Functions	Chap 2 Chap 3	1
	08/08	Lecture 3	Block Diagrams Mason’s Rule	Chap 3	1
Week 2:	08/11	Lecture 4	Time Response	Chap 3	1/2
	08/13	Lecture 5 HW1 due	Effects of zeros and poles Routh’s Criterion	Chap 3	2
	08/15	Lecture 6	Disturbance Rejection Sensitivity	Chap 4	2
Week 3:	08/18	Lecture 7	PID. Ziegler-Nichols tuning Steady-state tracking	Chap 4	2
	08/20	Lecture 8 Mid_Rev HW2 due	Root locus Midterm Review	Chap 5	3
	08/22	Midterm
Week 4:	08/25	Lecture 9	Root locus Dynamic Compensator	Chap 5	3
	08/27	Lecture 10	Frequency Response Bode Plots	Chap 6	3
	08/29	Lecture 11 HW3 due	Bode Plots Phase and Gain Margins Dynamic Compensator	Chap 6	4
Week 5:	09/01	Holiday
	09/03	Lecture 12	Nyquist Plots	Chap 6	4
	09/05	Final_Rev HW4 due	Final Review
	09/06	Final