Indicative contents

The following topics will be covered, with approximately equal amounts of time spent on each:

• Introduction to control systems:
• Lumped modelling of MEMS devices
• Time response analysis,
• Stability analysis
• Root locus technique
• Frequency response analysis
• State variable analysis.
• Non-linear systems.
• Use of MATLAB
   

Recommended reading

• Books
  1. K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education Pte. Ltd, Delhi, Isbn: 81-7808-579-8, 2002
  2. Richard C. Dorf, Robert H. Bishop. Modern Control Systems, Eighth Edition, Addison-Wesley Longman, Isbn: 981-235-859-5, 1999
  3. Karl Johan Astrom, Bjorn Wittenmark, Adaptive Control, Pearson Education Inc., Isbn: 81-7808-533-X, 1994.
     
      
• Journals

1. Int J. Control
2. Control Engineering Practice
3. J. Dynamical And Control Systems
4. Stability And Control: Theory And Applications
5. IEEE Control Systems Magazines-
 

• Magazines
• Multimedia
• Internet Sites

1. http://www.Mathworks.Com
2. http://www.Control.Eng.Cam.Ac.Uk/Extras/Virtual_Library/Control_Vl.Html
3. http://www.Control.Eng.Cam.Ac.Uk/
4. http://www.Manufacturing.Net/Ctl/
5. http://www.Shef.Ac.Uk/Acse/
6. http://www.Control.Auc.Dk/
7. http://Dutera.Et.Tudelft.Nl/
8. http://www.Theorem.Net/Control.Html
    

Laboratory

Hardware: PCs
Software:  Matlab
Software Manuals: Matlab User Manual PCs