SE320: Control Systems

Course Information

• When: Tuesday/Thursday 10am - 11:20am

• Where: 163 Noyes Laboratory

• Who: Dr. Yingying Li

• Office Hours: Thursdays, 5:30pm - 6:30pm (Tentative) at CSL 347 (1308 W Main St, Urbana)

• TA: Haonan Xu (haonan9@illinois.edu). Office Hours: TBD

Textbooks

• Feedback Control Systems: Fifth Edition by Charles L. Phillips and John M. Parr.

Other Useful Resources

• ECE 380: Control Systems by Prof. Shreyas Sundaram

• Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers, Second Edition Book by Karl Johan Åström and Richard M. Murray. 

Grading

• Participation:  5%.

• Assignments:  18% (There will be 6 assignments).

• Quizzes:  12% (There will be 6 quizzes).

• Midterm 1: 15%.

• Midterm 2:  15%.

• Final Exam:  20%.

• Lab Reports:  15%.

Syllabus

• More information can be found in syllabus.pdf on our Canvas site.

Matlab

• Matlab will be used for assignments, quizzes, and labs.

• Please try to set up Matlab as soon as possible according to the instructions. 

• If you encounter any technical issues, you can  reach out to the TA and/or the IT help desk and/or the instructor.

• There will be a recitation session on a basic introduction to Matlab by our TA.

• Useful resources for Matlab related questions: 

  • Mathworks Help Center, Mathworks Matlab Answers, online courses, e.g. https://www.mathworks.com/learn/training/matlab-fundamentals.html?s\_tid=hp\_training\_matlab

  •  https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-057-introduction-to-matlab-january-iap-2019/pages/assignments/

  • https://guides.library.illinois.edu/sets/matlab

• Homework submission related to Matlab: You should take a screenshot of your codes and their outputs, and attach them to your submitted answers. 

Homework

• 6 assignments, to be posted on Canvas.

• Each student has a cumulative of  12 late days for the semester (cumulative across all homework). Late days may be used only with prior approval by email to the instructor and TA. Late days are applied according to the following rule:

• Of the 12 days, the first 6 late days incur no penalty, the next 6 late days receive 50% credit, and any submission using more than 12 late days or late submission without prior approval by the instructor will receive 0 credit.