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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 Basic root locus: analysis and examples  
3 Frequency response methods Homework 1 due
4 Control design using Bode plots  
5 Introduction to state-space models Homework 2 due
6 Developing state-space models based on transfer functions  
7 State-space models: basic properties Homework 3 due
8 System zeros and transfer function matrices  
  Midterm 1  
9 State-space model features  
10 Controllability  
11 Full-state feedback control  
12 Pole placement approach Homework 4 due
13 LQ servo introduction  
14 Open-loop and closed-loop estimators Homework 5 due
15 Combined estimators and regulators  
16 Adding reference inputs Homework 6 due
17 LQ servo: improving transient performance  
  Midterm 2  
18 Deterministic linear quadratic regulator (LQR)  
19 Linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG)  
20 Digital control basics  
21 Systems with nonlinear functions Project report due
22 Analysis of nonlinear systems  
23 Anti-windup  
24 Closed-loop system analysis