Systems and control engineering

Resonance ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
A. Rama Kalyan ◽  
J. R. Vengateswaran
Keyword(s):  
Control Engineering ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Methodology of Teaching the First Control Course

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tibor Vámos ◽  
Bars Ruth ◽  
László Keviczky ◽  
Dávid Sík
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
And Control

System view, understanding systems and how they are controlled is an important discipline in engineering education. Nowadays considering the ever increasing knowledge, the explosion of information available at the internet, the available visual technics and software tools there is a need to revisit the content and the teaching methodology of the first control course. The IFAC Technical Committee on Control Education (9.4) is circulating a pilot survey addressing these questions. Here we present our experience related to renewing the control course. The topics of the course are given. The main ideas are explained on two levels: hopefully in an understandable way for everyone, and precisely, using mathematical tools. In the lectures some parts of the multilevel e-book, Sysbook are referred, which has been elaborated to present the main principles governing systems and control on different levels. Besides static teaching materials interactive demonstrations developed for Sysbook are also used in the lectures which enhance the effectiveness and also enjoyment of the learning process. At the last part of each lecture the students are active solving problems related to the topic of the lecture. They are motivated by the obtained extra evaluation points. Then the solutions of the problems are discussed. Computer laboratory exercises using MATLAB/SIMULINK software contribute to understanding and applying the analysis and synthesis methods discussed in the lectures. The course is supported by the recently published Springer books: Keviczky et al.: Control Engineering and Control Engineering: MATLAB Exercises. In the content of the control course a new feature is the emphasis of the YOULA parameterization method for controller design already in the first control course and showing that other controller design methods can be considered as its special cases. Nowadays in education a new teaching – learning paradigm is Open Content Development (OCD) which means active participation of the teachers and students creating an up-to-date teaching material. This project runs at the Department of Technical Education at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics since 2015 supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In the frame of vocational teacher training programs several so-called micro-contents have been developed. Utilizing the experiences of these pilot efforts the Sysbook platform has been connected to the OCD model. In a special surface Sysbook provides several case studies for systems and their control (e.g. driving, energy production and distribution, oil refinery, systems and control in the living organism, etc.). Teachers and students studying systems and control can elaborate new case studies in their areas of interest which means active application of the learned topics. After evaluation these projects can be uploaded in the student area of Sysbook. Summarizing: in the methodology of teaching a basic control course the motivation of the students can be increased by active participation in the learning process, including interactive demonstration of the principles, solving exercises at the end of the lectures and getting immediate feedback, solving analysis and synthesis problems in the computer laboratories, and developing their own case studies for Sysbook. It should be also emphasized that the examples of systems and their control should be chosen mainly from the area of the specialization of the students (electrical or software engineering, chemical engineering, biology, economics, etc.). Also it is important to provide real-time experiments in laboratory work or using distant laboratories. IFAC Repository would be also of great help reaching useful resources.

Systems and control engineering

Resonance ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rama Kalyan ◽  
J. R. Vengateswaran
Keyword(s):  
Control Engineering ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
And Control

Curriculum Change for Control Engineering Education in a Mechanical Engineering Undergrad Program

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael E. Vásquez ◽  
Norha L. Posada ◽  
Santiago Rúa ◽  
Carlos A. Zuluaga ◽  
Fabio Castrillón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Curriculum Change ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education Process

This paper addresses the curriculum change performed for control engineering education in the mechanical engineering (ME) undergraduate program at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), located in Medellín, Colombia. The new curriculum model of the UPB is based on learning, and promotes the achievement of outcome-related course learning objectives during the education process. The faculty of the ME department developed the Human Capabilities and Outcomes Map; such map explicitly shows the connection between general human capabilities that are strengthen through the ME program, the outcomes that are to be achieved, the way this outcomes are assessed, and the courses where the outcomes are addressed in the curriculum. The faculty responsible for the area of design, dynamic systems, and control, gathered during two years and defined educational objectives for all the courses in the area, considering the mechanical engineering program as a whole in order to provide the students with knowledge and skills necessary for their future professional career. As a result, three new courses to address control engineering education in the mechanical engineering curriculum were created: Measurement and Instrumentation, Control Engineering, and Control Engineering Lab. Since the courses have been recently created, faculty will assess the performance within a three-year period in order to quantify the impact of the curriculum change for control engineering education.

Ensemble by Seven Musical Performance Robots

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadahiro Kaneda ◽  
◽  
Shoichiro Fujisawa ◽  
Takeo Yoshida ◽  
Yasumasa Yoshitani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Robots ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Musical Performance ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
College Of Technology ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control

The purpose of the Department of Systems and Control Engineering at Osaka Prefectural College of Technology is to train students who can construct synthetic systems. To achieve this purpose, we have had a case study on robotics in fourth grade since 1994. The contents of the subject are to design and make autonomous robots. The subject has a contest with different themes each year. The theme for 1998 was ""Musical Performance Robots"". This was to make seven robots and to form an ensemble. In this paper, we evaluated the case study on robotics, the role of Amusement Robot to ""Educatement"". The comparison about the sound between human playing and robot playing was conducted.

Systems and control engineering

Resonance ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
A. Rama Kalyan ◽  
J. R. Vengateswaran
Keyword(s):  
Control Engineering ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
And Control
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