ECHE 550 Tentative Schedule
Date
Day
Wk
#
Reading Assignment
General Topic
Chapter
23-Aug
Th
1
1
1, 2
Intro to Control
28-Aug
T 
2
2
Solving Linear Equations
30-Aug
Th
2
3
Eigenvalues and Linearity
vs. Boise State
4-Sep
T 
3
4
3
Dynamics, Laplace Transform
6-Sep
Th
3
5
3
Dynamics, Laplace Transform
at Georgia
11-Sep
T 
4
6
Quiz 1
4
Dynamic Modeling
13-Sep
Th
4
7
4
Dynamic Modeling
vs. Bowling Green
18-Sep
T 
5
8
5
Low Order Systems
20-Sep
Th
5
9
6
High Order Systems
at Mississippi St.
25-Sep
T 
6
10
7 8
Inverse Response and Time Delay
27-Sep
Th
6
11
Midterm
vs. Alabama
2-Oct
T 
7
12
9
Frequency Response
4-Oct
Th
7
13
Drop Day
10
Linearization
vs. Kentucky
9-Oct
T 
8
14
11
Stability
11-Oct
Th
8
15
11
Stability
at Arkansas
16-Oct
T 
9
Fall Break
18-Oct
Th
9
16
13
Identification
vs. Vanderbilt
23-Oct
T 
10
17
Quiz 2
14
Feedback control
25-Oct
Th
10
18
14
Feedback control
at Tennessee
30-Oct
T 
11
19
15
Tuning
1-Nov
Th
11
20
15
Tuning
6-Nov
T 
12
21
Quiz3
16
Feedforward
8-Nov
Th
12
22
16
Feedforward
vs. Florida
13-Nov
T 
13
23
17
Difficult Dynamics
15-Nov
Th
13
24
19
IMC
vs. Clemson
20-Nov
T 
14
25
Quiz 4
20
Multivariable Modeling
22-Nov
Th
14
Thanksgiving
27-Nov
T 
15
26
21
Multivariable Interaction
29-Nov
Th
15
27
22
Decoupling
4-Dec
T 
16
28
27
MPC
6-Dec
Th
16
29
Review
10-Dec
M
Final, 2:00
 

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