General Information for 16.31
Grading:
Homework 20% Weekly Quiz 1 20% Friday 14 October 2005 Quiz 2 20% Wednesday 9 November 2005 Final 40% TBD Policies:
Course Readings
- Textbook reading assignments will be posted on the course web site.
- Occasional journal or conference articles will also be posted on the course web site for reading.
Homework
- Homework assignments will be posted on the course web site.
- You can collaborate with others in the class on homework, but only to the extent needed to understand the problem statement, and to decide on a solution method. However, the work that you turn in must be your own.
- You can consult outside reference material, but a reference must be adequately cited.
- Homework will be handed out Fridays, due back the following Friday at 2PM, except as noted.
- Late homework will not be accepted unless the delay is for a documented medical condition. Please provide as much prior notice as possible to Professor Coleman.
- There will hopefully be two (2) labs later in the semester that will be blended in with the homework. This will be group work, depending on the class size.
Quizzes and Final Exam
- Collaboration of any sort is not permitted on the two quizzes or the final exam.
Contact
- For feedback and/or questions, contact Professor Coleman through email for the best results.
Matlab
- This course assumes a working knowledge of MATLAB
- You have access to MATLAB on the departmental PCs in 33-202, the departmental PCs in the public areas of the Seamans Lab, and the PCs in the Aero/Astro Library.
- Please see Phyllis Collymore in 33-218C to have your ID cards activated for access to 33-202 and after-hours access to the Seamans Lab.
Required Textbooks:
- Bélanger. Control Engineering: A Modern Approach, Saunders College Publishing, 1995.
- DeRusso, Roy, Close, and Desrochers. State Variables for Engineering, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, 1998.
