ELEC372_Winter2024

ELEC372 Fundamentals of Control Systems, Winter 2024

CODE OF CONDUCT (ALL STUDENTS MUST READ THE CODE AND CONTACT ME IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTION)

Course Outline (updated on March 28)

Signals, Systems, and Control Demonstrations
Control Tutorials for MATLAB

Lecture Notes

Week 7 (color print preferred)

Week 8 (color print preferred)

Week 9 (color print preferred)

Week 10 (color print preferred)

Week 11 (color print preferred)

Assignments

Homework 1 (due on Monday, January 22 at 11:45am)

Supplementary Problem Set 1 (Quiz 1 will be very similar to one of these supplementary problems)

Homework 2 – Problems 1 and 2 in this homework are optional (due on Monday, January 29 at 11:45am)

Homework 3 (due on Monday, February 5 at 11:45am)

Supplementary Problem Set 2 (Quiz 2 will be very similar to one of these supplementary problems)

Homework 4 (due on Monday, February 12 at 11:45am)

Homework 5 (due on Monday, February 19 at 11:45am)

Supplementary Problem Set 3 (Quiz 3 will be very similar to one of these supplementary problems)

Homework 6 (due on Monday, March 11 at 11:45am)

Homework 7 (due on Monday, March 18 at 11:45am)

Supplementary Problem Set 4 (Quiz 4 will be very similar to one of these supplementary problems)

Figure of Problem 6 in Supplementary Problem Set 4

Homework 8 (due on Wednesday, April 3 at 11:45am)

Homework 9 (due on Monday, April 8 at 11:45am)

Supplementary Problem Set 5 (Quiz 5 on April 8 and 10 will be very similar to one of these supplementary problems)

Homework 10 (due on Monday, April 15 at 11:45am)

Tutorials

Tutors:

Hesamoddin Mosalli (UA) – Mondays 11:45-12:35 (MB 2.255)

Hesamoddin Mosalli (UB) – Wednesdays 11:45-12:35 (MB S2.465)

Razieh Abdolahi (UC) - Mondays 11:45-12:35 (MB S2.465)

Online POD TA:

Saba Sanami - Mondays 9:00-12:00 (the Zoom link provided on Moodle)

Important Messages

Please check this page every Tuesday and Thursday before coming to the class.
Tutorials will start in the week of January 22.
Students must hand in the homework at the beginning of the Monday tutorials or upload it on Moodle, before 11:45am on Monday. No late homework will be accepted.
Labs will start on January 29.
Please see the corrected tutorial room numbers in the course outline.
All quizzes are closed-book. No calculators, course notes or crib-sheets are permitted.
The midterm test will be on Thursday, February 22, during the lecture time, and will include the topics covered in the lecture notes of weeks 1-5.
For the midterm, students are allowed to bring one 8.5×11 inch formula sheet. Anything can be written on this sheet, and both sides may be written on. You may photocopy things and tape/glue them to your crib sheet. However, the taping/gluing must be on all 4 corners so that the attachment is not a "flap" that can be lifted up and more written underneath. The surface area available is only for the one 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper. Only non-programmable calculators whose models are approved by the university, pens, pencils, erasers and straightedges are also allowed. If you only have a calculator whose model is not on the list approved by the university for the examinations, you will have to finish the exam without using a calculator. You are not allowed to share a calculator with other students.
A sample midterm test will be distributed in the class on Thursday, February 15. A Zoom link has been provided on Moodle for the sample midterm test session from 4:50pm to 6:00pm on Saturday, February 17. I will also be on Zoom to answer the questions. I will solve the sample midterm problems during the review lecture of February 20. I suggest that the students prepare themselves for the midterm before the sample test and not look at the problems before the Zoom session.
In addition to the in-person office hours, there will be an additional online office hour on Monday, February 19, from 10am to 12pm. The Zoom link for this session will be provided before the session begins.
I will have no office hours on February 6, 2024. Instead, there will be office hours on Wednesday, February 7, from 10:30am to 12:00pm.
Homework #5 (and all future assignments) must be uploaded to Moodle. No homework should be handed in at tutorials.
Midterm marks
Students in Tutorial Section UB (Wednesdays) can write Quiz #3 on Wednesday, March 20, in the first 15 minutes of tutorial.
Please note that there are new dates for Quiz 5 (April 8 and 10).
The office hours on Tuesday, April 2, will be from 10:00am to 11:00am only.
ENCS-approved calculators are permitted for Quiz #5 on April 8 and 10.
There will be no class on Thursday, April 11. There will be an online makeup class on Tuesday, April 16, from 1:15pm to 2:30pm. There will also be a review class on the same day (April 16) from 4pm to 5pm. The Zoom link for both classes will be provided on Moodle.
For the final exam students are permitted to bring in with them one 8.5*11-inch sheet of paper, written on both sides. Anything may be written on this paper. Students may photocopy things and tape/glue them to their crib sheet. However, the taping/gluing must be on all 4 corners so that the attachment is not a "flap" that can be lifted up and more written underneath. The surface area available is only for the one 8.5*11-inch piece of paper. Only ENCS-approved calculators are allowed.
The final exam will cover everything before and after the midterm (no particular emphasis on any specific part of the course).
Students studying at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science (GCS) must use an approved calculator during final exams, and this calculator must have a GCS sticker even if it is on the approved list.
A sample final exam along with the solution can be purchased from the copy center.
The recorded Zoom presentation for the last lecture is posted on Moodle. The review lecture will also be posted soon.
The last office hours before the final exam will be online, on Monday, April 29, from 10am to 12pm. There will be no office hours on Tuesday, April 30. The Zoom link is posted on Moodle.

Last modified: April 25, 2024