ECE 6390 Linear Multivariable Control Systems

Syllabus Fall 2014

Catalog Description: CR. 3. Prerequisite: ECE 6325, State-Space Control Systems.
Section: 24948, M/W 7:00pm - 8:30pm, Rm:D3-E321
Contact Info
Instructor: Dr. Robert S. Provence
Phone: 281-483-3443

E-mail: rprovence@uh.edu
Office hours: by appointment

Course Outline
Introduction & review of state-space systems
Transformations
Analysis of 2nd order state-space problems
State-feedback control design
Special topics

Modeling of MIMO systems

Control system design
State estimation
Realization theory of decoupling of MIMO systems

Textbook
Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design

by Sigurd Skogestad and Ian Postlethwaite

Grades are Determined by

30% Computer Projects
50% Final exam
No Late homework or projects accepted
Homework, exams, and projects are
independent work

Final Exam Schedule: 8:00pm - 10:00pm, Dec 17th, 2014

20% Homework
Grades posted on Blackboard

Classroom Policies
Makeup exam policy

Drop/Withdrawal Dates
Date of Religious excuse
Date of Disability excuse

Contact me before the exam begins

with your reason for missing and we will schedule
an alternate date for you
September 10th to drop a course without receiving a grade
October 31st to drop a course with a W
Deadline to submit a request September 10th
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