GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECHNICAL SCIENCES

Department of Mechatronics Engineering
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Name Dr. Hisham ElMoaqet
Office C116
Phone (06) 429-4500 Ext 4512
Email Hisham.ElMoaqet@gju.edu.jo
Office Hours Sunday-Wednesday: 12:00pm – 12:30pm, or by appointment
Teaching TBA
Assistant

COURSE INFORMATION
Course Name ME344: Control Systems I, 3 CrHr
Course Description Modeling of dynamic systems, linearization of nonlinear systems, transient
response, transfer function, block diagrams, steady state error and stability,
root locus, PID control, lead, lag, and lead-lag control, Bode plots, and Nyquist
stability criterion.
Prerequisites TME214: Dynamics and Vibration; ENE211: Electrical Circuits I; MATH205:
Differential Equations.
Co-requisites None
Text Book Control Systems Engineering, by: N. Nise, Wiley.
MATLAB: http://ctms.engin.umich.edu/CTMS/index.php?aux=Home
References Modern Control Engineering, by: K. Ogata
Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, by: G. Franklin, J. Powell, and A. Emami

COURSE ASSESSMENT
First 20% 6/4/2020 (12:30 – 02:00 PM)
Second 20% 12/5/2020 (11:00-12:30 PM)
Project 1 0% Individual (Details TBD later)
Participation/Quizzes 10%
Final Exam 40%

COURSE OUTLINES
Introduction to control systems
Laplace Transform
− Complex variables
− Laplace and inverse Laplace Transform
− Solving linear, time-invariant, differential equations
Mathematical modeling of dynamic systems
− Modeling of mechanical systems
− Linearization of nonlinear mathematical models
− Transfer functions
− Block diagrams
Transient response
− First-order systems
 − Second-order systems
Stability and basic control actions
− Basic feedback control systems
− Routh-Hurwitz stability
Root-locus analysis
− Root-locus plots
− General rules for construction of root-loci
Feedback control design by root-locus methods
− PID control
− Lead compensation
− Lag compensation
− Lead-lag compensation
Frequency response analysis
− Bode diagrams
− Filters
− Nyquist stability criterion
Introduction to discrete control

EXPECTED COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon the completion of this course, students should have the ability to:
− Use modeling techniques to characterize dynamic systems
− Analyze systems and understand their performance limitations
− Determine the best control technique to be applied to a specific application
− Design basic controllers in the frequency domain
− Learn the use of MATLAB and Simulink for control design

REGULATIONS
Attendance Attendance of lectures is obligatory. Excusable and non-Excusable absences
are counted the same. Excusable absences must be verified according to
university regulations. Attendance to be recorded by the end of each
lecture. Per university regulations, students with more than 5 absences will
be disallowed from taking the final exam.
Assignments The homework must represent an individual work of a student. All
homework problems should be submitted at the beginning of the class on
the due date. No credit will be given for late homework. Cooperation in
responding to homework questions is encouraged, as part of the
cooperative learning framework of the course. However, copying someone
else’s homework and handing it in as your own is not permitted and will
cause you to get a zero mark on all homework assignments. No credit will
be given for late homework.
Quizzes and Exams All quizzes and exams are closed book. NO makeup exams will be given, unless
the student had an emergency such as a surgery, an accident, or a similar situation
on the day of the exam. Grade will be ZERO for a missed exam.
Conduct in While in the classroom, all cell phones, PDAs, Laptops must be silenced or
Classroom turned off. Side talking during lecture is not allowed. Students are allowed
to enter the class within 10 minutes of the start time (unless there is a valid
excuse).