Automation and Controls

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Linear systems and their characteristics; the Laplace transform, block diagram manipulation, frequency response, application to first and second order physical systems; analysis and design of sensors and actuators; industrial automation systems, programmable logic controllers (PLC), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, distributed control systems (DCS). Prerequisite(s): Energy Engineering 340 or Mathematics 331; and Energy Engineering 425 and admission to the BSc Energy Engineering program.