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ELEC 372

Fundamentals of Control Systems

3.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2025

Topics

  • Feedback-system models
  • Transient and steady-state response
  • Linear-system stability
  • Root locus
  • Frequency-response methods
  • Controller and compensator design
  • MATLAB Control System Toolbox

Readings

  • B.C. Kuo and H. Golnaraghi, Automatic Control Systems, Wiley.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • N.S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, Wiley.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • G. Franklin, J.D. Powell and A. Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Prentice Hall.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • S. Hashtrudi Zad, supplementary course notes, provided on Moodle.
    Listed reading
  • Listed textbook; requirement not explicitly stated: Richard C. Dorf and Robert H. Bishop, Modern Control Systems, 14th ed., Pearson, 2022.
    Listed reading
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