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Calendar

Week # Topics Key Dates
1 Introduction to course; review of analytical tools; translational first order systems
2 Solutions to first order systems, Rotation about a fixed axis Assignment 1 Due
3 Examples of rotational systems; Complex exponetials; 2nd order systems Assignment 2 Due
4 Response of 2nd order system; System inputs; linearity and superposition Assignment 3 Due
5 Higher order systems; State space representation; Review Assignment 4 Due
Quiz 1
6 Transfer functions; Block diagrams; Frequency response
7 Frequency response of 2nd order systems; Frequency response applications; Bode plots;
9 Electrical Circuits; Impedance
10 More Impedance; Transducers (Voice coil and D.C. Servomotor)
11 Review Quiz 2
12 Operational amplifier; Control systems (Black's formula)
13 More on control (Proportional); Intro to fluid systems
14 More on fluid systems; Thermal systems; Analogies
15 Review