Module Code - Title:
EE4216
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CONTROL 2
Year Last Offered:
2026/7
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
EE4214
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module extends fundamental control principles with much more emphasis placed on the application of linear analytical techniques to control system design.
Syllabus:
Linear System Analysis: Transfer function description of plant with delay and non-minimum phase systems. Stability and Performance analysis using Bode, Nyquist, Routh-Hurwitz, and Root Locus methods. Introduction to modern control methods using state space techniques.
Control Law Design: PID design techniques for system compensation using frequency-domain techniques: Bode diagrams, Nichols charts and Root Locus. Lead and lag compensation. Benchmark methods for tuning PID controllers.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Analyse the effect of feedback on system performance in the time and frequency domains.
2. Examine the effect of closed-loop pole location on system performance.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Assess the limits of performance for practical system examples.
2. Interpret system performance using the following frequency domain performance metrics: Gain Margin, Phase Margin, System Sensitivity, System Complementary Sensitivity.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Design PID controllers for a selection of different problem formulations.
2. Identify and describe system transient behaviour using state space techniques.
3. Apply computer-based modeling and analysis tools to the question of control system design.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Lectures, Labs and Tutorials.
Prime Texts:
Ogata, K. (2014)
System Dynamics (4th Ed.)
, Pearson
Other Relevant Texts:
Nise, N. (2019)
Control Systems Engineering (8th Ed.)
, Wiley
Dorf, R. & Bishop R. (2022)
Modern Control Systems (14th Ed.)
, Pearson
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN DIGITAL MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENERGY
CERTIFICATE IN CYBERPHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
mark.halton@ul.ie