Control System Theory and Engineering

Pedagogical objectives:

Students are able to discuss control theory in time domain. They are capable of applying the methods of model-based control theory of linear and non-linear systems. To an increasing degree, requirements on safety, sustainability and economic feasibility of technical products and production plants call for modern approaches of control-theory-based methods. Especially in the environment of control theory, simple and heuristically designed controllers have been reaching their limits. Systematic design of model-based controllers in the time domain allows considering of non-linearities and has the potential to achieve significantly improved controller results. Students are able to describe the necessary mathematics and system-theory basics. They are able to analyze time-continuous systems in the time domain. They are able to categorize systems according to system-theoretic properties. Further, they have the ability to apply formal methods in order to design controllers in time domain. They are also able to apply methods for designing controllers for non-linear systems and are capable of managing its operation.