Course Information
Instructor: Professor Erwei Bai,
Office: 4316SC, erwei@engineering.uiowa.edu
Lecture 10:30-11:20am MWF 3321SC
Office Hours: MWF11:30-12:30p.m.
TA: Kent Hutchinson, 2325SC, kahutchi@engineering.uiowa.edu
Prerequisite: 55:060 or equivalent.
Textbook: C.T. Chen, Linear System Theory and
Design , 3rd Ed. 1999.
Reference: T. Kailath, Linear Systems,
Prentice Hall, 1980.
Syllabus: (1) Introduction.
(2) Mathematical techniques for control, chaps 2 & 3
(3) Marix solution for state space equation, chap 4
(4) Controllability and Observability, chap 6
(5) Canonical forms and minimal realization, chaps 6 & 7
(6) Stability, chap 5
(7) Advanced Topics.
Assessment: Homework 10%, Exam 1 (TBA
) 25% , Exam 2 (TBA) 25%, Final (9:45am, Wednesday, Dec. 17) 40%
(Comprehensive)
Homework: Will be due on
Wednesdays. Graded homework will be returned the following week.
Cheating and Calculator Policy: See
attached.
Makeups: If you need a makeup,
you must either present a medical certificate or let me know at
least 3 days in advance of the exam. Generally, requests for
makeups for nonmedical reasons, will be denied.
Occasionally concepts and techniques will be
discussed in class that are not mentioned in the textbook.
Nonattendance will not be accepted as an excuse for not knowing these
concepts, if they come up in an exam.
Other Information
1. Calculator Policy: In an exam, while you may use calculators,
you are not allowed to:
(i) use a calculator that enables you to communicate with any
other person; (ii) use any programming features that your calculator
may have; (iii) conceal any preprogrammed material in your
calculator. We may conduct spot checks during exams. Anyone
found in violation of any of the above, will summarily get a grade of
F. In addition some of the more severe actions stated in (8)
below may also be recommended.
2. Before returning your graded exams, I may randomly photocopy a
number of these, and keep them for my files. This is to prevent
doctoring of answers after the exam has been graded and returned.
People who do try doctoring exams, should beware, that there is a
likelihood of their exam having been xeroxed. In such an event, I
will compare the exam answers brought back to me with what I have in my
files. Anyone found doctoring an exam will receive an F. As
with the calculator policy, more severe disciplinary action may also be
recommended.
3. Cheating Policy: If you cheat or indulge in any unethical
practice, in either an assignment or an exam, and are found out, you
will face one or more of the following actions:
(i) You get a 0 for the exam/assignment that the violation occurs for.
(ii) You get an F for the course.
The specific action I take will depend on the severity of the violation
as judged by me. You always have mechanisms for appealing any
decision taken. Should I take or recommend any of the above
actions, I will fully apprise you of these mechanisms.
As far as assignments go, I will tolerate
some amount of consultation among students. However, if you are
at all in doubt about whether the type of consultation you plan to
undertake is acceptable, please come and ask me before you do so.
If you don't, and I feel that your action has been improper, I will
take any one of the above disciplinary steps.