Course Schedule
| Class | Date | Subject | Reading/Tutorials | Homework | Assign. # | |
| 1 | Aug | 29 | Introduction | Reading questions are not required. | #.# = PDC Textbook SP# = Special Problems | |
| 2 | Aug | 31 | Programming Introduction | 1. Python Intro 2. Python If Else 3. Python Functions 4. Python Loops | Info Sheet, Quiz | 1 |
| 3 | Sept | 2 | Dynamic Modeling | 1. Python Arrays 2. Python Plots 3. Python ODEs | Quiz | 2 |
| M | 5 | Labor Day Holiday | ||||
| 4 | W | 7 | Dynamic Modeling | Simulink Intro, Simulink Sources, Simulink Sinks | SP1 | 3 |
| 5 | F | 9 | Control Laws P-only control | 1 (PDC), Simulink Control Loop | SP2 Quiz | 4 |
| 6 | M | 12 | Dynamic Modeling (cont.) | 6 (PPC) | 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 Quiz | 5 |
| 7 | W | 14 | P-only control/PI control | 7-9 (PPC), Simulink Two Tank Tutorial | SP3 Quiz | 6 |
| 8 | F | 16 | PID control | 10 (PPC), Simulink CSTR Tutorial | SP4, SP5, Quiz | 7 |
| 9 | M | 19 | Valve Design | 12.3.2-12.3.4 (PDC) | SP6, Quiz | 8 |
| 10 | W | 21 | Process Equipment | Ch9 (PDC) | SP8, Quiz | 9 |
| 11 | F | 23 | Modeling Review | 12.6-12.7 (PDC), Valve Design | 9.1, 9.4 (Hints for 9.4), Quiz | 10 |
| 12 | M | 26 | Exam #1 In Class | SP7 Exam #1 Part I In Class, Part II portion take-home | 11 | |
| 13 | W | 28 | Modeling | 2.1-2.3 (PDC) | Take-home Portion of Exam Due at 8 PM (turn in on Learning Suite) | |
| 14 | F | 30 | Modeling (contin) | 2.4-2.5 (PDC) | Lab #1 Preliminary Plan In Class | 12 |
| 15 | Oct | 3 | Linearization | 4.3 (PDC) | 2.4 (Help), 2.10 (Help), (See Hints) | 13 |
| 16 | W | 5 | Laplace Transforms | 3.1-3.4 (PDC) | SP9, Quiz | 14 |
| 17 | F | 7 | Laplace Trans. (contin) | 3.5 (PDC) | 3.4 (See Hints), 3.6a,c, 3.7a,c, Quiz | 15 |
| 18 | M | 10 | Transfer Functions | 4.1-4.2 (PDC) | 3.6b, 3.9, 3.17 (See Hints) | 16 |
| 19 | W | 12 | Trans Func/First Order Sys | 5.1-5.2 (PDC) | 4.2, 4.7, 4.10 (See Hints) | 17 |
| 20 | F | 14 | First/Second Order Sys. | Solve Energy Balance with MATLAB | Lab #1 Work Session | |
| 21 | M | 17 | Industrial Guest Speaker | Lab #1 Work Session | ||
| 22 | W | 19 | More Complicated Systems | 5.3-5.4 (PDC) | Lab #1 Due | |
| 23 | F | 21 | Review for Practice Exam | 6.1-6.4 (PDC) | 5.5, 5.14, 5.15 (See Hints) | 18 |
| 24 | M | 24 | Review Session for Exam #2 | Review | 6.2, 6.7 (See Hints) (Excel data file) | 19 |
| 25 | W | 26 | Practice Exam (in class) as HW 21 | 7 (PDC) | SP10 | 20 |
| 26 | F | 28 | Optimization | 8.1-8.3 (PDC), Engineering Design Optimization in MATLAB | Exam #2 in Testing Center (Th-Tu) | |
| 27 | M | 31 | Controller Transfer Functions and Block Diagrams | |||
| 28 | Nov | 2 | Closed Loop Systems | 11.1 (PDC) | SP11 | 22 |
| 29 | F | 4 | Closed Loop Systems | 11.2 (PDC) | 11.11, Homework Help, Quiz | 23 |
| 30 | M | 7 | Statistical Process Control | 11.3 (PDC) | 11.7,11.10 (See Hints) | 24 |
| 31 | W | 9 | Stability Analysis | 11.4 (PDC) | SP12, Quiz | 25 |
| 32 | F | 11 | State Space Design | 12.1-12.3 (PDC), Appendix C, State Space Modeling in MATLAB | 11.14 (See Hints), In Class Project Quiz #1 | 26 |
| 33 | M | 14 | Model Predictive Control | 20 (PDC) | SP13 | 27 |
| 34 | W | 16 | Nonlinear Modeling and Optimization | 20 (PDC) | Guest Lecture: Dale Smith | |
| 35 | F | 18 | Cascade Control | 18.1-18.6 (PPC) 16.1 (PDC) | Work on Lab Project, In Class Project Quiz #2 | |
| 36 | M | 21 | Cascade Control | 18.7-18.8 (PPC) | Work on Lab Project | |
| 37 | T* | 22 | Special Topics | Lab Project Work Session | ||
| W | 23 | No Class | ||||
| F | 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||||
| 38 | M | 28 | Safety | Lab Project | ||
| 39 | W | 30 | Feedforward Control | 19 (PPC) | SP14 | 28 |
| 40 | Dec | 2 | Controller Interaction Distillation Control | 20 (PPC) | In Class Project Quiz #3 | 29 |
| 41 | M | 5 | Review | Problem #1 Help Video Problem #2 Video - Solution Problem #2 Online Problem #2 Dynamic Solution Problem #2 Files | In Class Exercise | |
| 42 | W | 7 | Review | Lab #2 Written Report (2 Pages and 5 Min Presentation) | ||
| T | 13 | Final Exam from 2:30-5:30pm | 256 CB |
