ISTE Sponsored faculty development workshop on Control Systems.

A Model course plan proposed for “Control Systems” is given below:

Module 1: Basic Concepts: Introduction and significance of Control Systems; Closed and open loop control; Servo and supervisory control; Multi-level (Levels (0-3)) hierarchical structure of a practical control application with examples; A typical feedback control loop; Signals in a control loop : Set point, Control , Disturbance, Feedback, Feedforward, Output, Noise; Component models and their uncertainties; Typical performance issues and implementation challenges of practical control systems.
Module 2: Models and Response: Brief review of time and frequency domain I/O models for LTI SISO Systems. Pole-zero, degree, order, type. Response computation using discretization of CT I/O models. Numerical sensitivity and stability. Block diagram representation of Systems, Block diagram algebra, Mason’s gain formula. Superposition. Convolution. Response to standard inputs with arbitrary initial conditions, Steady state and transient response specifications. Bode, Nyquist and Nichol’s plots. Frequency domain specifications. Relationship of time and frequency domain specifications. State Space models for LTI SISO Systems: Interrelations with input-output models, similarity transformation, canonical forms. Zero state and zero input response. Computation of system response to arbitrary inputs using the state space model. Eigen values and eigenvectors, Modes of a system; Modeling Approximations of Practical Systems: Approximate Modeling of Nonlinear systems, Time and parameter scales, Fast and slow time-varying systems, Switched and PWM systems, Time delay systems.
Module 3: System Analysis: Concept of stability, equilibrium points, types of stability (local/global, asymptotic/uniform/exponential) with examples. LTI system stability, Internal stability; Routh criterion, Nyquist criterion; Stability margins using Nyquist, Bode and Nichols plot, robust stability. Stability margins for multi-loop systems. Relation with transient response; Root Loci and contours; Computing stability of nonlinear and time-varying systems using LTI stability concepts: Linearization, Liapunov’s first (indirect) method.
Module 4: Control Design: Performance specifications, steady state, transient, frequency domain, stability margins, sensitivity and complementary sensitivity; Controller Design Methods: PID control tuning, Model matching, Loop shaping: Lead/Lag compensation; Choice of control structure and design algorithm: 1 and 2 dof structures, Internal Model Control, Cascade and Feedforward, Smith Predictor.
Module 5: Implementation, Validation: Sampling of signals, Slow and fast sampling effects; Discretization of continuous time dynamic models; Numerical issues and Computational delay; Digital implementation: Digital processor, Data acquisition; Programming, tools, software validation; MIL/SIL/PIL/HIL Testing.
The workshop shall address issues related to teaching of a one semester Control System course at the undergraduate level, typically at the 3rd year and shall include issues related to :

(1) Model syllabus.

(2) Lesson planning

(3) Learning resources such as examples, simulations, videos, etc.

(4) Tests

(5) Experiments

It would also include, demonstration class teaching for several lessons covering topics across the syllabus, Model tutorials, discussions on laboratory environment and the experiments, in-depth teaching of a few critical concepts meant for the instructor.

Duration : The duration of the workshop is two weeks (10 working days). It will start on Tuesday 2nd December, 2014 at 9:00 AM and will end on Friday 12th December, 2014 with a day break on Sunday 7th December only.The participants must report to the respective remote centres by 8:00 AM on 2nd December, 2014.

Venue: 242 remote centers located in different parts of the country. The list of participating remote centers are given along with online application form.

The workshop is likely to benefit regular/visiting faculty colleagues who are teaching subjects like Control Systems, Signal Processing,Signals and Systems, Process Control, Flight Control , Dynamics etc at the undergraduate or the postgraduate level.

The participants must be a regular/visiting faculty in Engineering degree college / Polytechnic / Other degree colleges. They must have at least B.Tech degree or M.Sc. degree(Physics or Mathematics).They should be teaching in departments ( Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, I.T., Computer Sc., Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Aerospace Engineering, Physics & Mathematics ), where subjects like Control Systems, Signal Processing, Signals and Systems, Process Control, Flight Control, Dynamics etc. are taught.

It is mandatory that while registering for the workshop, the participants should submit scanned copy of a letter (Permission Letter) from the Principal/ Head of the Institute in the format as specified in the website. Registration without this letter will not be considered.

Please note that this workshop is conducted under the CEP IIT Kharagpur. Live recording of the course and other created contents will be released under Open Source through a portal. The recorded CD/DVD of the course lectures will be available for distribution, at cost, to any individual or institution. All participants are required to sign an undertaking for such release of contents contributed by them during and after the workshop. The recognition and citation will naturally be made for all contributors.

Since the workshop is funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Government of India), there is no course fee for participation.

Remote Centers are being funded to provide tea/lunch on each day of the workshop, and for accommodation, wherever available, for a limited number of outstation participants. Travel expenses up to Rs. 1000/- one way and one-time will be reimbursed against proof of actual expenditure, for participants beyond a distance of 100 Km from the Remote Centre.