Curriculum for
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Technology
Course Content
Control Technology
COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS KNOWLEDGE
Control Technology (2+1) AREA/DOMAIN
32 Theory + 48 Lab Breadth
Bloom’s
After completion of this course, students will be able to: Taxonomy PLO
Level
Define control technology in term of various types, applications,
CLO-1 performance analysis of open loop and closed loop systems and C-1 1
familiarization of stability.
Illustrate and develop a mathematical model of electrical and mechanical
CLO-2 systems and understand the block diagram representation and signal flow C-2 3
graph techniques.
Analyze stability of Linear Time Invariant systems using stability tools. E.g.,
CLO-3 C-4 4
Routh Hurwitz Criteria, Bode etc.
Analyze industrial applications of control technology, having servo
CLO-4 C-4 2
mechanism and PID controller familiarization.
CLO-5 Use MATLAB Simulink to evaluate various control blocks outputs P-3 5
Report effectively the laboratory work including procedures, results, and
CLO-6 P-4 10
conclusion of experiments.
Course Outline for Theory
Introduction to control systems; open-loop and closed-loop systems.
Transfer functions; block diagrams, signal flow graphs.
Introduction to modeling; formation of differential equations of electrical, mechanical, and other systems, transfer
functions.
Stability; Routh’s stability criterion, types, and analysis of feedback control systems; root locus, transfer function
matrices; PID controllers and compensators.
Course Outline for Lab
• Using MATLAB for control systems
• Modelling of physical systems, linear control system modelling
• LTI Systems
• First & Second Order system response, Nyquist Criteria, Root-Locus & Bode plots
• PI, PD and PID controllers
• Servo motor control
Recommended Books
1. Katsuhiko Ogata, (2009) “Modern Control Engineering,” 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0130609072.
2. Constantine H. Houpis and Stuart N. Sheldon, (2013), “Linear Control System Analysis and Design with
MATLAB”, Sixth Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1466504264
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