Courses
24.371 Electromechanical
Systems
Tue/Thu 10:30am-12:00pm
SH125
Office Hours: Tue 5:00pm-7:00pm
Most mechanical devices need,
or are enhanced by, an electrical or computer subsystem. This course is intended to teach Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students about these subsystems. The course starts with basic analog electrical components, analog circuit analysis techniques, logic and digital circuit design, transistor physics, operational amplifiers, sensors and actuators, and microcontroller programming. Using these electrical and computer tools, students will learn to analyze sensory signals and control actuators as a way to construct integrated electromechanical systems. Three laboratory assignments include design, construction, and analysis of analog and digital circuits, and programming a microcontroller to control a motor.
16.299 Introduction to
Feedback Control Systems
Tue/Thu 1:30pm-3:00pm
NSH 3002
Office Hours: Tue 5:00pm-7:00pm
This course is
designed as a first course in feedback control and systems for computer science
majors. Course topics will include
systems, dynamic response, feedback control, time and frequency domain
analysis, Laplace transforms, state-space design, digital control, and robotic
control. Laboratory work will include
implementation of controllers for force feedback robotic devices. Priorities will be given to those with
robotics minor.
16.299 Introduction to
Feedback Control Systems
Mon/Wed 9:30am-11:00am
NSH 3002
24.779 Humans Systems and
Control
Mon/Wed 9:00am-10:30pm
NSH 3002
This course
covers the mechanisms of human motor systems and control, using arm movements
as an example. The course starts from
the anatomy of muscles, sensors, spinal cord, and brain; then functional
analysis of these system components will follow. After system analysis, all components are integrated to study
feedback control dynamics. Using
physiological studies such as psychophysical and lesion experiments, the course
covers classic to modern theories of how the nervous systems may control
movements. Advance topics include
adaptation, representation, coordinate systems, cognitive involvement, and
rehabilitation techniques for motor impaired patients.
16.299 Introduction to
Feedback Control Systems
Mon/Wed 9:30am-11:00am
24.779 Humans Systems and
Control
Tue/Thu 10:30am-12:00pm