Advanced Topics in Control of Electromechanical Systems (866H1)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

On this module, you'll look at advanced topics in control of nonlinear electromechanical systems.

You will learn about stability theory, used to analyse performance of nonlinear systems and advanced control systems design methods. You’ll also apply both theory and methods to electromechanical systems.

Topics include:

  • introduction to nonlinear systems
  • Lyapunov theory and advanced stability theory
  • feedback linearization
  • sliding mode control
  • adaptive control
  • neural network control
  • extension to multi-input systems.

Teaching

65%: Lecture
35%: Practical (Laboratory, Workshop)

Assessment

30%: Coursework (Report)
70%: Examination (Unseen examination)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 120 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

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