Course Catalogue

Control Engineering UESTC4003

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course introduces a range of techniques in classical and modern control, including state space representation and digital control. It allows students to appreciate the nature and application of control engineering.

Timetable

This course will be timetabled in blocks, typically one week in four with tutorials and on-line support available between each block.

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

75% Written Exam

15% Design Report

10% Set Exercise: Tutorials and computer labs

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

The aim of this course is to extend the student's understanding of classical and modern control theory, and to analyse and design linear control systems in the state space domains and digital domain.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ analyse control system transfer functions and relate the parameters to system dynamic performance;

■ derive the dynamic system response from the state-space form;

■ design and analyse controllers using pole placement techniques;

■ analyse linear discrete-time systems and manipulate transfer functions from continuous to discrete forms;

■ appreciate the use of Matlab and Simulink as simulation tools for control system analysis and design

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions