A Unified Classical/Modern Approach for Undergraduate Controls Education with Integrated Laboratory

这个项目的目标是为教师提供一种综合的方法来教授本科生控制理论及其在各种机电系统中的应用。 该计划结合了古典控制（频域）理论的洞察力和理解与现代控制（时域）理论的计算能力。 通常，这两个领域的工具在一门课程的不同部分或不同的课程中讲授。 事实并非如此，正如我们在格鲁吉亚理工学院的本科和研究生课程中所展示的那样。 GA技术课堂方法将被集成到RPI开发的机电一体化实验室课程中，为学生提供在廉价控制器上实现控制设计的能力。通过这门课程，我们将为教师提供教育学生的手段，使他们能够对控制理论有一个很好的直观理解，牢牢掌握目前可用的强大计算工具，以及实际实现这些系统的能力。 理论，计算机工具和实验室经验的整合将为学生提供远远超过目前教授的任何标准课堂经验的教育机会。

The goals of this project are to present faculty members with an integrated methodology for teaching undergraduate control theory and its application to a wide variety of mechatronic systems. The program combines the insight and understanding of classical control (frequency domain) theory with the computational power of modern control (time domain) theory. Often, the tools of these two domains are taught in separate sections of a course, or in separate courses. This need not be the case, as is demonstrated in our undergraduate and graduate courses at Georgia institute of Technology. The GA Tech classroom approach will be integrated into the mechatronics laboratory curriculum developed at RPI to provide the students with the ability to realize their control designs on inexpensive controllers. Through this course we will provide faculty with the means to educate students such that they will develop an excellent intuitive understanding of control theory, a firm grasp on powerful computational tools currently available, and the ability to physically implement these systems. The integration of theory, computer tools and laboratory experiences will yield an educational opportunity for the students that far exceeds any standard classroom experience currently taught.