Review of transfer function techniques and feedback
Frequency response methods
Process Control and transportation delay
Digital Control Systems and the Z-Transform
Implementation of control algorithms and limitations
Use of sensors and transducers in control system design
PLC use application and operation
Ladder logic generation and applications

100% coursework assessing Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
A 3000-word report on a practical control solution applied to a specific complex situation.

Laboratory-based lecture/tutorial/practical-based application – 36 hours.
Directed reading, information gathering and student supervised learning - 114 hours.

Nise, N.S. (2013) Control Systems Engineering, 7th Edn., Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Dorf, R.C. & Bishop, R.H. (2013) Modern Control Systems, 12th Edn., Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.

Golnaraghi, F. & Kuo, B.C. (2009), Automatic Control Systems, 9th Edn, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Laboratory facilities consisting of MATLAB and control systems training facilities. PC, control software, interface cards, servo motors, oscilloscopes, digital storage oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, signal generators, etc.
PLC and miniature conveyor belt mock-ups.
Library resources (books on control, several control journals accessible online, full IEEE Xplore access to academic papers, and various magazines)

None.

1) Deploy accurately appropriate design techniques of analysis and enquiry within the field of automatic control and systems engineering.
(ANALYSIS, ENQUIRY)

2) Apply design techniques to solve specific control problems and use decision-making in complex contexts.
(APPLICATION, PROBLEM SOLVING)

3) Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key concepts of control and its application, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge which is at the forefront of this discipline relating to process control objectives and control system components.
(APPLICATION, KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING)