The class is joint listed with Aeronautics and Astronautics. Usually a few mechanical engineering students take the class as well. All experiments are done by teams of AA, EE and ME students. All experiments pose typical engineering problems that a control systems engineer must solve. Students must think critically about what appropriate models are, what features of the system they can ignore and what they can't.
Students analyze models to determine system properties.
Students determine what parameters they need to know, how these are defined, what options they have for measuring the actual parameter values, and the accuracy of the resulting values. Oral presentations, written reports and team communication. Students also prepare documentation for hardware control systems.