You will implement a feedback-echo effect and adjust its parameters in real time with a MATLAB graphical user interface.

This is the second semester of the intermediate level sequence intended for students whose conversational ability exceeds their reading and writing skills. Focus is on reading and writing, as well as broadening conversational skills and control of standard pronunciation, for students with background in conversational Chinese. Lab work is required. On completing this course, students should be able to speak the language with standard pronunciation, to converse with some fluency on everyday topics, as well as on some specialized topics, to read edited, as well as authentic texts, in simplified or traditional characters with suitable fluency, and to be able to write composition on certain topics. The class consists of a combination of practice, reading, discussion, dictation, composition and feedback, net exploration via the web, and presentation. This course is conducted in Mandarin.

Choosing the right hardware and software is very important when setting up or upgrading an automatic controls lab. National Instruments LabVIEW can be used with a variety of hardware options for creating a real-time control system. Three control system hardware options are outlined for controlling plants, such as the ECP mechanical plants.

The course addresses dynamic systems, i.e., systems that evolve with time. Typically these systems have inputs and outputs; it is of interest to understand how the input affects the output (or, vice-versa, what inputs should be given to generate a desired output). In particular, we will concentrate on systems that can be modeled by Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), and that satisfy certain linearity and time-invariance conditions. We will analyze the response of these systems to inputs and initial conditions. It is of particular interest to analyze systems obtained as interconnections (e.g., feedback) of two or more other systems. We will learn how to design (control) systems that ensure desirable properties (e.g., stability, performance) of the interconnection with a given dynamic system.

Infinite impulse response (IIR) filters are an alternative to finite impulse response (FIR) filters. Often, an IIR implementation can meet a given filter specification with less computation than an FIR implementation, but IIR filters induce nonlinear phase

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This case study examines the use of simple audio podcasts in a fully online distance education class, as part of the DUCKLING research project conducted by the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. It discusses the benefits of using podcasts as part of an integrated online learning strategy in a distance learning context, and gives an overview of how podcasts were used to introduce concepts, provide support for assignments, and to give students direct feedback on their work.

Introduction to the concept of a system, which is a mechanism for manipulating signals. Feedback concepts and superpositions are also briefly mentioned.

Infinite impulse response (IIR) filters are an alternative to finite impulse response (FIR) filters. Often, an IIR implementation can meet a given filter specification with less computation than an FIR implementation, but IIR filters induce nonlinear phase

Introduction to reactor dynamics including subcritical multiplication, critical operation in absence of thermal feedback effects and effects of Xenon, fuel and moderator temperature, etc. Derivation of point kinetics and dynamic period equations. Techniques for reactor control including signal validation, supervisory algorithms, model-based trajectory tracking, and rule-based control. Overview of light-water reactor startup. Lectures and demonstrations with computer simulation and the use of the MIT Research Reactor.

Introduction to dynamic processes and the engineering tasks of process operations and control. Subject covers modeling the static and dynamic behavior of processes; control strategies; design of feedback, feedforward, and other control structures; model-based control; applications to process equipment.

Introduction to the QFT control method. QFT stands for Quantitative Feedback Theory, which emphasizes the use of feedback in order to achieve adequate robust system performance tolerances despite the presence of plant and disturbances uncertainties.

Opportunity for group study by students through distance learning on current topics related to management.