Instructor

M. J. Yazdanpanah
Professor of Electrical Engineering

School of Electrical and Computer Eng., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
 
Office: Room #730, 7th floor, ECE Bldg.
Tel: 82084925
Email: yazdan@ut.ac.ir

Office hours

Students are welcome to set appointments through email.

Course Outline

          ● Properties of ODEs solutions
          ● Phase-plane analysis
          ● Limit cycles
          ● Lyapunov theory for autonomous/non-autonomous systems
          ● Domain of Attraction and its importance in design
          ● Multivariable circle criterion
          ● Multivariable Popov criterion
          ● Describing function method
          ● Design of local conroller for nonlinear systems
          ● Feedback linearization (I/S and I/O)
          ● Disturbance decoupling, non-interacting control, backstepping and sliding-mode technique
          ● New (applied.theorical) emerging topics will be covered in the final projects

References

   Text book:
               Nonlinear Systems
               H. K. Khalil; Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 2002
   Other References:
             Applied Nonlinear Control
             J. J. Slotine and w. Li; Prentice Hall, 1st edition 1990.
 
             Nonlinear Systems Analysis
             M. Vidyasagar; Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 1992.
 
             Nonlinear Control Systemts
             A. Isidori; Springer Verlag, 3rd edition, 1997.

Assignments

Homeworks
Course Project 
  Goals
       ● To make students familiar with the new (applied/theoretical) emerging topics in the field.
       ● To improve research, technical reporting, and presentation abilities of students.
  Preparation
        ● Students are supposed to select a topic and prepare a proposal. The proposal should be strictly related to the course syllabus.
        ● Prepare your proposal based on the specified format. (Use Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0 or higher to open, fill out, save and print)
        ● Students should orally present their proposals, each in 5 minutes, at a presentations session (held at the last week of the term).
        ● Final reports should follow the standard template and are supposed to be submitted within 15 days after the final exam.
        ● Students should prepare their presentation file according to the standard template and then
            present their final results, each in 15 minutes, at a session close to the deadline.
  Suggestions
       ● Start your search for an appropriate topic from the first weeks of the course.
       ● Be in contact with the instructor about your topic of interest.
  Important
       ● You should hand in a hard copy of your proposal at the presentations session.  
       ● Avoid any kind of Plagiarism! Read IEEE Plagiarism Tutorial IEEE Plagiarism Tutorial carefully to know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
       ● Submission of the results of your research work, to any conference and/or journal, is primarily, subject to instructor's approval.
 
  Evaluation of course project
 
Evaluatin of Course Project Percentage
Quality of report structure, format and appearance 15%
Quality of oral presentation 25%
Innovations, contributions, and depth of analysis/synthesis 60%

Evaluation

Evaluatin of the Course Percentage
Homeworks 25%
Midterm Exam 25%
Final Project 25%
Final Exam 25%