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

          ● Introduction to Nonlinear Systems
          ● Nonlinear State Models
          ● Properties of Solutions of ODEs
          ● Phase Plane Analysis
          ● Limit Cycles
          ● Lyapunov Theory for Autonomous Non-autonomous Systems
          ● The Invariance Principle and LaSalle's Theorem
          ● Barbalat's Lemma
          ● Domain of Attraction and It's Estimation 
          ● Bifurcation
          ● The Center Manifold Theorem
          ● Boundedness and Ultimate Boundedness
          ● Stability of Perturbed Systems: Vanishing and Non-Vanishing Perturbations
          ● Slowly varying systems
          ● Singular Perturbations
          ● Passivity and Dissipativity
          ● Absolute Stability: Circle and Popov Criteria
          ● Input-to-State Stability
          ● Input-to-Output Stability
          ● Small-Gain Theorem
          ● Final Projects: New Applied/Theoretical Emerging Topics

References

   Text books:
            Nonlinear Systems
             H. K. Khalil; Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 2002
 
            Applied Nonlinear Control
             J. J. Slotine and w. Li; Prentice Hall, 1st edition, 1990.
 
            Nonlinear Systems Analysis
             M. Vidyasagar; Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 1992.
 
    Additional References:
            Nonlinear Systems: Analysis, Stability and Control
               S. Sastry; Springer, 1999
 
            Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
               L. Perko; Springer, 3rd Edition, 2006 
 
            Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering
               S. H. Strogatz, CRC Press, 1st Edition, 2000
 
            Singular Perturbation Methods in Control: Analysis and Design
               P.V. Kokotovic, H. K. Khalil, and J. O'reilly, Academic Press, 1986
 
            An Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos
               G. C. Layek, Springer-India, 2015
 
            Introduction to Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos
               S. Wiggins, Springer, 2nd Edition, 2003
 
            Slow Integral Manifolds in Control and Graduate Education in Samara
               M. Osintsev and V. Sobolev, IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Volume 45, Issue 11, Page 45-50, 2012
 
            Nonlinear Control
               Hassan Khalil, Pearson, 1st Edition, 2015

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.
  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 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%