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MAE 281b: Nonlinear Control

General Class Information

Lecture times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00am-12:20pm, Center Hall, room 217B

Instructor: Jorge Cortes (cortes at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30pm @ FAH 3301

TA: Michael McCreesh (mmccrees at eng.ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30pm @ FAH 3301

Canvas

Canvas will be our online platform for class announcements, access information, turning in homework, checking your grades, etc.

Handouts

Course Syllabus: [pdf]

Homework Assignments

• Homework #1 (due 4/14/23): [pdf]
• Homework #2 (due 4/21/23): [pdf]
• Homework #3 (due 4/28/23): [pdf]
• Homework #4 (due 5/12/23): [pdf]
• Homework #5 (due 5/19/23): [pdf]
• Homework #6 (due 5/26/23): [pdf]
• Homework #7 (due 6/2/23): [pdf]
• Homework #8 (due 6/11/23): [pdf]

Course Notes

• Lecture #1: feedback control [pdf]
• Lecture #2: feedback linearization -- SISO [pdf]
• Lecture #3: feedback linearization -- MIMO [pdf]
• Lecture #4: nonlinear accessibility, controllability, and observability [pdf]
• Lecture #5: feedback stabilization [pdf]
• Lecture #6: input-output stability [pdf]
• Lecture #7: passivity [pdf]

Useful software

• Pplane.m version for Matlab 2017b
  copyright by John C Polking, Rice University, updated by Hugh Harvey and George Williams, University of Bristol, and Dan Schult

Old exams

• Midterms: Midterm1, Midterm2
• Finals: Final1

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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Ph: 1-858-822-7930
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cortes at ucsd.edu
Skype id: jorgilliyo