ECE 463 Syllabus

BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 463/663: Modern Control

Syllabus: Summer 2026

Updated 08/09/2025

Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Resources - Comments

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Instructor: Jacob Glower

Email: Jacob.glower@ndsu.edu
Class Times: On-line

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Date	Topic	Lecture YouTube PlayList	Handouts & Code Used in lecture	Homework
Week #1 May 18-22	Syllabus Sides #0	0: Intro to ECE463		HW #1 Solution #1 (pdf) Solution #1 (YouTube)
	MATLAB Review Slides #1	1 Matlab Review
	LaPlace Transforms Slides #2	2 LaPlace Transform	2 1^st &2^nd Order Approx - 2^nd Order Approximations
Week #2 May 25-29	State Space Slides #3	3 State Space	3 State Space	HW #2 Solution #2 (pdf) Solution #2 (YouTube)
	Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Slides #4	4 Eigenvalues	4 Eigenvalues Heat
	Canonical Forms & Similarity Transforms Slides #5	5 Canonical Forms	5 Canonical Forms Ball BallDisplay BallDynamics
Week #3 June 1-5	LaGrangian Dynamics Slides #6	6 LaGrangian Dynamics	6 LaGrangian Dynamics Cart CartDisplay CartDynamics	HW #3 Solution #3 (pdf) Solution #3 (YouTube)
	Cart & Pendulum System Slides #7	7 Cart & Pendulum	Gantry GantryDisplay GantryDynamics
	Ball and Beam System Slides #8	8 Ball and Beam	Beam BeamDisplay BeamDynamics
	Dynamics of a Double Pendulum Slides #10	10 Double Pendulum DP Demo	Cart2 Cart2Display Cart2Dynamics
Week #4 June 8-12	Review *			Test #1 Test #1 Solution (pdf) Test #1 (YouTube)
	Test #1 State-Space & Modeling		Gantry2 Gantry2Display Gantry2Dynamics
Week #5 June 15-19	Controllability / Observability Slides #11	11 Controllability		HW #4 Solution #4 (pdf) Solution #4 (YouTube)
	Full-State Feedback Slides #12	12 Feedback
	Bass Gura Slides #13	13 Bass Gura
Week #6 June 22-26	Pole Placement: Heat Eq Slides #14	14 PPL Heat	Cart CartDisplay CartDynamics	HW #5 Solution #5 (pdf) Solution #5 (YouTube)
	Pole Placement: Cart & Pendulum Slides #15	15 PPL Cart	Gantry GantryDisplay GantryDynamics
	Servo-Compensators Slides #16	16 DC Servo Comp	Beam BeamDisplay BeamDynamics
Week #7 June 29-July 3	Full-Order Observers Slides #19	19 Full Order Observers	Step3	HW #6 Solution #6 (pdf) Solution #6 (YouTube)
	The Separation Principle Slides #20	20 The Separation Principle
	Observers and Disturbances Slides #21	21 Observers and Disturbances
Week #8 July 6-10	Review *			Test #2 Test #2 Solution (pdf) Test #2 (YouTube)
	Test #2 *
Week #9 July 13-17	Calculus of Variations Slides #23	23: Calc of Var		HW #7 Solution #7 (pdf) Solution #7 (YouTube)
	The Ricatti Equation Slides #24	24: Ricatti Eq
	Optimal Control (LQG) Slides #25	25: LQG
Week #10 July 20-24	LQG Control with Multiple Inputs Slides #26	26: LQG MI		HW #8 Solution #8 (pdf) Solution #8 (YouTube)
	LQG Control with Servo-Compensators Slides #27	27: LQG & Servo
	LQG with MIMO Servo-Compensators Slides #28	28: MIMO LQG
Week #11 July 27-31	LQG Observers Slides #29	29: LQG Observers		HW #9 Solution #9 (pdf) Solution #9 (YouTube)
	Kalman Filters Kalman Filter Example Slides #30	30: Kalman Filters
	LQG/LTR Control Slides #31	31: LQG/LTR
	LQG/LTR with Servo-Compensators Slides #32	32: LQG/LTR Servo
Week #12 Aug 3-7	Review *		Cart2 Cart2Display Cart2Dynamics	Test #3 Test #3 Solution (pdf) Test #3 (YouTube)
	Test #3 *
Extra Material Not covered this semester	Dynamics of a 2-Link Robot Slides #9	9 2-Link Robot	TwoLink TwoLinkDynamics
	SC for Sinusoidal Setpoints Slides #17	17 AC Servo Comp
	Generalized Servo-Compensator Slides #18	18 General Servo
	Pink Noise and Noise Cancellation Slides #33	33: Pink Noise
	VSS and Saturating Control Slides #34	34: VSS
	Reduced Order Observers Slides #22	22 Reduced order Observers
	Follow-On Courses Adaptive Control, Robust Control, Multivariable Control, Nonlinear Control, Robotics, Self-Tuning Regultors