AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Optimal Control

Course Number: Aerospace Engineering (AerE/EE/Math/ME 574), section XE

Credit: 3 graduate credits

Tuition: $1041 graduate, plus $540 delivery fee

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Dates: January 14-May 9, 2008

Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 1:10-2:00pm

Enrollment Deadline: January 4, 2008

   The optimal control problem. Variational approach. Pontryagin's principle. Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Dynamic programming. Time-optimal, minimum fuel, minimum energy control systems. The regulator problem. Structures and properties of optimal controls.

Prerequisites: AerE/EE/Math/ME 577

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering Requirement

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Instructor: Ping Lu

 For information visit: www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplineSpring08.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Nonlinear Systems

Course Number: Aerospace Engineering (AerE/EE/Math/ME 578)

Credit: 3 graduate credits

Tuition: $1041 graduate, plus $540 delivery fee

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Dates: January 14, 2008 - May 9, 2008

Classes: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:50 a.m.

Enrollment Deadline: January 31, 2008

   Classification of nonlinear control systems. Existence and uniqueness of solutions. Approximate analysis methods. Periodic orbits. Concept of stability and Lyapunov stability theory. Absolute stability of feedback systems. Input-output stability. Passivity.

Prerequisites: AerE/EE/Math/ME 577 (Linear Systems)

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering Requirement

Note: May be applied toward Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Instructor: Degang Chen

For information visit: www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplineSpring08.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

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