Control Engineering

Instructor
Dr. Muhammad Abid
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Mannual control

Advantages of automatic control

1. Cheap
2. Reliable
3. Accurate
4. Some environment may be inaccessible to

humane being
5.

Waste minimization

6. Greater yield

History of automatic control

Figure: Water level float regulator

Water clock

Watts flywheel

Watts flyball governer

Applications
Electonic Industry

Unmanned air vehicle

Wind energy

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Control system for a boiler - generator

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Computer industry

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Automobile industry

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Space exploration

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Medical industry

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Large optical telescope

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Chemical industry

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Magnetic levitation

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Robotics

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Economic systems

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Control loop

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Mannual control

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Control of the speed of a rotating disk

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Plant
The physical layout of a plant is an intrinsic

part of control problems. Thus a control

engineer needs to be familiar with the
"physics" of the process under study. This
includes a rudimentary knowledge of the basic
energy balance, mass balance and material
flows in the system.

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Sensors
Sensors are the eyes of control enabling one to
see what is going on. Indeed, one statement
that is sometimes made about control is:
If you can measure it, you can control it.

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Actuators
Once sensors are in place to report on the

state of a process, then the next issue is the

ability to affect, or actuate, the system in
order to move the process from the current
state to a desired state

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Controller
Finally, we come to the real heart of control
engineering i.e. the algorithms that connect the
sensors to the actuators. It is all to easy to
underestimate this final aspect of the problem.
As a simple example from our everyday
experience, consider the problem of playing tennis
at top international level. One can readily accept
that one needs good eye sight (sensors) and strong
muscles (actuators) to play tennis at this level, but
these attributes are not sufficient. Indeed eye-hand
coordination (i.e. control) is also crucial to success.
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In summary:
Sensors provide the eyes and actuators the
muscle but control science provides the finesse.

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Course Outline
Muhammad Abid
Room # SE104, Ext: 3440
mabid@pieas.edu.pk
http://www.pieas.edu.pk/abid/

Instructor

Course

CourseCodeandTitle: EE435 Linear Control Systems

Level: Undergraduate
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Laplace Transform, Linear
Algebra and Differential Equations, (PAM-225, PAM-242)
CourseWebsite: www.pieas.edu.pk/abid/index_files/LCS.htm
CourseMaterial:Click here
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Recommended
Text

1. Nise, N. N., ControlSystemsEngineering, 6th

edition, 2010, Wiley.
2. Ogata, K., Modern Control Engineering, 5th edition,
2009, Prentice Hall.
3. Dorf., R. C., Modern Control Systems, 12th edition,
2010, Prentice Hall.

Computer
Usage

MATLAB, Simulink

Assignments

Regular assignments
due in the following lecture
Late submission and copied assignments

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Examination

Two sessional exams and one terminal exam

45 quizzes

Grading

1st Sessional Exam

20%

2nd Sessional Exam

20%

Quizzes

05%

Assignments

05%

Terminal Exam

50%

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