Short-term QIP-sponsored course on
Frequency Domain Control System Design & Experiments

July 31 - August 4, 2017

Organized by

Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur - 208 016, Uttar Pradesh

Last Date for Submission of Google Form: May 29, 2017.

Course Flyer

Update on 30/7/2017: Final flyer of course

Intended Outcomes of the Course
The short-term course is intended to provide the participants a sense of frequency-domain control system design techniques through interactive lectures and hands-on experiments. The participants are expected to gain confidence in building control systems using simple tools, and learn ways to save money on teaching and research of control systems. The short-term course will see simple ways in which to do practically useful research in control systems.
Organization

Organizer's Information

Dr. Ramprasad Potluri,
Associate Professor,
Electrical Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur.
Email: potluri@iitk.ac.in

Important Dates

Step No. Step Name Alternative Step Deadline
1 Google Form Submission 29/V/2017
2 Applicants receive notification from organizers about acceptance in the course 31/V/2017
3 Organizers receive the following material from notified applicants
  • A refundable caution deposit of Rs. 1000 through a demand draft payable to The Coordinator, Continuing Education Program, IIT Kanpur payable at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
  • Letter of approval from the head of the institute where the applicant is employed.
 12/VI/2017
Wait-listed applicants receive notification to go to Step 3. 13/VI/2017
4 Selected applicants receive formal invitation by e-mail to participate in the course. 15/VI/2017

Venue

Laboratory: Control Systems Laboratory, Westerns Labs 216, IIT Kanpur.
Lectures: PBCEC Small Class Room, Visitors' Hostel, IIT Kanpur.

Target Audience

Teachers of feedback control engineering with experience using MATLAB, Bode plots, root locus, and control engineering laboratories.

Activity Distribution

Each course day comprises roughly 1.5 hours of research lectures, 2 hours of hands-on practice of the theory, and 2.5 hours of experiments.

Outcomes of the Course

  • Design: Have Bode plots-based techniques to design SISO control systems reinforced.
  • Building: Gain confidence in designing and building control systems.
  • Saving money: Learn ways to save money on control systems experiments.
  • Research: See simple ways to do practically useful research in control systems.

Applying for the Course

  1. There are only 30 seats, and these are open only to teachers working at AICTE-approved institutes.
  2. To be short-listed for the course, please fill the google form at this link, and then follow the steps listed under Important Dates above.
  3. Please address all communication to

    Mr. Dileep Kumar,
    PhD Scholar,
    Electrical Engineering Department,
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur.
    Email: dlpkmr@iitk.ac.in,
    Ph. 7054176996/91-512-2597735.
Activity Chart

DAY 1: July 31, 2017 (MONDAY)
09:00 - 09:30 Inauguration.
09:30 - 11:00 Introduction to loop-shaping-based design of SISO systems,hands-on with semilog graph paper and laptops,Part-I.
11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break.
11:30 - 13:00 Introduction to loop-shaping-based design of SISO systems,hands-on with semilog graph paper and laptops,Part-II.
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break.
15:00 - 16:30 Demo lab: Low-Cost Control Systems Lab using Microcontroller-Based Control of DC Motor.
16:30 - 17:00 Tea Break.
17.00 - 18:00 Prelab & Lab of Expt.1: PMDC Motor Modeling , Identification, and Speed-Control.
DAY 2: August 1, 2017 (TUESDAY)
09:00 - 11:00 Control of brushless DC motor. (Dileep Kumar)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break.
11:30 - 13:00 Prelab of Expt.3.
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break.
15:00 - 16:00 Expt. 1 Conclusion.
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break.
16.30 - 18:00 Expt. 3: Ziegler- Nichols Tuning of Speed Controller of PMDC Motor.
DAY 3: August 2, 2017 (WEDNESDAY)
09:00 - 10:00 Path-tracking Control of Moon Rover. (Dr. M. Gunasekaran)
10:00 - 11:30 Prelab of Expt.5.
11:30 - 12:00 Tea Break.
12:00 - 13:00 Loop-shaping for Non-minimum phase SISO systems.
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break.
15:00 - 16:30 Expt.5: Control of Armature Current, Phase-I.
16:30 - 15:00 Tea Break.
17:00 - 18:00 Expt.5: Control of Armature Current, Phase-II.
DAY 4: August 3, 2017 (THURSDAY)
09:00 - 10:30 Root locus and Nyquist methods in quadcopter control. (Dr. SR Sahoo)
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break.
11:00 - 12:00 Path-tracking control of 4WS4WD EV. (AK Singh)
12:00 - 13:00 Prelab of Expt.6.
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break.
15:00 - 16:30 Expt.6: Disturbance Observer,Phase-I.
16:30 - 17:00 Tea Break
17.00 - 18:00 Expt.6: Disturbance Observer,Phase-II.
DAY 5: August 4, 2017 (FRIDAY)
09:00 - 10:30 CAN-based networked path-tracking control of 4WS4WD EV (AK Singh).
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break.
11:00 - 13:00 Graphical design of PID controller for FOPTD plant (Dr. R Potluri).
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break.
15:00 - 17:00 Simple Practical Exam and Discussion.
17:00 - 17:30 Tea Break.

 

All experiments are from M. Gunasekaran and R. Potluri, "Low-Cost Undergraduate Control Systems Experiments Using Microcontroller-Based Control of DC Motor." IEEE Transactions on Education. 2012.
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