Schedule (2025)#
Assignment Deadlines#
Assignments are due at 10 pm via Gradescope unless otherwise directed.
Deadline |
Description |
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Friday, January 17 |
Order Temperature Control Lab (no submission required) |
Monday, January 20 |
Class Policies Quiz (opens after Friday lab, submit via Canvas) |
Tuesday, January 21 |
9am, Homework 1: Computing and Data Analysis Review (first part) |
Thursday, January 23 |
Homework 1: Computing and Data Analysis Review (remainder) |
Friday, January 24 |
9am, Lab 1 (Exercise 0) |
Thursday, January 30 |
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Friday, January 31 |
9am, Lab 2 (Exercise 0) |
Tuesday, February 11 |
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Friday, Februrary 14 |
9am, Lab 3 (Exercise 0) |
Tuesday, February 25 |
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Friday, Februrary 28 |
9am, Lab 4 (Exercise 0) |
Friday, March 7 |
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Tuesday, March 18 |
Project Proposals (team submission) |
Tuesday, March 25 |
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Friday, March 28 |
9am, Lab 5 (Exercise 0) |
Tuesday, April 8 |
In-Class Exam (no Gradescope submission) |
Thursday, April 10 |
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Friday, April 11 |
9am, Lab 6 (quick quiz on Canvas) |
Tuesday, April 29 |
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Tuesday, April 22 |
In-Class Project Presentations (team, upload slides as PDF by 8am) |
Thursday, April 24 |
In-Class Project Presentations (team, upload slides as PDF by 8am) |
Tuesday, April 29 |
In-Class Project Presentations (team, upload slides as PDF by 8am) |
Final Exam Day |
Project Reports/Notebooks Due (team submission) |
Labratory Sessions#
Fridays from 10:30 am - 11:20 am (session 1) and 11:30 am - 12:20 pm (session 2) in 133 DeBartolo Hall (computer classroom).
Date |
Description |
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Friday, January 17 |
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Friday, January 24 |
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Friday, January 31 |
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Friday, February 7 |
Office Hours |
Friday, February 14 |
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Friday, February 21 |
Office Hours |
Friday, February 28 |
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Friday, March 7 |
Office Hours |
Friday, March 14 |
Spring Break |
Friday, March 21 |
Office Hours |
Friday, March 28 |
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Friday, April 4 |
Office Hours |
Friday, April 11 |
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Friday, April 18 |
Good Friday |
Friday, April 29 |
Office Hours |
Class Meetings#
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45am in 131 DeBartolo Hall.
Main Topic(s) |
Supplemental Material |
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Tuesday, January 14 |
Welcome |
Thursday, January 16 |
CBE 20258 Review |
Tuesday, January 21 |
Modeling: Linear Systems |
Thursday, January 23 |
Modeling: TCLab as First Order Linear System |
Tuesday, January 28 |
More About Nonlinear Regression |
Thursday, January 30 |
Modeling: TCLab as Second Order Linear System |
Tuesday, February 4 |
Modeling: Second Order Systems |
Thursday, February 6 |
Nonlinear Modeling: Exothermic CSTR |
Tuesday, February 11 |
Nonlinear Modeling: Hare and Lynx |
Thursday, February 13 |
Introduction of Feedback |
Tuesday, February 18 |
Feedback Control: P, PI, and PID |
Practical Proportional (P) and Proportional-Integral (PI) Control |
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Thursday, February 20 |
PI Stability Analysis |
Tuesday, February 25 |
PI Implementation Details |
Stability Analysis Revisited |
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Thursday, February 27 |
PID Tuning |
Tuesday, March 4 |
Optimization Modeling and Linear Programming in Pyomo |
Thursday, March 6 |
Nonlinear Programming Examples |
Tuesday, March 18 |
Dynamic Optimization |
Thursday, March 20 |
Simulation and Open-Loop Control |
Tuesday, March 25 |
Catch-up |
Thursday, March 27 |
Exam Review |
Tuesday, April 1 |
Project Consultations (in-class) |
Thursday, April 3 |
State Estimation and Model Predictive Control |
Tuesday, April 8 |
Exam starting at 8am in 136 DBT |
Thursday, April 10 |
Implementing MPC |
Tuesday, April 15 |
Project Consulations (in-class) |
Thursday, April 17 |
Project Working Time / Office Hours |
Tuesday, April 22 |
Project Presentations (in-class) |
Thursday, April 24 |
Project Presentations (in-class) |
Tuesday, April 29 |
Project Presentations (in-class) |