Teaching classical control system course with portable student-owned mechatronic kits

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 509-516

  Enikov, Eniko T ^a   Eke, Estelle ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CARBON FIBERS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; CURRICULA; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION; MATLAB; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

CARBON FIBER RODS; CLASSICAL CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGNS; LOW-COSTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; MODELING ASPECTS; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; STUDENT OWNED;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84887309897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2012-86700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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