Rossiter, J.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-0633, Zakova, K., Huba, M. et al. (2 more authors) (Accepted: 2020) A first course in feedback, dynamics and control : findings from 2019 online survey of the international control community. In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 21st IFAC World Congress 2020, 12-17 Jul 2020, Berlin, Germany. International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) . (In Press)
Abstract
This paper summarizes the results from a large-scale survey on the content and teaching philosophy of the first, and in many cases the only, control course taken by undergraduate students in engineering and applied sciences around the world. The IFAC Technical Committee on Education developed and administered the survey in 2019. At the time of writing of this manuscript 201 control professionals have responded to the survey. The majority view is that the first course in control should focus on concepts and avoid excessive mathematical proofs. The responders ranked the depth of coverage of 63 topics commonly found in introductory control texts. A model curriculum for a first control course is suggested based on the ranking results.
Metadata
Authors/Creators: |
|
---|---|
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. |
Keywords: | Engineering education; Automatic control curriculum; Introductory control curriculum |
Dates: |
|
Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2020 11:21 |
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2020 12:04 |
Status: | In Press |
Publisher: | International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Related URLs: |
Download
Filename: 0744_MS.pdf
