Rossiter, J.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-0633, Zakova, K., Huba, M. et al. (2 more authors) (2021) A first course in feedback, dynamics and control : findings from 2019 online survey of the international control community. In: Findeisen, R., Hirche, S., Janschek, K. and Mönnigmann, M., (eds.) IFAC-PapersOnLine. 21st IFAC World Congress 2020, 11-17 Jul 2020, Berlin, Germany. International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) , pp. 17264-17275.
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, 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. Based on the ranking results, a sample curriculum for a first control course is outlined.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) |
Keywords: | Engineering education; Automatic control curriculum; Introductory control curriculum |
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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: | 03 May 2023 11:32 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1803 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157781 |