Information Package / Course Catalogue
Design of Control Systems
Course Code: ME420
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Providing students with the basics of classical methods and theoretical studies to analyse and design control systems. Enabling them to use Matlab and Simulink tools in designing of control systems.

Course Content

To enable to use Matlab and Simulink Control toolbox in designing of control systems

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.He/She performs mathematical operations using MATLAB
2. He/She builds mathematical modelling by computer aided
3.He/She simulates the model
4.He/She obtains transient response
5. He/She obtains continuous modes response
6.He/She prepares model with SIMULINK
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Dransfield, P. System and Control Part I: Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia, 1994
2.Shinners, S. M., Modern Control System Theory and Application, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1980.
3.Sarıoğlu, M. K. Otomatik Kontrol Cilt II, Sistem Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1996
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General concepts, and Matlab-Simulink
Week 2 - Theoretical
Transfer functions
Week 3 - Theoretical
Block diagrams and flow diagrams
Week 4 - Theoretical
Modelling of physical systems
Week 5 - Theoretical
Analysis of state variables
Week 6 - Theoretical
Analysis of control systems in the time domain
Week 7 - Theoretical
Analysis of control systems in the frequency domain
Week 8 - Theoretical
Root-locus analysis
Week 9 - Theoretical
Stability of control systems
Week 10 - Theoretical
Design of controller
Week 11 - Theoretical
PID controller
Week 12 - Theoretical
Modern control techniques
Week 13 - Theoretical
Stability analysis with Bode
Week 14 - Theoretical
Nyquist and Nicols criteria
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Report1%10
Assignment1%10
Project1%30
Quiz2%20
Midterm Examination1%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory160348
Lecture - Practice160232
Assignment2036
Project1099
Midterm Examination101010
Final Examination101818
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026