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The Systems and Control Integration Project is a challenge based learning project in which students collaborate in teams to apply their knowledge on systems and control for the modeling, validation, control and analysis of a laboratory set up. A complete control design, its implementation and analysis has to be carried out by teams and should result in a presentation, a demonstration, a report and a defence of the work that is scheduled by the end of the quartile. During the workshop various trainings are held for professional skills on academic writing, presenting and teamwork.Doelstellingen
TThe objective of the course is to have students collaborate in teams so as to apply and integrate material that is taught in the Systems and Control MSc curriculum so as to fully control a laboratory set-up (of choice).This is realized by combining the expertise of different team members (all in the Systems and Control MSc programme) and integrate the following learning objectives:
• Modeling. Objective is to apply one or more of the basic techniques to derive a mathematical model that represents the relevant dynamics of a specific laboratory set-up. Such a model can be derived from first principles and/or experimental data or a combination
of both. Students can perform data acquisition, data processing, and can set up suitable experiments to identify physical parameters from experimental data. For experiment design, safety issues and system constraints are understood and taken into account. Students
can implement mathematical models and are able to simulate model responses.
• Model validation. Objective is to simulate the acquired model and quantitatively assess its accuracy, validity and reliability on the basis of experimental data. Students show to be able to assess control relevant properties of the model including stability of fixed points,
controllability and observability.
• Model-based control design. Objective is to formulate clear and unambiguous control objectives for the controlled system. This formulation includes qualitative properties such as stability, safety of operation and robustness but also quantitative properties for
optimized or ideal behavior. Second objective on this aspect involves the synthesis of a controller that achieves these goals and the demonstration that a synthesized controller actually achieves the performance objectives for the validated model.
• Implementation of controllers on a laboratory set-up. Objective is to implement the controller on the laboratory set-up in such a way that the quality of the controller and the control objectives can be assessed or tested on the basis of a suitably defined
experiment on the laboratory set-up.
• Performance analysis and evaluation or verification of the design(s). Objective is to carefully assess the properties and performance of the synthesized controller(s), by providing certifications on the performance of the controlled system. These
certifications include assessments on the stability, robustness and quantified performance of the system. In addition, it is an objective to make a scientifically meaningful comparison between the performance of two controllers that have been designed for the specific lab
set-up.
• Demonstration and reporting of the controlled set-up. Objective is to provide a demonstration of the controlled set-up showing the performance and performance limitations of the controlled system. In addition, all design choices can be explained and motivated in a
presentation and in a detailed technical report that meets academic standards on clarity, structure, logic, objectivity, correctness and reproducibility.
It is an additional learning objective to train professional skills on academic writing, presenting technical material and intercultural teamwork.
Specific learning objectives on these skills are the following:
• Academic writing. Students are able to report in written on a technical design that meets the standards on readability, structure, reproducibility, grammatical and technical correctness, logical flow of reasoning, unambiguous and complete scientific referencing,
conciseness and preciseness in expression and mathematical rigor.
• Presenting technical material. Students are able to deliver a presentation of technical work in front of an audience of peers and/or experts. The presentation is given at a proper pace, showing language proficiency, making use of available facilities, with adequate
interaction with the audience, delivering the content in a structured manner.
• Intercultural teamwork. Students are able to organize work as a team, distribute tasks and plan research so as to meet deliverables. Students manage to collaborate with other team members and understand differences in cultural backgrounds.