SEJ302 - Control Systems Engineering
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Offering information: | Available at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus from 2026 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| Prerequisite: | SEJ010 and one of SEE222 or SEM200. |
| Corequisite: | STP010 |
| Incompatible with: | SEM301, SEE344, and SEE407 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1 hour online content per week (learning modules), 2 x 1 hour seminar per week, 1 x 2 hour Practical experience (studio) per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (laboratory) per week in weeks 2 – 5, and 7 – 10. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1 hour online content per week (learning modules); 2 x 1 hour online seminar per week; 2 x 1 hour online Practical experience (studio) per week; 1 x 1 hour online practical experience (laboratory) session per week in weeks 2 – 5, and 7 – 10; and 1 x 2 day intensive lab activity in week 6. |
Content
This project-oriented design-based learning (PODBL) unit has been developed with significant industry input. The learning and assessment activities in the unit require students to explore and apply control systems theory on physical systems to develop practical skills and deeper theoretical knowledge, while also working as part of a team to deliver a well justified and validated control systems design project for a customer.
Students will actively participate in labs throughout the trimester that require them to work with electromechanical and fluid control systems. In these labs students will explore, apply, and communicate control systems concepts and skills such as theoretical and mathematical system modelling, Laplace and state space system modelling, system linearisation, PID control design and parameter tuning, stability analysis, and practical applications of instrumentation, monitoring, and data acquisition devices.
Project and individual work will require students to design and evaluate controllers for a variety of interfacing systems to solve a real-world problem. This will allow students to explore and create designed control system solutions for various dynamic systems by applying fundamentals of control systems theory, such as transfer function derivation, steady state error analysis, root locus and Bode methods for system modification and analysis, PID’s, and control system evaluation using simulation tools such as MATLAB/SIMULINK. Students will work in small teams to plan, manage, and report project deliverables to meet customer expectations related to cost, functionality, hardware selection, resourcing, and timing.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve an overall mark of at least 50% in the Individual portion of project portfolio AT2: Team control systems design project portfolio as well as AT3: Control systems lab portfolio.
Unit Fee Information
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