MAE 143A – Signals and Systems (Summer Session I  2008)

Department of MAE, UCSD


Course web address: http://flyingv.ucsd.edu/krstic/teaching/143a/143a.html


 

Instructor: Prof. Miroslav Krstic, 1808 EBUI, 822-1374, krstic@ucsd.edu

Text: Franklin, Powell, and Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 5th ed., Prentice Hall, 2005.

Prerequisites: Admission to MAE or bioengineering major and grade of C– or better in Math. 20E, 20F, and 20D.

Lecture + Problem Session Time and Place (attendance mandatory):

TuTh, 5:00-7:50, and Wed, 4:00-5:50, both in PCYNH (Pepper Canyon Hall) 106

Makeup Lectures (attendance mandatory):

Saturday, July 12, 10:00-12:50, HSS 1330

Saturday, July 19, 10:00-12:50, HSS 1330 Cancelled.

Saturday, July 26, 10:00-12:50, HSS 1330 Cancelled.

 

Section ID: 626441

 

Holidays: none

First Lecture: Tuesday, July 1

Midterm: Tuesday, July 15

Last Lecture: Thursday, July 31

Final Exam: Friday, August 1, 7:00-10:00 pm (or perhaps during the last lecture)

 

TA: James Krieger (head TA), jkrieger@ucsd.edu

          Joe Doblack (1/2 appointment), jdoblack@ucsd.edu

 

TA Office Hours:

Monday, 12:00-1:00pm, EBU1 2101B

Thursday, 3:30-4:30pm, EBU1 2101B

 

Reader: Jason O’Grady, jogrady@ucsd.edu

 

Professor’s Office Hours:  Monday 2:00-3:00 or drop by any time


Grading:        
Homework 10%

Midterm 45%
Final 45%


Matlab tutorial
can be found here and some additional useful commands here

 

Final'07solution

Final'06 solution

Final'05 solution

Final'04 solution

 

Midterm'08 solution

Midterm'07 solution

Midterm'06 solution

Midterm'05 solution

Midterm'04 solution

Homeworks: 
hw1 hw1 solution

                      hw2 hw2 solution

                      hw3 hw3 solution

                      hw4

 

Exam Policy: 1) One page (front and back) of *your own handwritten*notes. 2) No graphing calculators.

Topics: Dynamical modeling and ordinary differential equations. Linearization and linear systems. Time domain properties of solutions, convolution. Laplace transforms, transfer functions. Fourier transforms, frequency response, spectra. Sampling and discrete signals. z-transform, discrete Fourier transform. Matlab for signals and systems.

Academic Dishonesty Policy: I plan on following the University rules on academic dishonesty (if you are considering taking chances, click here and read the lengthy Section 22.23). As a page of notes and a simple calculator are allowed during exams, it is specifically forbidden to: 1) collaborate or look into someone else' s work or their notes, 2) share either your page of handwritten notes or your calculator. It is unfortunate that exams are conducted in crammed conditions, so please keep your attention focused on your own work. Even if I don't notice collaboration or peeking into your neighbor's work, keep in mind that if your work is similar to someone else's (and especially if it is so in an idiosyncratic or erroneous manner), this constitutes evidence of academic dishonesty. Regarding homework, submitting work that is not your own constitutes academic dishonesty. There are two penalties for academic dishonesty: (1) any form of it will result in a failing final grade in the course; (2) it is the instructor's responsibility to report all instances of academic dishonesty to the student's college.  I have been forced to pursue this procedure in the past and in the most serious case it has resulted in a student's suspension (even though it was the student's first offense). What is important to note is that not just me, but also your colleagues are watching you and have as much interest in a fair grading environment as I do.  In most cases that I have pursued, the offending activities were reported to me by students in the class.