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MECH&AE 171A · MAE 171AIntroduction to Feedback and Control Systems: Dynamic Systems Control I

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Introduction to feedback principles, control systems design, and system stability. Modeling of physical systems in engineering and other fields; transform methods; controller design using Nyquist, Bode, and root locus methods; compensation; computer-aided analysis and design.

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Enforced requisite: course 107.

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MECH&AE 107

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MECH&AE 171A

  • MECH&AE 107Introduction to Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
    • MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
      • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications3 more beneath
    • COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
    • EC ENGR 100Electrical and Electronic Circuits
      • MECH&AE 82Mathematics of Engineering
      • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applicationsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity4 more beneath
      • MATH 33BDifferential Equations1 more beneath

1 direct requisite. Showing 9 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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MECH&AE 171A1 more beyond

  • MECH&AE 157DAerospace Design Laboratory I
    • MECH&AE 157EAerospace Design Laboratory II
  • MECH&AE 162DMechanical Engineering Design I
    • MECH&AE 162EMechanical Engineering Design II
  • BIOENGR M296AAdvanced Modeling Methodology for Dynamic Biomedical Systems
    • BIOMATH M270Optimal Parameter Estimation and Experiment Design for Biomedical Systems
    • BIOENGR M296BOptimal Parameter Estimation and Experiment Design for Biomedical Systems
      • BIOENGR M296CAdvanced Topics and Research in Biomedical Systems Modeling and Computing
  • MECH&AE C163AKinematics of Robotic Systems
    • MECH&AE C163BDynamics of Robotic Systems
      • MECH&AE C163CControl of Robotic Systems
  • MECH&AE C171BDigital Control and Learning of Physical Systems
  • CH ENGR M280ALinear Dynamic Systems
    • MECH&AE M272ANonlinear Dynamic Systems
    • EC ENGR M242ANonlinear Dynamic Systems
    • CH ENGR M282ANonlinear Dynamic Systems
      • CH ENGR 283CAnalysis and Control of Infinite Dimensional Systemsanother path to it
    • CH ENGR 283CAnalysis and Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems
  • MECH&AE 172Control System Design Laboratory
  • MECH&AE C263AKinematics of Robotic Systems
    • MECH&AE C263BDynamics of Robotic Systems
      • MECH&AE C263CControl of Robotic Systems
  • COM SCI M296AAdvanced Modeling Methodology for Dynamic Biomedical Systems
    • COM SCI M296BOptimal Parameter Estimation and Experiment Design for Biomedical Systems
      • COM SCI M296CAdvanced Topics and Research in Biomedical Systems Modeling and Computing
  • MECH&AE 265AAutonomous Aerospace Systems: Planning and Control
  • MECH&AE 270ALinear Dynamic Systems
  • MED M270CAdvanced Modeling Methodology for Dynamic Biomedical Systems
    • MED M270DOptimal Parameter Estimation and Experiment Design for Biomedical Systems
      • MED M270EAdvanced Topics and Research in Biomedical Systems Modeling and Computing
  • MECH&AE M270ALinear Dynamic Systems
    • MECH&AE 270BLinear Optimal Control
      • MECH&AE M270COptimal Control
      • CH ENGR M280COptimal Control
    • MECH&AE M272ANonlinear Dynamic Systemsanother path to it
    • EC ENGR M242ANonlinear Dynamic Systemsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 273ARobust Control System Analysis and Designanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 277Advanced Digital Control for Mechatronic Systems
    • MECH&AE 279Dynamics and Control of Biological Oscillations
  • MECH&AE 273ARobust Control System Analysis and Design
  • MECH&AE C274Digital Control and Learning of Physical Systems

16 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 41 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

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