EC ENGR M240C
Optimal Control
Description: (Same as Chemical Engineering M280C and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M270C.) Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 240B. Applications of variational methods, Pontryagin maximum principle, Hamilton/Jacobi/Bellman equation (dynamic programming) to optimal control of dynamic systems modeled by nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Took for ENGR 183EW (system messed up so doesn't let you chose the correct course) and I am very glad it's over! For those of you who are slow writers or is a perfectionist, this class could be a nightmare. Felt like it was massive amount of work. What we did in 8 weeks was... A. Write one 2-page essay (dbl space). B. Write two 6-7 page essays (dbl space). C. Write one 8 page essay (1.5 space) and combine with 4 or 5 other team members to make it one group essay. D. Write five team reports (a page or two contribution per person). E. Midterm F. Take-home Final G. In-class Final (yes, you have to take 2 finals!) H. Make a 40 minute group presentation I. + several other minor things like writing a bibliography etc. Attendance is mandatory and taken for both sections and class (2x2 hours class/week, 3 hours discussion/week). Nothing personal, but lectures were 80% useless. The focus wasn't on ethics at all. I suggest renaming the class as "ENGR183EW History and Impact of Technology to Society." I found Dr. Browne as a better speaker but he only lectures twice or so. DC-10 case and the City Corp case isn't a bad story. The good part about this class is that statistically speaking, 60-70% get straight A's or higher so it's not too hard to beat the curve. I got my A but probably spent much more effort than average.
Took for ENGR 183EW (system messed up so doesn't let you chose the correct course) and I am very glad it's over! For those of you who are slow writers or is a perfectionist, this class could be a nightmare. Felt like it was massive amount of work. What we did in 8 weeks was... A. Write one 2-page essay (dbl space). B. Write two 6-7 page essays (dbl space). C. Write one 8 page essay (1.5 space) and combine with 4 or 5 other team members to make it one group essay. D. Write five team reports (a page or two contribution per person). E. Midterm F. Take-home Final G. In-class Final (yes, you have to take 2 finals!) H. Make a 40 minute group presentation I. + several other minor things like writing a bibliography etc. Attendance is mandatory and taken for both sections and class (2x2 hours class/week, 3 hours discussion/week). Nothing personal, but lectures were 80% useless. The focus wasn't on ethics at all. I suggest renaming the class as "ENGR183EW History and Impact of Technology to Society." I found Dr. Browne as a better speaker but he only lectures twice or so. DC-10 case and the City Corp case isn't a bad story. The good part about this class is that statistically speaking, 60-70% get straight A's or higher so it's not too hard to beat the curve. I got my A but probably spent much more effort than average.
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