Schedule

Approximate Schedule (subject to change)

Week	Date	Reading/Topics (Tentative Schedule)	Lecture notes	Reading (Click on topic in course map)
1	1/15	Impulse Response/Convolution	Intro Impulse Response Convolution Conv. Examples	Impulse Response Convolution
2	1/22	Translating Mechanical Systems	ZI/ZS Translating Systems	ZI/ZS Translating Systems
3	1/29	Laplace Transform Inverse Laplace	Laplace Transform Inverse Laplace Matlab for Inverse Laplace (script, html)	Laplace Transform Inverse Laplace
4	2/5	*Exam 1 (w/ take-home) 2/8** Transfer Function	Transfer Function Xfer Funcadelic	Transfer Function
5	2/12	Rotating Mechanical Systems Electrical Systems (use your E11 text)	Rotating Systems	Rotating Systems
6	2/19	Duals and Analogs Impedance Matching	Duals Analogs Work Energy Power	Analogs Work Energy Power
7	2/26	1^st/2^nd OrderTransient Response State Space	First Order Systems Strawbale House Second Order Systems	Step Response (1st and 2nd order)
	3/4	Spring Break
8	3/11	State Space Oscillations	Matrix Review State Space TF→SS Matlab for SS	State Space
9	3/18	Oscillations *Exam 2 (w/ take-home) 3/21**	Eigenvectors/values Modes of Vibration	Vibrating Systems
10	3/25	Fourier Series Fourier Transform	Fourier Series	pdfs from Nilsson and Riedel Fourier Series Fourier Transform
11	4/1	Fourier Transform Sinusoidal Steady State	Fourier Transform
12	4/8	Bode Plots *Exam 3 (w/ take-home) 4/13**	Relationship between transient response, frequency response, transfer function and pole-zero	Bode Plots
13	4/15	Thermal Systems Electromechanical Systems	Thermal Systems Electromechanical Systems	Thermal Systems Electromechanical Systems
14	4/22	Discrete Time Systems		Discrete Time Systems
	Finals week	*Exam 4 (w/ take-home)**

* Some (perhaps all) exams will have a take-home portion in addition to the in-class portion.

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Erik Cheever
Engineering Department
Swarthmore College