Radar Systems Engineering Lecture 4: The Radar Equation

This Free Radar Systems Engineering Course (video, audio and screen captured ppt slides) and separate pdf slides) has been developed as a first course in Radar Systems for first year...

Control Bootcamp: Introduction to Robust Control

This video motivates robust control with the famous 1978 paper by John Doyle, titled "Guaranteed Margins for LQG Regulators"... Abstract: There are none.

Robust Control, Part 4: Working with Parameter Uncertainty

The previous two videos showed a few different ways to quantify how robust a system is to model and plant uncertainty by looking at how much input and output variation it can handle before...

Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

From the book introduction:

The idea that we learn by interacting with our environment is probably the first to occur to us when we think about the nature of learning. When an infant plays...

Sprint - Test Flight 8 and Data Review

This video is part of a series that details the design, build, and test of Sprint - a thrust vector controlled model rocket by Joe Barnard of BPS Space.

Virtual Lab for a Two-tanks system

This is a virtual lab for a two-tank system that can be used for modelling and control learing/teaching purposes. Open-loop tests and closed-loop simulatons based on PI control or PI plus...

A simple MEMS gyro model using MATLAB / Simulink

This video walks through how to model a simple MEMS gyroscope using MATLAB/Simulink. At the end I show you how to linearize this model to use in your linear control loop design and analysis.

Simulink Onramp

Learn the basics of how to create, edit, and simulate models in Simulink®. Use block diagrams to represent real-world systems and simulate components and algorithms.

edX course: Dynamics and Control

This is an interactive course about the basic concepts of Systems, Control and their impact in all the human activities. First, the basic concepts of systems, dynamics, structure and control...

Radar Angular Resolution

This radartutorial.eu page describes angular resolution. Radar angular resolution is the minimum distance between two equally large targets at the same range which radar is able to...

Peter Ponders PID - Introduction

The purpose of this video is to inform the viewer about what to expect. My videos go much deeper than the typical videos. They are geared for graduate st...

Converting Constrained Optimization to Unconstrained Optimization Using the ...

In this video we show how to convert a constrained optimization problem into an approximately equivalent unconstrained optimization problem using the penalty...

A Hybrid Lab Experience: Blending Hands-on Explorations with the Flexibility...

This case study examines how the Earth and Space Science and Engineering (ESSE) department at York University in Toronto offered a meaningful remote laboratory experience to over 180...

Modeling Perturbations and Element Failures in a Sensor Array

This MATLAB example shows how to model amplitude, phase, position and pattern perturbations as well as element failures in a sensor array.

Systems Engineering, Part 2: Towards a Model-Based Approach

The role of systems engineering is to help find and maintain a balance between the stakeholder needs, the management needs, and the engineering needs of a project. So we can think of it as...

Why Padé Approximations Are Great! | Control Systems in Practice

Watch an introduction to Padé approximations. Learn what Padé approximations are and how to calculate them, why they are important, and when to use them—specifically in the context of time...

Pathfinding with A*

An interactive visual explanation of the A* pathfinding algorithm.  This resource uses motivating examples from computer games. 

Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering

A curated list of resources for Chemical Engineering students. The resources include syllabi, schedules, course notes, textbooks, screencasts, software, hardware, and other useful links.

Intro to Data Science: Overview

This lecture provides an introductory overview to data science. I will discuss the high-level goals of this lecture series, and how data science is about asking and answering questions with...

What Is a Con­trol Sys­tem and Why Should I Care? (Part 2)

This second video introduces some of the methods that engineers use to build control systems.  It shows how we use science to help us derive models of systems from both measurements and...

Nyquist Stability Criterion

The Wikipedia article on Nyquist Stability Criterion.  This covers the Nyquist plot, the Cauchy argument principle, and the stability criterion itself.  A mathematical derivation is also...

Reinforcement Learning with MATLAB.

This repository contains series of modules to get started with Reinforcement Learning with MATLAB.

It is divided into 4 stages.

In Stage 1, we start with learning RL concepts by manually...

A* Pathfinding (E01: algorithm explanation)

Welcome to the first part in a series teaching pathfinding for video games. In this episode we take a look at the A* algorithm and how it works.

Why is a Chirp Signal used in Radar?

Gives an intuitive explanation of why the Chirp signal is a good compromise between an impulse waveform and a sinusoidal pulse waveform for radar.

Neural Network Overview

This lecture gives an overview of neural networks, which play an important role in machine learning today.