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MSc Program Systems and Control

Introduction

As of September 2003 Delft University of Technology has installed a new two-year MSc programma in Systems and Control. The start of this MSc programma is strongly related to the establishment in 2003 of the Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), a merging of three former systems and control groups of the departments of Electrical Engineering (EWI), Mechanical Engineering (3mE) and Applied Physics (TNW). This center is housed at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE). The program is part of the 3TU MSc program in Systems and Control within the joint 3TU Graduate School

MSc program, first year:

In order to enter the MSc-programme the student should set up an individual study program using the following ingredients: compulsory courses, the current ideas about the theme of the thesis work, the specialization courses that bridge the gap between the compulsory courses and the thesis project, and the use of the free elective space. This list of should be approved by the MSc coordinator at the earliest convenience, but certainly before the end of the first semester. .

Obligatory system & control courses (24 ECTS)
Course Code ECTS Lectures
Introduction Project SC SC4010 3 6/0/0/0
Control Theory SC4025 6 6/0/0/0
Filtering & Identification SC4040 6 0/4/0/0
Integration Project SC SC4050 5 0/0/0/4
Modeling and Nonlinear Systems Theory SC4092 4 0/4/0/0

Elective system & control courses (20 ECTS to select)
Course Code ECTS Lectures
Aerospace Flight Dynamics & Simulation, including flighttest AE3202-11 5 0/0/6/0
Automatic Flight Control System Design AE4301 3 0/4/0/0
Spacecraft Attitude Control Systems AE4305 3 0/4/0/0
Flight and Space Simulation AE4361-4 4 0/0/0/4
Transportation and Spatial Modelling CIE4801 6 6/0/0/0 + 4/0/0/0
Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation CIE4821-09 6 0/0/6/0 + 0/0/4/0
Traffic Management and Control CIE4822-09 6 0/0/0/2 + 0/0/0/4 (computerpracticum)
Innovations in Dynamic Traffic Management CIE5804-09 4 0/0/0/4
Systems Biology LM3512TU 3 0/0/32/0
Automotive Crash Safety; Active & Passive Safety Systems ME1100 3 0/0/0/4
Robust and Multivariable Control Design ME1200 6 0/4/0/0
Model Predictive Control SC4060 4 0/0/3/0
Knowledge Based Control Systems SC4081-10 4 0/0/4/0
Optimization in Systems and Control SC4091 4 4/0/0/0
System Identification SC4110 5 0/0/6/0
Special Topics in Signals, Systems & Control SC4120 3 0/0/0/2
Fuzzy Logic and Engineering Applications SC4150 3 3/0/0/0
Modeling and Control of Hybrid Systems SC4160 3 0/0/4/0
Vehicle Mechatronics SC4210 4 0/0/4/0
Vehicle Dynamics B - Antilock Braking Systems SC4230TU 3 0/0/0/4
Control Methods for Robotics SC4240TU 3 0/0/4/0
Measurement in Engineering WB2303-10 3 0/0/4/0
Digital Control WB2305 3 0/4/0/0
Mechatronic System Design WB2414-09 4 0/4/0/0
Predictive Modelling WB2427 3 0/0/0/4
Process Dynamics and Control WB4432-05 3 0/0/0/4
Convex Optimization and Systems Theory WI4218 6 0/0/2/2
Control of Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems WI4221 6 0/0/2/2
Control System Design SC4026 3 4/0/0/0 (2 hours lectures and 2 hours exercises)

Free elective part (16 ECTS)
Free elective part to be chosen in agreement with the MSc-coordinator and/or MSC-Thesis supervisor (at least 16 credit points). Three credit points should be directed towards non-technical courses. For student starting their MSc after August 31, 2011, these non-technical courses must be directed to societal and ethical aspects. A (non-exhaustive) list of possibe courses can be found here

Profiles

To facilitate the choice of elective DCSC courses, the following list provides an indication of how they could be selected to produce four specific profiles.

  1. Systems and Control Theory
  2. Mechatronics Systems
  3. Process Control and Optimisation
  4. Information Technology and Control
A B C D Code Course
  SC4060 Model predictive control
    SC4081 Knowledge based control systems
  SC4091 Optimization in systems and control
  SC4110 System identification
      SC4120 Special topics in signals, systems and control
    SC4150 Fuzzy logic for engineering applications
    SC4160 Modeling and control of hybrid systems
      WB2303 Measurement theory and practice
  WB2305 Digital control
      WB2414 Mechatronic system design
    ME1200 Robust and Multivariable Control Design
      WB3404A Vehicle dynamics A
    SC4120 Vehicle Mechatronics
    SC4230TU Vehicle Dynamics B- ABS
    SC4240TU Control Methods for Robotics
      WB4432-05 Process dynamics and control

Courses in profile A place a particular emphasis on the fundamentals in systems and control, with an explicit orientation towards research. Courses in B and C are suited to the development of expertise concerning control systems in conceptually different application domains, and courses in profile D focus on the relationship between control and information technology. This profile distribution is only meant to provide an idea of how an individual course programme may be compiled and in now way imposes any formal restrictions.

Smart Optics

A relatively new research line within DCSC is the field of Smart Optics Systems. Smart optics systems are optomechatronic systems for increasing imaging resolution by compensating for dynamic disturbances. Originally they are used in astronomical telescopes, but smart optics systems have found application in other disciplines where high resolution is needed, such as in lithography, microscopy, camera systems, optical communication, etc. The main disciplines in smart optics systems are system theory and control, optics and image processing. For students, interested in doing an MSc project in this area, the following list provides recommended elective courses.

  1. AP3121 D       Imaging Systems  (strongly recommended)
  2. ET4283           Advanced Digital Image Processing (strongly recommended)
  3. SC4120           Selected Topics in Signals, Systems and Control (if focused on Adaptive Optics)
  4. AP3391           Geometrical Optics
  5. BM3155         Medical Imaging
  6. AP2331TU D Medical Imaging
  7. BM1150R       Biomedical Image Processing
  8.                         Detection of Light (University of Leiden, dr. Kenworthy)

 

MSc program, second year:

The Graduation guide is intended as a guide for students who are about to enter their second year of the two-year Master programme Systems and Control. It supplements the MSc study guide. The template for the 'written agreement' mentioned in the appendix of the Graduation guide can be downloaded here.

Project work (3 ECTS (formerly 4))
Literature study (15 ECTS (formerly 14))
Traineeship (optional, 15 ECTS (formerly 14))
Thesis work (42 ECTS)

DCSC keeps a list with current open "thesis subjects", but students are welcome to submit their own suggestions. Have a look at our list of active MSc students.

The MSc students of DCSC are cordially invited to participate in the MSc colloquia.

Some more information can be found on this page and on the official education site of the faculty 3mE. You may also contact the MSc coordinator Peter Heuberger.

The time-schedule for the academic calendar can be found here.

MSc students of DCSC can join Out of Control, a group for students and by students.

Thesis project within other MSc programs

For students in other MSc programs there is a possibility to do the final MSc project in the field of systems and control engineering.

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