ECE 6552

Spring 2015
Y. Wardi
Oces: TSRB - 429 and Van Leer - 368
Tel: (404) 894-8326
Email: ywardi@ece.gatech.edu
Oce hours: Tuesday, 10.15 to 11.45 in TSRB-429; Thursday, 3-4.30 in Van Leer - 368.
Text: Nonlinear Systems, Hassan K. Khalil, 3rd Edition.
Grading: Test 1, February 12, 20%; Test 2, April 2, 25%; Homework, 5%; Final exam,
50%.
Course topics:
1. Examples (Ch.1)
2. Second-order systems (Ch. 2)
3. Fundamental properties (Ch. 3)
4. Lyapunov Stability (Ch. 4)
5. Input-output stability (Ch. 5)
6. Frequency-domain analysis: Circle criterion, Popov criterion, describing functions (Ch.
6)
7. Feedback control (Ch. 12)
8. Feedback linearization (Ch. 13)