Because a Laplace transform can be applied to only a linear differential equation, we must "fix" a nonlinear equation. The goal of control is to keep a process running at a specified condition (the ...

Sense elements are used to convert physical quantities of interest into electrical signals. For example, a Wheatstone bridge can be used to convert pressure into electrical output. Many sense elements ...

Feedback linearization has been studied extensively in the nonlinear systems literature (see, for example, [121,134,159,185]). In this text, we cover only some of the basic background to help the ...

Engineering design is often largely about the tradeoffs among the approaches to solving various challenges while meeting overall project objectives. These tradeoffs may be global such as balancing ...