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Course | | | Tech 167: Control Systems is a course designed by Dr. Julio R. Garcia at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. This controls course has been offered as a part of the Department of Aviation & Technology curriculum and generally requires prerequisites in Analog/Digital Electronics. Some course materials are available both in English and Spanish. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0411330. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF). | Course Description | | | The objective of this course is to develop an understanding and working knowledge of the fundamentals of feedback control systems: This includes work with applications of controllers, conditioners, and sensors to implement control systems used in manufacturing. Major topics include: Theory and application of feedback control systems, transfer functions and block diagrams, transducers, analog and digital controllers, signal conditioners, and transmission. [1] | Course Materials | | | Download the following materials to use in your controls courses: | Course Handbook | | | Laboratory Handbook | | | Presentation Slides | | | Laboratory Files | |
| About the Professor | |  | Dr. Julio R. Garcia received his B.S. degree from La Universidad Nacional de Educación "La Cantuta," Lima, Perú in Electronics. He received a scholarship from LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Program for American Universities) to obtain a Master's Degree at the University of Northern Iowa in Industrial technology, Electronics in 1975. He also received his Doctorate in Industrial Technology, Electronics thanks to an assistantship from the same university in 1988. He has been teaching electronics and computers for more than 20 years at Peruvian and US universities. Dr. Garcia has been teaching Electronics and Computer courses at San Jose State University since 1989 and Computer Science courses at the National Hispanic University since 1997. Both universities are located in San Jose, California. Currently, Dr. Garcia is the PI of an HP grant and has been the PI of two grants, one from the National Science Foundation (2004 – 2007) and one from the National Security Agency (2004 – 2005). In addition, he has received twelve professional development grants from San Jose State University. He remains professionally active by presenting papers at national and international conventions, attending professional seminars, evaluating programs at other universities, and evaluating proposals for the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. In addition to teaching he enjoys doing research in Computer Simulation. His hobbies are traveling, going to the movies and walking. [2] | | Additional Resources | | | The following resources provide more information about various topics covered in the above course curricula. [1] Course description and information courtesy of Dr. Julio R. Garcia, October 2007 [2] Picture and biography courtesy of Dr. Julio R. Garcia, October 2007 | | |
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