Guzzella, Lino

System Modelling, Control-Oriented Models, Control System, Laplace Transform, Lagrangean Formalism, Mechatronic Systems, Thermodynamic Systems, Chemical Systems, Fluid Dynamics Systems, Loudspeakers, Turbines, Water Rockets, Geostationary Satellites

This text supports a first course on feedback control systems in an engineering undergraduate program. Ist primary objectives are to introduce the main ideas and to show the basic approaches for the design of simple yet practically relevant control systems.

The goal of the PAC-Car project, a joint undertaking of ETH Zurich and its partners, was to build a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system that uses as little fuel as possible. PAC-Car II set a new world record in fuel efficient driving (the equivalent of 5,385 km per liter of gasoline) during the Shell Eco-marathon in Ladoux (France) on June 26, 2005.