Control System Modelling Case Studies

Purpose
The case study is a Research Paper and is to be used as a tool to assist you in developing
new skills in research, analysis and technical communication. The case study report is
intended to encourage the development of your ability to critically review a chosen topic
relevant to the unit of Control Systems and your ability to prepare a formal research report
on an assigned topic. These skills will be very valuable for your professional development
and will greatly assist you in taking on the responsibilities of a professional engineer.

You are provided with an opportunity to practice and develop your skills in critical thinking,
develop a better understanding of the subject content in the unit being studied, and to
develop ways of improving your study methods. You are expected to write a technical report
which expresses these ideas in a formal way. As a result you will also be able to develop
and practice your technical writing skills.

At the end of the case study you will submit a completed report on the ‘Blackboard’ that will
be assessed by your lecturer and this assessment will form a part of the assessment for the
unit.

What is expected in the case study report

You will prepare a report of about six pages (do not exceed 10 pages including figures,
tables etc):
 On a topic assigned to you.
 You will explain the problem with the help of a block diagram and develop a transfer
function fully documenting all aspects of the mathematical modelling.
 Provide a block diagram of multiple loops if necessary and show a single block or
closed-loop system which is simplified from the multi-loop diagram. 
 Explain the above process with the help of references and list the references at the
end of the report. 
 You are not required to create an original mathematical model. You can use
available resources (textbook, online research articles or published industrial case
studies) and summarize the modelling process in your own words.  

Academic Misconduct .

“Edith Cowan University regards academic misconduct of any form as unacceptable. Academic misconduct
includes, but is not limited to:

 plagiarism;
 unauthorised collaboration;
 cheating in examinations;
 theft of other students’ work.

The university defines academic misconduct as follows:

 means conduct in relation to any academic work that is dishonest or unfair.
“academic misconduct”
“cheating” means conduct in any assessment that is dishonest.

“plagiarism” means to knowingly or unknowingly present as one’s own work the ideas or
writings of another without appropriate acknowledgment or
referencing This includes, but is not limited to:

 paraphrasing text without acknowledgment of the source;

 paraphrasing text inadequately with acknowledgment of the
source;
 copying the text of another student’s assignment or other
students’ assignments; and
 copying of visual representations (cartoons, line drawings,
photos, paintings and computer programs).

A staff member, who has reasonable grounds to believe that a student has committed some form of academic
misconduct, shall follow the provisions of Admission, Enrolment and Academic Progress Rule 40 available in the
ECU Handbook.”