Given that this is a laboratory-based course, extensive lab materials are available, including pre-lab descriptions, lab instructions, and step-by-step photographs and images. ActivLab, the name of the course's lab concept, gives the higher-level view of the lab exercises. In addition, sample exams and assignments are available.

First of two-term sequence on modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems. Mechanical translation, uniaxial rotation, electrical circuits and their coupling via levers, gears and electro-mechanical devices. Analytical and computational solution of linear differential equations and state-determined systems. Laplace transforms, transfer functions. Frequency response, Bode plots. Vibrations, modal analysis. Open- and closed-loop control, instability. Time-domain controller design, introduction to frequency-domain control design techniques. Case studies of engineering applications.