Teaching

ME 361 — Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems

This course introduces methods and techniques for modeling and controlling mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems. This course focuses on proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) controllers and root locus techniques to design such controllers.

ME 207 — Applied Electronics

This course covers the principles of basic electric and electronic circuits and systems, which are essential for undergraduate students in mechanical engineering. Topics include resistive network analysis, AC network analysis, transient analysis, frequency analysis, operational amplifiers, basics of semiconductors, digital logic circuits and systems.

MECH 421 (UBC) — Mechatronic System Instrumentation

Learn a systematic way of integrating together what you have learned in previous courses to design and control feedback mechatronic systems.

• Circuits: Linear circuits, Op-amp circuits, Power amplifier, Differential measurement.

• Controls: LTI systems, Loop shaping, Digital control, Noise filtering.

• Motors: Brushed DC motors, Brushless DC motors.

MECH 410K/540C (UBC) — Advanced Mechatronics

Learn how to analyze and design mechatronic devices, e.g., sensors, actuators, and motors. Maxwell’s equations in quasi-static regimes. Interaction between the fields and materials via polarization and magnetization. Magnetic circuits. Force densities and Maxwell stress tensors. Energy method for electromagnetic forces and torque. Applications to electromagnetic sensors, voice coil actuators, reluctance actuators, electrostatic actuators, permanent-magnet synchronous motors, and piezoelectric actuators. Control systems for motors and piezoelectric actuators.

Mechanical Design

• R. G. Budynas and J. K. Nisbett, Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2014.

• A. H. Slocum, FUNdaMentals of Design, online, 2008.

• A. H. Slocum, Precision Machine Design, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1998.

• H. Soemers, Design Principles for Precision Mechanisms, T-Point Print, 2010.

• A. Krulikowski, The Ultimate GD&T Pocket Guide, 2nd ed. Effective Training Inc., 2017.

Controls

• G. F. Franklin, J. D. Powell, and A. Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems. 6th ed. Pearson, 2010.

• G. F. Franklin, J. D. Powell, and M. Workman, Digital Control of Dynamic Systems. 3rd ed. Ellis-Kagle Press, 2006.

• K. J. Åström and R. M. Murray, Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. 2nd ed. Princeton University Press, 2020.

• T. Glad and L. Ljung, Control Theory: Multivariable and Nonlinear Methods. CRC Press, 2000.

• J. C. Doyle, B. A. Francis, and A. R. Tannenbaum, Feedback Control Theory. Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992.

• S. Skogestad and I. Postlethwaite, Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design. 2nd ed, Wiley-Interscience, 2005.

• B. Friedland, Control System Design: An Introduction to State-Space Methods. Dover Publications, 2005. 

Electromechanics 

• H. A. Haus and J. R. Melcher, Electromagnetic Fields and Energy. Prentice-Hall, 1989.

• H. H. Woodson and J. R. Melcher, Electromechanical Dynamics – Part I: Discrete Systems. Krieger Pub. Co., 1990.

• H. H. Woodson and J. R. Melcher, Electromechanical Dynamics – Part II: Fields, Forces, and Motion. Krieger Pub. Co., 1985.

• H. H. Woodson and J. R. Melcher, Electromechanical Dynamics – Part III: Elastic and Fluid Media. Krieger Pub. Co., 1985.

• J. R. Melcher, Continuum Electromechanics. MIT Press, 1981.

Mechatronics

• R. Munnig Schmidt, G. Schitter,  A. Rankers, and J. Van Eijk, The Design of High Performance Mechatronics. 3rd ed. IOS Press, 2020.

Signals and Systems

• A. V. Oppenheim, A. S. Willsky, and S. H. Nawab, Signals & Systems. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996.

• A. V. Oppenheim and G. C. Verghese, Signals, Systems & Inference. Prentice Hall, 2016. (pre-print link)

• A. V. Oppenheim and R. W. Schafer, Discrete-time Signal Processing. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2009.

• R. A. Witte, Spectrum and Network Measurements. 2nd ed. SciTech Publishing, 2014.

Circuits and Electronics

• P. Scherz and S. Monk, Practical electronics for inventors. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.

• A. Agarwal and J. Lang, Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits. Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.

• B. Razavi, Fundamentals of Microelectronics. 2nd ed. Wiley, 2013.

• J. K. Roberge, Operational Amplifiers: Theory and Practice. John Wiley & Sons, 1975.

• Walt Jung, Op Amp Applications Handbook. Elsevier-Newnes, 2005

• R. W. Erickson and D. Maksimović, Fundamentals of Power Electronics. 2nd ed. Springer, 2001.

• J. G. Kassakian, M. F. Schlecht, and G. C. Verghese, Principles of Power Electronics. Addison-Wesley, 1991.

• H. W. Ott, Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.

• E. Bogatin, Signal and Power Integrity – Simplified. 3rd ed. Pearson, 2018.

• L. Smith and E. Bogatin, Principles of Power Integrity for PDN Design–Simplified. Pearson, 2017.

• Elya B. Joffe, Kai-Sang Lock, Grounds for Grounding: A Handbook from Circuits to Systems. 2nd ed. IEEE/John Wiley, 2022.

• J. Catsoulis, Designing Embedded Hardware.2nd ed. O'reilly, 2005.

Electric Machines

• F. Qi, D. Scharfenstein, C. Weiss, C. Muller, U Schwarzer, Motor Handbook. Infineon Technologies AG, 2019.

• A. E. Fitzgerald, C. Kingksley, Jr., and S. D. Imans, Electric Machinery. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003.

• J. L. Kirtley, Electric Power Principles: Sources, Conversion, Distribution and Use. 2nd ed. Wiley, 2020.

• D. W. Novotny and T. A. Lipo, Vector Control and Dynamics of AC Drives. Oxford Science Publications, 1996.

• T. A. Lipo, Introduction to AC Machine Design. IEEE Press, 2017.

• T. A. Lipo, Analysis of Synchronous Machines. CRC Press, 2017.

• P. C. Krause, O. Wasynczuk, S. D. Sudhoff, and S. D. Pekarek, Analysis of Electric Machinery and Drive Systems. 3rd ed. IEEE Press, 2013.

• P. C. Krause, O. Wasynczuk, and S. D. Pekarek, Electromechanical Motion Devices. 2nd ed, IEEE Press, 2012.

• Vlado Ostović, The Art and Science of Rotating Field Machines Design: A Practical Approach. Springer, 2017.

• Vlado Ostović, Dynamics of Saturated Electric Machines. Springer-Verlag, 1989.

• S.-K. Sul, Control of Electric Machine Drive Systems. IEEE Press, 2010.

• S.-H. Kim, Electric Motor Control: DC, AC, and BLDC Motors. Elsevier Science, 2017.

• K. H. Nam, AC Motor Control and Electric Vehicle Applications. 2nd ed. CRC Press-Boca Raton, 2018.

• G. Schweitzer and E. H. Maslen, Magnetic Bearings. Springer-Verlag, 2009.

• A. Chiba et al., Magnetic Bearings and Bearingless Drives. Elsevier-Newnes, 2005.

Engineering Math

• F. Hildebrand, Advanced Calculus for Applications. 2nd ed, Prentice-Hall, 1976.

• G. Strang, Introduction to Linear Algebra. 6th ed, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2023.

• H. Cheng, Advanced Analytic Methods in Applied Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. LuBan Press, 2007.

• D. Bertsekas and J. Tsitsiklis, Introduction to Probability. 2nd ed, Athena Scientific, 2008.