Systems Theory and Applications (EE 30122)

Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Fall 2025- Enroll in EE 30122 section 01
129 Hayes Healy Center - MWF 2:00PM- 2:50PM

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Description: A system is a collection of interconnections of devices or components that work together to perform a desired function. "System Theory" refers to formal methods used to mathematically model a system's input/output behavior. This course examines system theoretic methods that are commonly used to analyze and predict the behavior of continuous-time and discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. The course uses time-domain and frequency domain (Laplace and z transform) methods to solve input/output and state-space descriptions of LTI systems. The course demonstrates these methods on a number of electrical engineering applications involving electrical circuits, electro-mechanical systems, wireless communication systems, analog/digital frequency selective filtering, and automatic control systems. The course is intended for Junior level EE undergraduates with prior course work in signal analysis, linear algebra, and differential equations.

Prerequisites:

  • Linear Algebra and Diff. Eq. (MATH 20580), Signal and Information Systems (EE 20221)

Textbooks:
  • REQUIRED: Systems Theory and Applications, Dept. of EE, University of Notre Dame, lecture notes 2025
  • REFERENCE: Signal Processing and Linear Systems (Amazon), B.P. Lathi and Roger Green, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2021, (chapters 1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,13)

Grading: Grades will be based on weekly Homework assignments (30%). There will be two midterms (40%) and final exam (30%).

Instructor:Michael Lemmon,Fitzpatrick 266, lemmon at nd.edu