Motivation Experiments for Complex Control Systems Education

New organization scheme according to Bologna study at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana has resulted in modification of lectures also at the Department of Automatic Control. In the paper organization of education process is presented for the subject entitled “Advanced control design methods” at the level of master study. For motivation purposes the subsequent main goals were followed: transparent connections between theory and practice, flexibility in studying possibilities, excellent final results in knowledge presentation and introduction into research activities. To fulfil desired aims laboratory exercises and exams are combined into students’ projects which can be realized using personal computers, laboratory pilot plants and corresponding equipment and partly also through e-learning platform E-CHO enabling among other functionality also virtual and remote experimentations. The final students’ work evaluation includes also corresponding oral presentations where the results have to be defended.