Systems Engineering Laboratory Experiments at Washington University

Abstract An upper-division instructional laboratory, the Systems Engineering Laboratory, in the Department of Systems Science and Mathematics at Washington University offers five experiments for the program of the B.S. in Systems Science and Engineering. These experiments are for (1) computer control of a model train, (2) computer control of a robot (3) feedback control of a ball on a beam, (4) digital image processing on a chip, and (5) digital control signal transmission over a control network. In this short paper described are these as well as the principles to be taught in the laboratory and the knowledge and experience that the students receive in the course.