Due to the strong nonlinearity and uncertainty, the impact on autopilot dynamic constraints, and wave interference, So it is a formidable task to designed yacht course controller with excellent performance. To solve this problem, a nonlinear control strategy of active disturbance rejection is suggested, and the adaptive ability of the auto disturbance rejection controller is improved on line by...

This paper tries to bridge the gap between engineering and education by introducing a new way of how to use existing and well known design techniques of engineering in order to structure teaching. It may be called the engineering approach to educational modeling. Planning a new course or restructuring an existing one can be understood as a system design task. Where the system is the course with...

Decision making is an important feature of design. Although engineering design refers to the design of products and technical systems, design activities occur in many other professions, including education. As education moves from teaching to learning, engineering faculty are becoming course designers who make many decisions when designing a course. Although many course design processes have be...