Introduction -- Physical system modeling -- Ordinary linear differential equations -- Stability criteria and steady state error --Time response-based design -- Frequency response-based design -- The state variables approach -- Advanced topics in control -- Feedback electronic circuits -- Velocity control of a PM brushed DC motor -- Position control of a PM brushed DC motor -- Control of a servomechanism with flexibility -- Control of a magnetic levitation system -- Control of a ball and beam system -- Control of a Furuta pendulum -- Control of an inertia wheel pendulum -- Fourier and Laplace transforms -- Bode diagrams -- Decibels, dB -- Magnetically coupled coils -- Euler-Lagrange equations subject to constraints -- Numerical implementation of controllers -- MATLAB/Simulink code used for some simulations