在当前的就业形势下,环境工程专业本科教学体系改革的实践

文章针对当前我国环境工程专业就业形势,结合上海理工大学环境工程专业特点,从制定培养计划、多种考核方式及创新性人才的培养三个方面,探讨了本科教学体系的改革。所培养的学生具有理论扎实、知识面宽、素质高、创新意识和独立工作能力强,很容易适应社会和市场的需求。     

An investigation on industry-sponsored design projects' effectiveness at the first-year level: potential issues and preliminary results

This paper presents the preliminary work for developing guidelines to ensure that industry-sponsored projects in first-year courses aid, not hamper, retention of students. Specifically, the overall research plan includes the following steps: (1) investigating the appropriateness of industry projects in a required introduction to engineering design course (approximately 1000 students per year), (2) assessing the impact of industry-sponsored projects on first-year students' learning and retention, and (3) promoting an awareness of issues involved in successfully introducing industry projects in the first year. It is expected that the outcomes of this work will result in guidelines widely applicable by other institutions looking into or currently using industry projects in the first year, thereby addressing the recognized national need of increasing retention rates, especially amongst women and minorities.

This paper covers a review of potential factors affecting industry-sponsored projects' appropriateness at the first year, and related preliminary data.     

高校学科评估排名与馆藏文献资源建设——基于国家光学工程重点学科馆藏数据的生成

基于高校学科评估排名结果,根据《全国总书目》、《全国期刊联合目录》等书目所收录的TN2（光电子技术及激光技术）文献目录,通过对被列入国家重点学科（光学工程）的8所高校图书馆馆藏文献资源的统计调查,寻求馆藏文献资源建设的特色构建模式。     

工科线性代数的教改与创新

传统的线性代数教学内容偏重理论、教学手段滞后,阻碍了工科学生对线性代数知识的掌握和应用。文章基于数学建模思想引出概念教学法并借助计算机Matlab软件,对教学内容的设计和教学手段进行改革和创新,激发工科学生学习线性代数的兴趣,提高其理论联系实际和实践动手能力。     

为地方经济建设服务扩大地方高校学报发展空间--《苏州科技学院学报(工程技术版)》服务地方的认识与做法

地方高校学报理当为地方经济建设和社会发展服务,而地方经济、社会的发展则为学报提供了广阔的用武之地.<苏州科技学院学报(工程技术版)>根据学校的专业特色和学科优势,除了报道适合各地、具有普遍意义的研究成果外,还加强对地方经济和社会等方面的理论研究与应用研究成果的报道,刊发了环境科学、建筑工程、防灾应变、古城保护等方面的论文.学报在为地方经济建设服务中不断扩大发展空间,努力体现刊物特色.     

State and unknown input estimations for discrete-time switched linear systems with average dwell time

In this paper, the problem of state and unknown input estimations for a class of discrete-time switched linear systems with average dwell time switching is investigated. First, a proportional integral observer with an exponential H_∞ performance is constructed to estimate the system state and unknown input simultaneously. Second, both of the observability and the stability of the estimation error system are analyzed, then the derivation of the observer gain matrices is transformed into the calculation of linear matrix inequalities. Third, the obtained results are extended to the systems with output disturbances. Finally, two simulation examples are provided to show the validity and effectiveness of the proposed methods.     

Static group synchronization of second-order multi-agent systems via pinning control

This paper investigates the expected static group synchronization problem of the second-order multi-agent systems via pinning control. For directed communication topology with spanning tree, based on Gershgorin disk theorem and the matrix property, a static pinning control protocol with fixed gains is first introduced and some sufficient and necessary static group synchronization criteria are also established. It is worth mentioning that a rigorous proof is also given that only one pinning node is needed to guarantee static group synchronization, which could be inferred that our protocol might be more economical and effective in large scale of multi-agent systems. Then, for weakly connected directed communication topology with nodes of zero in-degree, an adaptive pinning control applied to the node with zero in-degree is also proposed to achieve static group synchronization. Finally, the efficiency of the proposed protocols is verified by two simulation examples.     

Model free adaptive iterative learning control for a class of nonlinear systems with randomly varying iteration lengths

This paper proposes a novel model free adaptive iterative learning control scheme for a class of unknown nonlinear systems with randomly varying iteration lengths. By applying the dynamic linearization technique along the iteration axis, such systems can be transformed into iteration-depended time varying linear systems. Then, an improved model free adaptive iterative learning control scheme can be constructed only using input and output data of the system. From the rigorous theoretical analysis, it is shown that the mathematical expectation of tracking errors converge to zero as iteration increases. This design does not require any dynamic information of the ILC systems and prior information of randomly varying iteration lengths. An illustrative example verifies the effectiveness of the proposed design.     

A cyclic pursuit framework for networked mobile agents based on vector field approach

This paper proposes a pursuit formation control scheme for a network of double-integrator mobile agents based on a vector field approach. In a leaderless architecture, each agent pursues another one via a cyclic topology to achieve a regular polygon formation. On the other hand, the agents are exposed to a rotational vector field such that they rotate around the vector field centroid, while they keep the regular polygon formation. The main problem of existing approaches in the literature for cyclic pursuit of double-integrator multiagent systems is that under those approaches, the swarm angular velocity and centroid are not controllable based on missions and agents capabilities. However, by employing the proposed vector field approach in this paper, while keeping a regular polygon formation, the swarm angular velocity and centroid can be determined arbitrary. The obtained results can be extended to achieve elliptical formations with cyclic pursuit as well. Simulation results for a team of eight mobile agents verify the accuracy of the proposed control scheme.     

Output regulation for a class of positive switched systems

In this paper, a complete procedure for the study of the output regulation problem is established for a class of positive switched systems utilizing a multiple linear copositive Lyapunov functions scheme. The feature of the developed approach is that each subsystem is not required to has a solution to the problem. Moreover, two types of controllers and switching laws are devised. The first one depends on the state together with the external input and the other depends only the error. The conditions ensuring the solvability of the problem for positive switched systems are presented in the form of linear matrix equations plus linear inequalities under some mild constraints. Two examples are finally given to show the performance of the proposed control strategy.