Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.44 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Spring 2027
Computer Control of Machines and Processes
Engineering course covering discrete control theory, system identification, digital controller design, and computer control implementation for industrial processes.
offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Erick Oberstar
Summary
1 / 5
Past student reviews · Neil Duffie
Past students noted that the professor's PowerPoint slides were extremely helpful for learning the material.
Grade history
↗ average GPA
274274 letter grades
A29.9%29.9%
AB16.4%16.4%
B40.1%40.1%
BC5.8%5.8%
C6.2%6.2%
D1.5%1.5%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
Course mapM E 340, 346, or 446, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ERICK OBERSTAR is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
NEIL DUFFIE is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 003 | Online Only | 0 / 35 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
Meeting source records
Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Neil Duffie
Historical feedback described Prof. Duffie as helpful and knowledgeable, though some students found the material boring due to his long tenure teaching the course.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.44 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Neil Duffie
Past students noted that the professor's PowerPoint slides were extremely helpful for learning the material.
Past student reviews · Neil Duffie
One student found the instructor to be an extremely nice guy who genuinely wanted everyone to learn, a quality they considered rare.
Topics
- Discrete system modeling and digital controller design
- Computer control implementation in industrial processes and machines
- Computer control economics, planning, and programming
Skills
- Discrete system modeling, system identification, and digital controller design
- Implementing computer control in selected industrial processes and machines
- Computer control economics, planning, and programming
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A54.5%54.5%
AB18.2%18.2%
B27.3%27.3%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
Sources & history
UW–Madison
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Computer Control of Machines and Processes
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.
Explore recorded gradesDataset & model
View the dataset on Hugging Face Recorded 2026-10-14
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
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