Upon completion of this unit, students will have a basic knowledge of the operation of a powertrain control system, and will thus be able to:

• describe the main functions managed by a powertrain control system;
• describe the main physical phenomena inherent in engine control using equations and deduce model-based control laws;
• propose an approach to the development of a control function or sub-system with allowance for its interactions in the control system as a whole;
• prototype a controller from control laws to final validation;
• understand the operation of electronic control systems and know how to detect possible malfunctions.