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REALIZING ROOT LOCUS
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1: ST LOUIS
2. SCHENECTADY
3. ADVANCED COURSE
4. FIRST AIEE PAPER
5. NORTH AMER. AVIATION
6 AEROPHYSICS LAB
7: THE SPIRULE
8. SECOND AIEE PAPER
9. TEXTBOOK
10. AUTONETICS
11. LIFE N LEFT H-PLANE
12. LIFE IN RIGHT H-BRAIN
AFTERWORD
ARTWORK
RUFUS OLDENBURGER AWARD
  • ROOT LOCUS AND WALT
  • LIFE IN LEFT HALF PLANE
TRIBUTES AFTER HIS DEATH
  • "TRIBUTE" BY BOB CANNON
  • "IN MEMORIAM" BY D.BENTLY
APPENDICES
  • 1985-2003 NAA Letters
  • 2003-24 Colleague Letters
ROOT LOCUS EXPLANATIONS
FIVE VIDEOS
BOOKS ABOUT HIS ANCESTORS
  • RECORD OF MY LIFE
  • JAMES BURGESS JOURNAL
  • SAINTS, SETTLERS, SPIRITS
  • VOICES OF THE PAST
  • HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
  • SAINTS:TRAILS TO ST.LOUIS
  • Christmas at ElVenado

REALIZING ROOT LOCUS

REALIZING ROOT LOCUSREALIZING ROOT LOCUSREALIZING ROOT LOCUS
Home
REALIZING ROOT LOCUS
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1: ST LOUIS
2. SCHENECTADY
3. ADVANCED COURSE
4. FIRST AIEE PAPER
5. NORTH AMER. AVIATION
6 AEROPHYSICS LAB
7: THE SPIRULE
8. SECOND AIEE PAPER
9. TEXTBOOK
10. AUTONETICS
11. LIFE N LEFT H-PLANE
12. LIFE IN RIGHT H-BRAIN
AFTERWORD
ARTWORK
RUFUS OLDENBURGER AWARD
  • ROOT LOCUS AND WALT
  • LIFE IN LEFT HALF PLANE
TRIBUTES AFTER HIS DEATH
  • "TRIBUTE" BY BOB CANNON
  • "IN MEMORIAM" BY D.BENTLY
APPENDICES
  • 1985-2003 NAA Letters
  • 2003-24 Colleague Letters
ROOT LOCUS EXPLANATIONS
FIVE VIDEOS
BOOKS ABOUT HIS ANCESTORS
  • RECORD OF MY LIFE
  • JAMES BURGESS JOURNAL
  • SAINTS, SETTLERS, SPIRITS
  • VOICES OF THE PAST
  • HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
  • SAINTS:TRAILS TO ST.LOUIS
  • Christmas at ElVenado
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  • Home
  • REALIZING ROOT LOCUS
  • FOREWORD
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1: ST LOUIS
  • 2. SCHENECTADY
  • 3. ADVANCED COURSE
  • 4. FIRST AIEE PAPER
  • 5. NORTH AMER. AVIATION
  • 6 AEROPHYSICS LAB
  • 7: THE SPIRULE
  • 8. SECOND AIEE PAPER
  • 9. TEXTBOOK
  • 10. AUTONETICS
  • 11. LIFE N LEFT H-PLANE
  • 12. LIFE IN RIGHT H-BRAIN
  • AFTERWORD
  • ARTWORK
  • RUFUS OLDENBURGER AWARD
    • ROOT LOCUS AND WALT
    • LIFE IN LEFT HALF PLANE
  • TRIBUTES AFTER HIS DEATH
    • "TRIBUTE" BY BOB CANNON
    • "IN MEMORIAM" BY D.BENTLY
  • APPENDICES
    • 1985-2003 NAA Letters
    • 2003-24 Colleague Letters
  • ROOT LOCUS EXPLANATIONS
  • FIVE VIDEOS
  • BOOKS ABOUT HIS ANCESTORS
    • RECORD OF MY LIFE
    • JAMES BURGESS JOURNAL
    • SAINTS, SETTLERS, SPIRITS
    • VOICES OF THE PAST
    • HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
    • SAINTS:TRAILS TO ST.LOUIS
    • Christmas at ElVenado

  • Home
  • REALIZING ROOT LOCUS
  • FOREWORD
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1: ST LOUIS
  • 2. SCHENECTADY
  • 3. ADVANCED COURSE
  • 4. FIRST AIEE PAPER
  • 5. NORTH AMER. AVIATION
  • 6 AEROPHYSICS LAB
  • 7: THE SPIRULE
  • 8. SECOND AIEE PAPER
  • 9. TEXTBOOK
  • 10. AUTONETICS
  • 11. LIFE N LEFT H-PLANE
  • 12. LIFE IN RIGHT H-BRAIN
  • AFTERWORD
  • ARTWORK
  • RUFUS OLDENBURGER AWARD
    • ROOT LOCUS AND WALT
    • LIFE IN LEFT HALF PLANE
  • TRIBUTES AFTER HIS DEATH
    • "TRIBUTE" BY BOB CANNON
    • "IN MEMORIAM" BY D.BENTLY
  • APPENDICES
    • 1985-2003 NAA Letters
    • 2003-24 Colleague Letters
  • ROOT LOCUS EXPLANATIONS
  • FIVE VIDEOS
  • BOOKS ABOUT HIS ANCESTORS
    • RECORD OF MY LIFE
    • JAMES BURGESS JOURNAL
    • SAINTS, SETTLERS, SPIRITS
    • VOICES OF THE PAST
    • HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
    • SAINTS:TRAILS TO ST.LOUIS
    • Christmas at ElVenado

CHAPTER 4 FIRST AIEE PAPER - GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

  After the war, Evans transitioned to a faculty position at Washington University, where he continued to refine his ideas and teaching methods. He later accepted a position at North American Aviation, where he taught servomechanisms. ​

  • Joined Washington University as a faculty member      after leaving GE in 1946.
  • Developed a fascination with Paul Profos' ideas on      control systems.
  • Accepted a position at North American Aviation in      1948, focusing on servomechanisms.
  • Taught a graduate-level servomechanism class to      professional engineers at NAA.

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