Program Overview

Electromechanical Systems and Mechatronics Certificate

Program Overview

The Electromechanical Systems and Mechatronics Certificate is an undergraduate certification program that covers the fundamental knowledge in controlling electromechanical systems. The certificate is offered by the College of Engineering and is open to all majors on campus.

Program Details

• Program Type: Certificate
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 1-2 semesters
• Credit Hours: 12

Program Description

This certificate will give you fundamental knowledge in controlling electromechanical systems. The certificate is offered by the College of Engineering and is open to all majors on campus.

Requirements

• Electronics I (Devices and Materials) (3 hrs)
  • Introduction to contemporary electronic devices, terminal characteristics of active semiconductor devices, and models of the BJT and MOSFET in cutoff and saturation region are introduced. Incremental and DC models of junction diodes, bipolar transistors (BJTs), and metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) are studied to design single and multistage amplifiers.
• Machine Elements (3 hrs)
  • Applications of the principles of mechanics and mechanics of materials to machine design. The elements of machines are analyzed in terms of their dynamic behavior. Selection and sizing of machine elements. Students use the finite element technique for the analysis of machines and their components.
• Introduction to Robotics and Automation (3 hrs)
  • Introduction to robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation. Robotic mechanisms and modeling, forward and inverse kinematics, manipulator dynamics, systems modeling, sensors and actuator integration, trajectory planning, vision, sensors and classical feedback control. MATLAB is used for project-based learning. Students are given laboratory project assignments in robotics and automation.
• Signals and Systems (3 hrs)
  • Elementary concepts of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems. Linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, impulse response, convolution, Fourier series, Fourier transforms and frequency-domain analysis of LTI systems. Laplace transforms, z-transforms and rational function descriptions of LTI systems.

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• Energy Certificate
• Electrical Engineering Degree

Similar Areas of Study

• STEM

College and Department

• College of Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering

Location

• Discovery Park, Room F101
• 1155 Union Circle, Denton, Texas