Program Overview

Autonomous Systems Program

The Autonomous Systems (AUT) program focuses on developing systems that interact with human partners for extended periods, often at remote distances. These systems promise improved safety, reliability, efficiency, adaptability, resiliency, usability, affordability, and previously unattainable capabilities. The program draws from various disciplines, including robotics, human-robot interaction, artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, formal methods, and estimation and control theory.

Autonomous Systems Faculty

• Nisar Ahmed
• Brian Argrow
• Torin Clark
• Eric Frew
• Morteza Lahijanian
• Dale Lawrence
• Jay McMahon
• Zachary Sunberg

MS Requirements

To earn an MS in the Autonomous Systems focus area, students must successfully complete one course each from three of five topic areas. The Graduate Handbook provides a complete list of requirements.

Course-only MS Requirements

Satisfaction of the AUT MS course requirements, plus two additional courses from any of the topic areas.

PhD Requirements

Satisfaction of the AUT Specific MS Requirements.

Elective Courses

Offered by Focus Area:

• ASEN 5519: Multi-Object Filtering Theory
• ASEN 6519: Cooperative Control of Multi-Vehicle Systems
• ASEN 6519: Model-Based Parameter & State Estimation
• ASEN 6519: Hybrid Control Systems

Offered outside Focus Area:

• CS Machine Learning
• ECEE Multi-agent Control
• CS Convex Optimization
• ECEE Sampled Data Systems
• CS Computer Vision
• ME Robust, Multivariable Control

Graduate Programs

• Undergraduates
• Graduates
  • Focus Areas
    • Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation Systems
    • Autonomous Systems
    • Bioastronautics
    • Fluids, Structures and Materials
    • Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences
  • Certificate Advising
  • Bachelor’s–Accelerated Master’s
  • MS and ProMS Advising
  • PhD Advising
  • Graduate Projects
  • Handbooks
  • Forms for Graduate Students
  • Registration & Enrollment Information
  • Contact Your Graduate Advisor

Academic Standards

• Course Syllabi
• Manufacturing Shops
• Accreditation
• Opportunities & Aid
• Graduation Information

Departments

• Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences
• Chemical & Biological Engineering
• Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
• Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

Programs

• Applied Mathematics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Creative Technology & Design
• Data Science
• Engineering Education
• Engineering Management
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Integrated Design Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Robotics

Affiliates & Partners

• ATLAS Institute
• Campos Student Center
• Center for Technology Workforce Innovation
• Colorado Mesa University
• Colorado Space Grant Consortium
• Engineering Career Hub
• Engineering Honors
• Engineering Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
• Idea Forge
• Integrated Teaching and Learning
• Mortenson Center for Global Engineering
• Western Colorado University