Robotics

Website: https://robotics.coe.utah.edu/

Stephen Mascaro
Associate Professor (Lecturer), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Phone: (801) 581-7228
Email: smascaro@eng.utah.edu

The Robotics Graduate certificate will allow students to build upon qualified undergraduate degrees and/or supplement their current or past graduate degree with an additional credential they can put on their resume. Students with sufficient preparation will be allowed to pursue the Robotics Graduate Certificate as non-matriculated students, allowing people from industry and other universities to easily participate.

The Robotics Graduate certificate will provide knowledge for integrating hardware and software with algorithms to create the next generation of intelligent machines. Robotics researchers are employed in a wide range of occupations that are creating the next generation of technological devices. Roboticists create assistive robots (prosthetics, wearable robots), autonomous vehicles (cars, mining equipment, underwater, and aerial), automated warehouses, manufacturing systems, medical devices, and consumer products (vacuums, 3D printers, craft machines). Interdisciplinary skills, namely hardware (electrical, mechanical, and computational), programming, and algorithms, are important for a wide range of products that a company may wish to develop. There are many unfilled well-paying jobs in Utah that could be satisfied by students with robotics credentials.

Students can pursue the robotics graduate certificate in addition to a graduate degree at the University of Utah or as a Non-matriculated student. The certificate is designed for students pursuing Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering graduate degrees, with undergraduate degrees in these areas. Students from other areas can pursue the certificate but should consult with the robotics advisor since additional preparatory coursework in math (linear algebra, differential equations), engineering physics, and programming for engineers may be required to prepare for robotics curriculum.

Students interested in pursuing the Robotics Graduate Certificate in addition to a related MS or PhD degree should apply via the Robotics Program webpage.

Students wishing to complete the certificate as a non-matriculated student should apply to the University of Utah as a non-matriculated student (https://admissions.utah.edu/apply/non-degree-seeking/) and apply to the certificate program via the Robotics Program webpage.

After being admitted to the University of Utah, students will need to fill out a separate certificate application on the robotics program webpage (https://robotics.coe.utah.edu). Students should have a bachelor's degree with at least a 3.0 GPA. GRE scores are not required for admission to the certificate program.