Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Graduate Certificate
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The graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation (AIMS) requires a minimum of 15 s.h. of graduate coursework. To earn the certificate, the student is required to maintain a Graduate College major program minimum grade-point average of 3.00.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one workshop related to Python, R, or high performance and parallel computing offered by the Information Technology Services Research Services (ITS-RS) department, and HACKUIOWA organized by the University of Iowa's Hydroinformatics Lab.
The Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation in Engineering requires the following coursework.
Required Courses
Students must complete at least two of the following courses as part of the certificate.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| At least two of these: | ||
| ME:5170 | Data-Driven Analysis in Engineering Mechanics | 3 |
| ME:5300 | Uncertainty Quantification and Design Optimization | 3 |
| ME:6255 | Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering | 3 |
Additional Coursework
Students select courses from the following list to reach a total of 15 s.h. of credit when combined with the two preceding required courses. Students who complete all three required courses listed in the preceding Required Courses table can count all 9 s.h. towards the 15 s.h. requirement. Students may petition to substitute other relevant graduate-level courses for the following courses with approval from the AIMS faculty advisor.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ME:4117 | Finite Element Analysis | 3 |
| ME:4150 | Artificial Intelligence in Engineering | 3 |
| ME:5143 | Computational Fluid and Thermal Engineering | 3 |
| ME:6240 | Probabilistic Inference and Estimation for Mechanical Systems | 3 |
| ME:7256 | Modern Nonlinear Finite Element Methods: Mechanics, Computation, and Differentiable Implementation | 3 |
| ME:7257 | Probabilistic Mechanics and Reliability | 3 |
| ME:7269 | Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer | 3 |
| ECE:5200 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| ECE:5225 | Statistical Foundations of Inference and Machine Learning | 3 |
| ISE:5380 | Deep Learning | 3 |
| ISE:6350 | Computational Intelligence | 3 |
| ISE:6790 | Advanced Data Analytics and Informatics | 3 |
| May include up to 3 s.h. from one of these: | ||
| ME:6198 | Individual Investigations: Mechanical Engineering | arr. |
| A graduate-level mechanical engineering (prefix ME) course, except seminars, numbered 4100 or above | ||
| A graduate-level course from another College of Engineering department, except seminars, numbered 4100 or above | ||
| An upper-level chemistry, mathematics, or physics (prefix CHEM, MATH, or PHYS) course, except seminars numbered 5000 or above | ||
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Academics
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Admissions
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Financial Support
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