The graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation in Engineering (AIMS) requires a minimum of 15 s.h. of credit. Students must earn a g.p.a. of at least 3.00 in coursework for the certificate. The certificate program is most appropriate for University of Iowa graduate students enrolled in the College of Engineering and open to graduate students from other disciplines.

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; see the Workshops web page on the High Performance Computing website. Students are also encouraged to participate in the HACKUIOWA hackathon organized by the UI 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 but may choose to complete all three courses as part of the certificate.

At least two of these:
ME:5170Data-Driven Analysis in Engineering Mechanics3
ME:5300Uncertainty Quantification and Design Optimization3
ME:6255Multiscale Modeling3

Students select courses from the following list to reach a total of 12 s.h. of credit when combined with two or all three of the courses listed above. Students may petition to substitute other relevant graduate-level courses for the courses below in consultation with the AIMS faculty advisor.

At least one of these:
ME:4117Finite Element Analysis3
ME:4150Artificial Intelligence in Engineering3
ME:4175Computational Naval Hydrodynamics3
ME:5143Computational Fluid and Thermal Engineering3
ME:6240Probabilistic Inference and Estimation for Mechanical Systems3
ME:7256Computational Solid Mechanics3
ME:7257Probabilistic Mechanics and Reliability3
ME:7269Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer3

Elective Course

In addition to the following courses, students may count a graduate-level course from another College of Engineering department or an independent investigation opportunity not listed below in consultation with the AIMS faculty advisor.

One of these:
ME:6198Individual Investigations: Mechanical Engineeringarr.
A course with prefix ME numbered 4100 or above
A course with prefix CHEM, MATH, or PHYS numbered 5000 or above