The undergraduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation in Engineering (AIMS) requires 18 s.h. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in coursework specifically for the certificate. The certificate may be earned by any student admitted to the University of Iowa who is not concurrently enrolled in a UI graduate or professional degree program.
Mechanical engineering (ME) students may earn the certificate in AIMS while they complete the design, robotics, and autonomous systems or the manufacturing focus area for their major. In addition, mechanical engineering students may use the certificate as a tailored engineering focus area by adding one eligible course.
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.
Students could petition to substitute certificate courses with artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and modeling and simulation-related courses offered by ME and other departments. Non-ME students may earn this certificate while completing their degrees without taking extra courses.
The undergraduate certificate in Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation requires the following coursework.
Required Courses
Students complete one machine learning course and one artificial intelligence course.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CS:5430 | Machine Learning (may be used as machine learning or artificial intelligence required course) | 3 |
| Machine Learning | ||
| One of these: | ||
| ME:4111 | Scientific Computing and Machine Learning | 3 |
| MATH:3800 | Introduction to Numerical Methods | 3 |
| Artificial Intelligence | ||
| One of these: | ||
| ME:4150 | Artificial Intelligence in Engineering | 3 |
| CS:4420 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| ENGR:3110 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Engineering | 3 |
Elective Courses
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Three of these: | ||
| ME:4110 | Computer-Aided Engineering | 3 |
| ME:4112 | Engineering Design Optimization | 3 |
| ME:4116 | Manufacturing Processes Simulations and Automation | 3 |
| ME:4117 | Finite Element Analysis | 3 |
| ME:4120 | Advanced Linear Control Systems | 3 |
| ME:4175 | Computational Naval Hydrodynamics | 3 |
| ME:5143 | Computational Fluid and Thermal Engineering | 3 |
| ME:5170 | Data-Driven Analysis in Engineering Mechanics | 3 |
| ME:5300 | Uncertainty Quantification and Design Optimization | 3 |
| BME:2260 | Quantitative Physiology | 3 |
| BME:4310 | Computational Biochemistry | 3 |
| BME:5240 | Deep Learning in Medical Imaging (DLMI) | 3 |
| BME:5335 | Computational Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BME:5441 | Numerical and Statistical Methods for Bioengineering | 3 |
| BME:5525 | Cardiopulmonary Design and Modeling | 3 |
| BME:5620 | Introduction to Applied Biomedical Finite Element Modeling | 3 |
| CS:4330 | Theory of Computation | 3 |
| CS:4350 | Logic in Computer Science | 3 |
| CS:4700 | High Performance and Parallel Computing | 3 |
| CS:4720/MATH:4820 | Optimization Techniques | 3 |
| CS:5360 | Randomized Algorithms | 3 |
| CS:5710/MATH:5800 | Numerical Methods I | 3 |
| CS:5720/MATH:5810 | Numerical Methods II | 3 |
| CS:5810 | Formal Methods in Software Engineering | 3 |
| MATH:4060 | Discrete Mathematical Models | 3 |
| MATH:4840 | Mathematics of Machine Learning | 3 |
Capstone Course
Students must incorporate aspects of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and/or modeling and simulation into their capstone project. Students must submit a written report to the director of the AIMS undergraduate certificate program explaining how they incorporate one or more of these aspects into their capstone project shortly after completion of the course.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| One of these: | ||
| ME:4086 | Mechanical Engineering Design Project | 3 |
| ME:4098 | Individual Investigations: Mechanical Engineering | 3 |
| BME:4910 | Biomedical Engineering Senior Design I | 4 |
| BME:4920 | Biomedical Engineering Senior Design II | 4 |
| CS:5830 | Software Engineering Project (requires permission of certificate director) | 3 |
| CS:5990 | Individualized Research or Programming Project (requires permission of certificate director) | 1-3 |