Minor in Mechatronics Engineering
Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Coordinator
Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics and electrical engineering with computer science and control systems engineering. Intelligent machines such as robots contain mechanical, electrical and computer systems working in harmony to achieve higher levels of functionality to serve modern life. For example, autonomous vehicles have evolved beyond a mechanical system with electrical components to an integrated system of electro-mechanical devices, embedded microcontrollers, network communications and intelligent software. To develop these advanced intelligent systems, a new breed of multidisciplinary engineers is needed who not only has a strong foundation in engineering design, but also feels comfortable working across the traditional engineering disciplines of manufacturing, mechanical, electrical and computer engineering.
Students enrolling in the mechatronics engineering minor should have normally completed a minimum of 60 credit hours of course work and be in good academic standing.
The mechatronics minor is restricted to computer, electrical and mechanical engineering students. Students in other majors interested in this minor should contact the College of Engineering Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs to investigate the possibility of pursuing this minor.
Students seeking a minor in mechatronics engineering must successfully complete the following requirements:
• a minimum of 18 credit hours for electrical engineering and computer engineering students, or 20 credit hours for mechanical engineering students, including:
- 15 credit hours of minor requirements for electrical engineering and computer engineering students; 17 credit hours of minor requirements for mechanical engineering students
- a minimum of three credit hours of minor electives
• a minimum of nine credit hours of the 18 credit hours required for the minor successfully completed in residence at AUS; a minimum of 10 credit hours out of 20 credit hours
• a minimum of six credit hours of the courses for the minor at or above the 300 level successfully completed in residence at AUS
• a minimum GPA of 2.00 in courses completed to satisfy the minor
Minor Requirements (15/17 credit hours)
• Computer engineering students must successfully complete the following requirements:
- ELE 212 Electric Circuits II
- ELE 351 Electrical Energy Conversion
- ELE 353 Control Systems I
- MCE 223 Mechanics of Materials or MCE 240 Fluid Mechanics
- MCE 464 Introduction to Robotics
• Electrical engineering students must successfully complete the following requirements:
- COE 410 Embedded Systems: Design and Applications
- ELE 476L Instrumentation and Control Systems Laboratory
- ELE 486 Electric Drives
- MCE 216L Introduction to Engineering Drawing and Workshop
- MCE 223 Mechanics of Materials or MCE 240 Fluid Mechanics
- MCE 236L Solid Modeling
- MCE 464 Introduction to Robotics
• Mechanical engineering students must successfully complete the following requirements:
- COE 221 Digital Systems
- COE 241 Microcontrollers: Programming and Interfacing
- MCE 410 Control Systems
- MCE 416 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery
- MCE 466 Introduction to Mechatronics
Minor Electives (minimum of 3 credit hours)
Students must successfully complete a minimum of three credit hours in courses selected from the following list and not used as minor requirements:
• COE 431 Industrial Cyber Physical Systems
• ELE 444 Control Systems II
• ELE 486 Electric Drives
• MCE 464 Introduction to Robotics
• MCE 466 Introduction to Mechatronics
