Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation in Engineering (AIMS) Certificate Graduate Program

Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation in Engineering (AIMS) Certificate Graduate Program

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Iowa

AI (Artifical Intelligence) is a technology that mimics human intelligence to solve complex problems and perform complex tasks. ML (Machine Learning) is a subfield of AI that uses statistical methods to learn from data without being explicitly programmed. DL (Deep Learning) is one of the main subsets of ML and uses multi-layered neural networks to learn from data. M&S in engineering is a field that uses mathematical models as a basis for simulations to generate data analyzed for product and system design. M&S is a knowledge-based approach that develops models to generate data, while ML is a data-based approach that learns from data to generate models. The AIMS certificate program aims to prepare College of Engineering students with new modeling strategies that combine the approaches of AI/ML/DL and M&S to bridge the knowledge gap between them and take advantage of respective approaches in conjunction with UQ that accounts for both model and data uncertainties, allowing for analysis and design of complex products and systems.

The AIMS graduate certificate program requires a minimum of 15 semester hours (s.h.) of the following graduate coursework. To earn the certificate, the student is required to attain a minimum GPA of 3.00 in coursework specifically for the certificate. 

1. Students must complete at least two courses from these in Table 1:

Table 1.

* Previously ME:6255 Multiscale Modeling

2. If completing two (or three) courses from Table 1, students must complete at least two (or one) courses from these in Table 2:

Table 2.

    3.   One elective course may be selected from: (i) engineering courses at an upper level (e.g., ME courses numbered 4100 and above), (ii) mathematics, physics or chemistry courses at a more advanced level than those required in the ME curriculum, or (iii) independent investigation in a mechanical engineering subject.

Students could petition to substitute the courses listed in Table 2 with graduate-level AI/ML/DL and M&S related courses offered by ME and other departments.

Students are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one workshop, related to Python, R, or high performance and parallel computing offered by Information Technology Services Research Services (ITS-RS), and HACKUIOWA.

Students who have one or more courses yet to complete when the certificate program is applied are allowed to count courses completed in previous recent semesters toward their certificate. This policy applies to ME:6255 Multiscale Modeling.

For further information, please contact: Professor Jia Lu (jia-lu@uiowa.edu), Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa.