Certificate

Mechatronics Certificate

The Mechatronics certificate prepares students to be multi-craft skilled tradesmen that will be able to maintain plant equipment to maximize up-time.

Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering that includes a combination of systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, control engineering and computer engineering. As technology advances, the subfields of engineering multiply and adapt. Mechatronics' aim is a design process that unifies these subfields. Mechatronics is one of the 10 emerging technologies slated to transform the world. The US Department of Labor lists mechatronics as an emerging “green jobs”.

ProgramRobotics - Integrated Manufacturing Technology
Award type
Certificate
Required credit hours
31

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Numbers

Based on data for Mechanical Engineering Technicians

$56KMedian annual salary

+3%Job Outlook (2018-2028)

42,600Number of Jobs, 2018

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate literacy of PLC software navigation, electrical and mechanical schematic interpretation to meet troubleshooting and wiring objectives
Explain fundamental electrical principals and how they are used in an industrial electrical environment
Demonstrate proper use and identification of electrical and mechanical tools and materials to perform daily tasks in an industrial maintenance environment
Explain how mechanical and electrical equipment are interrelated in a mechatronic environment