Emerging technologies in automation, cyberphysical systems, and informatics, with a primary focus on advanced manufacturing within the context of Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution.
Chad Williams, Haoyu Wang, Stan Kurkovsky, Xiaobing Hou
Term: Spring 2024
This course provides students with exposure to emerging technologies in automation, cyberphysical systems, and informatics, with a primary focus on advanced manufacturing within the context of Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution. The course’s core objectives are to foster innovation through an interdisciplinary mindset, facilitated by coordinated mentorship from both faculty and industry experts. The course structure includes seminars by invited industrial speakers to introduce cutting-edge technologies and challenges, lectures by faculty in their respective areas of expertise, and culminates with a semester long interdisciplinary project requiring teamwork involving multiple disciplines. The primary goal is to enable students to solve Industry 4.0 challenges and contribute to the advancement of the state-of-the-art. The main themes covered in the seminars encompass various aspects of manufacturing devices and integration, as well as associated processes and data.
Credits: 3