Electrical and Computer Engineering
ROBOTICS
The University of Utah is world-famous for the robotic systems it has produced, including manipulators such as the Utah/MIT Dextrous Hand, humanoid robots such as DB2, entertainment robots such as Jurassic Park the Ride dinosaurs, virtual reality systems such as the Sarcos Biport, and thought-controlled bionic arms such as the LUKE Arm. Faculty expertise is especially strong in the design of novel robot systems, including rehabilitation robotics, surgical robots, micro robots, aerial vehicles, precision positioning, and bio-inspired locomoting mechanisms, actuators, and sensors. As part of our Robotics track, you can also take classes offered jointly with Mechanical Engineering and the School of Computing.
The following are suggested Programs of Study for a graduate student pursuing an MS degree while earning a Robotics Certificate. It is not required that students follow any of these course schedules, but for students to use these as a guide. So long as degree requirements are met, any ECE or allied graduate coursework (5000- level or above) may be substituted.
Traditional MS
3 Semesters | 1-1.5 Years
These Programs of Study meet Coursework option requirements for a full-time student and can easily be adapted to the Project option. Students completing the Thesis option must meet with the Graduate Student Coordinator to create their academic plan.
Accelerated MS
3 Semesters | 1 Year
This Program of Study meets the requirements for the Project Option for a full-time student (9+ credits per term).
Part-Time MS
*Graduate seminar credits may be completed in any order within a student’s first academic year in the program.
5 Semesters | 2-2.5 Years
A schedule like this is for students who are currently working and don’t have the capacity to be full-time students but feel capable of managing a steady pace of courses (2 per semester).
Coursework
| Semester | Courses | Credits |
| 1 | 3 | 7.0* |
| 2 | 3 | 7.0* |
| 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 4 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 5 | 2 | 6.0 |
| TOTAL | 12 | 32.0 |
Summer Project
| Semester | Courses | Credits |
| 1 | 3 | 7.0* |
| 2 | 3 | 7.0* |
| 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 4 | 2 | 6.0 |
| Summer | Project | 4.0 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 30.0 |
9 Semesters | 4 Years
A reduced and extended part-time schedule of 8 semesters of coursework, with 1 course per term, and a summer project.
Year 1
| Semester | Credits |
| Fall |
4.0* |
| Spring |
4.0* |
Year 2
| Semester | Credits |
| Fall |
3.0 |
| Spring |
3.0 |
Year 3
| Semester | Credits |
| Fall |
3.0 |
| Spring |
3.0 |
| Summer |
4.0 – Project |
Year 4
| Semester | Credits |
| Fall |
3.0 |
| Spring |
3.0 |
| TOTAL |
30.0 |
Default Supervisory Committee
For students completing the coursework or project options
Daniel Drew
Assistant Professor
- Email: daniel.drew@utah.edu
- Office:
- Website: Prof. Drew's Profile
Design of autonomous millimeter-scale robots, including MEMS microactuators, mesoscale manufacturing techniques, and electronic system integration.
Marc Bodson
Professor
- Phone: 801-581-8590
- Email: bodson@ece.utah.edu
- Office: MEB 3230
- Website: Prof. Bodson's Profile
Modeling, identification, and control, with applications to aerospace and electromechanical systems
Jacob George
Assistant Professor
- Phone: TBD
- Email: jake.george@utah.edu
- Office: Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital Room 2125B
- Website: Prof. George's Profile
Brain-computer interfaces, rehabilitation robotics, neural engineering, bioinspired artificial intelligence, intelligent prostheses and exoskeletons