Autonomous systems are playing a significant role in modern society including self-driving cars, unmanned aerial/ground/underwater vehicles, and so on. Current and future engineers will be faced with significant challenges in designing, analyzing and controlling autonomous systems in many engineering applications such as autonomous transportation systems, package delivery, emergency response, manufacturing, and exploration of unknown areas.
As such, there is a significant demand for students that have the core skills and knowledge in both classical theories in control, optimization and networks and recent advances in learning and AI. Students can greatly benefit from this accessible online option.
The Major in Autonomy within the Interdisciplinary Engineering master’s program (IDE) focuses on the area of analysis, control and design of autonomous systems spanning a variety of application domains. The courses within this major will establish fundamental theories and tools for modeling, analyzing and developing algorithms to achieve autonomy of both individual systems and a network of interconnected systems. It spans core topics like control theory, machine learning, artificial intelligence, networks, and advanced courses in emerging topics.
A degree in Autonomy from Purdue University:
- Increases leadership skills and ability to effectively lead diverse teams across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Promotes effective technical communication of complex concepts, analyses, and solutions.
- Increases learner technical abilities and skills in a wide variety of cutting-edge engineering disciplines.
