TY - JOUR
T1 - The new robotics engineering bs program at WPI
AU - Ciaraldi, Michael
AU - Cobb, Eben
AU - Cyganski, David
AU - Gennert, Michael
AU - Demetroiu, Michael
AU - Looft, Fred
AU - Michalson, William
AU - Miller, Bradley
AU - Rong, Yiming
AU - Schachterle, Lance
AU - Stafford, Kenneth
AU - Tryggvason, Gretar
AU - Van De Ven, James
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - In the spring of 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute introduced a BS degree program in Robotics Engineering. The degree program is a collaborative effort, involving faculty from the departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The motivation for establishing the program is two-fold: needs of the rapidly growing robotics industry and student interest as demonstrated by numerous high school robotics competitions. The program relies in part on already existing courses, but the core curriculum consists of five new "unified robotics engineering" courses. Although Robotics Engineering is not recognized as a distinct engineering field by ABET, the program is designed to be accreditable under the "General Engineering" ABET criteria. While the program is less than a year old, there is already significant student interest.
AB - In the spring of 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute introduced a BS degree program in Robotics Engineering. The degree program is a collaborative effort, involving faculty from the departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The motivation for establishing the program is two-fold: needs of the rapidly growing robotics industry and student interest as demonstrated by numerous high school robotics competitions. The program relies in part on already existing courses, but the core curriculum consists of five new "unified robotics engineering" courses. Although Robotics Engineering is not recognized as a distinct engineering field by ABET, the program is designed to be accreditable under the "General Engineering" ABET criteria. While the program is less than a year old, there is already significant student interest.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85029092282
SN - 2153-5965
JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
T2 - 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Y2 - 22 June 2008 through 24 June 2008
ER -