Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Explores the applica- tion of artificial intelligence to engineering design. Topics include the use of search, knowledge-based systems, machine learning, and qualitative physical reasoning for design automation. Addresses the theory behind these techniques and issues related to their practical application. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and gradu- ate advisor. Course is repeatable as content changes.