Electro-Mechanical Automation Technology

Why Consider Electro-Mechanical Automation Technology? 

  • The growing use of automated systems and cutting-edge technology interests you.
  • Play a vital role in enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving processes in a variety of industries.
  • The expertise involved in designing, building, and repairing equipment interests you.
  • You want to work with computers, electronics, and robotic equipment.
  • The challenges involved in troubleshooting excite you.

Why Learn at Lakeshore? 

  • Learn from expert instructors with decades of experience in the manufacturing industry. 
  • Learn in our state-of-the-art facilities, including our KOHLER Center for Manufacturing Excellence.
  • Program-specific courses are offered in person for an optimal applied learning experience. 
  • Because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, you’ll get to know instructors and fellow students.
  • Smoothly transfer your degree to more than a dozen university partners to complete a bachelor’s degree.
     

What It Takes

  • Interest in using high-tech equipment, tools, hardware, and software
  • Attention to detail and thoroughness in completing intricate tasks
  • Interest in the practical application of engineering science and technology
  • Eagerness to stay updated on emerging technologies
  • Ability to analyze information and use logic to address challenges
  • Desire to work with others to resolve problems
Career Area
Manufacturing
Type
Associate Degree
Program Number
10-620-1
Availability
In-Person
  • Associate Degree
  • 4 Terms
  • 67 Credits
  • Financial Aid Eligible
  • Starts fall

Career Outlook

Electro-Mechanical Automation Technology

Median Income: $58,435.00*
 

POTENTIAL JOB TITLES

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Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

 

Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.

 

Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.

 

Apply theory and principles of mechanical engineering to modify, develop, test, or adjust machinery and equipment under direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.

 


Disclosure:

*Lightcast/EMSI data is a hybrid dataset derived from official government sources such as the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. This salary data is from the Lakeshore District.

ADMISSION AND FIRST SEMESTER ENROLLMENT STEPS

Work with Admissions Advisor to:

  • Submit Application
  • Complete the Student Success Questionnaire.
  • Schedule your First Time Program Counseling/Registration Session with your assigned program counselor to plan your first semester schedule, review your entire plan of study and discuss the results of the Student Success Questionnaire.

*Submit transcripts and test scores (optional, highly recommended): College transcripts, along with high school transcripts and test scores from within the last five years, used for course registration. Official transcripts needed for transferring college credit(s) and for financial aid purposes.

Program Cost

  • Tuition Cost: $11,744.99
  • Book Cost: $1,431.00
  • Supply Cost: $0.00
  • Program Total: $13,175.99

Want more information?

General education courses are offered online. All program courses are offered in person due to the heavy lab component.

Faculty Bios

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Andrew Thelen

Teaching at Lakeshore allows me to offer more than just  technical content. It allows me to share my experience and insight, which students find valuable.

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Brenden Olds

Building a knowledge base in electro-mechanical technology is to build a knowledge base in the very infrastructure that facilitates our modern way of life. 

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Wade Wittmus

I enjoy helping people attain their career ambitions by giving them the knowledge they need in the ever-changing world of industrial automation.

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Matthew J Roskopf

I feel it's important to stay current with industry leaders and I like to emulate real life experience in the classroom. I enjoy working at Lakeshore because they provide the materials and equipment necessary to really create that experience.

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