About Us

Who We Are

The Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering at the University of Connecticut is an innovative research and teaching environment dedicated to the science and technology of complex systems. Our mission is to to produce, disseminate and commercialize new science and technology in the field of cyber-physical systems engineering, through transformative research, education, and workforce development. Our unique, model-based approach to systems engineering aligns converging technological revolutions while creating an exciting new paradigm for interdisciplinary engineering education, research and outreach to industry. The business model of the IASE addresses the needs for:

  • research and educational road-mapping
  • coordination and homogenization of its educational and training programs
  • outreach activities and large-scale federally funded efforts

In 2013, UConn founded the UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (UTC-IASE) with financial support from the United Technologies Corporation. UTC's initial pledge of $10 million, spanning five years, helps the Institute to reach its goals on both short- and long-term bases by the following:

  •  Establish several educational programs, including certificate programs and a Master of Engineering (MENG) program in Systems Engineering (SE).
  •  Conduct a series of competitively selected research projects with a funding goal of $500,000 per year
    (total), to be conducted by UConn research scientists and students in collaboration with PW.
  •  Create PW-IASE fellowships to attract highly qualified students and to enhance research activities.
  •  Establish industry outreach activities; including a seminar series, a distinguished lecture program, and an international conference; with the objective of hosting internationally renowned scholars to engage a broad
    community of scientist and engineers within PW, UConn, and beyond.

The PW-IASE now serves as a hub for world-class research, project-based learning by globally-distributed teams of students, and industrial outreach activities focused on model-based systems engineering (MBSE) of complex systems that are built from, and are dependent on, the synergy of computational and physical components. The convergence of computation, communications, control, and intelligence enables cyber physical systems (CPS) to have learning and predictive capabilities able to adapt to changing situations. Motivated by the increasing complexity of advanced products and the digital revolution, the Institute trains engineers in urgently needed CPS-related disciplines that are pivotal to innovation and product enhancement in the globally competitive economy. The Institute is positioned to advance the science base of CPS and to accelerate its technological translation into sustained industrial growth.

Groundbreaking Research

Advance the state-of-the-art in the specification, design, verification, validation, and operation of complex and network-embedded systems operating at multiple time scales, under uncertainty and satisfying multiple criteria.

Faculty and researchers collaborating with industry, government and academia in applying systems engineering concepts, principles, processes and tools to solve practical problems.

Transformative Education

Provide a multidisciplinary environment enabling students to develop experientially-based expertise in model based systems engineering.

Deliver customized programs in advanced systems engineering for professionals that will enable them and their employers to solve today’s toughest problems that cannot be addressed by traditional domain specific methods and tools.

Network of Excellence

Host seminars and distinguished lecture series.

Arrange high-profile conferences gathering systems engineering thought leaders from academia and industry.

Industry Engagement

Provide opportunities for researcher exchanges between industry and UConn laboratories for Advanced Systems Engineering activities.

Place Advanced Systems Engineering trained interns and employees at Connecticut and national industries.