Explore automation workshops designed for professionals seeking to expand their skill sets and advance their careers. These experiences are hosted by faculty and industry experts in Marquette's Opus College of Engineering.

All workshops are offered regularly each year to open audiences and can also be offered individually as private, custom group sessions to organizations.

Looking for a more in-depth experience? Explore our engineering graduate degrees and certificates.

workshops:

Immersive PLC Programming: Combinational and Sequential Logic

Upcoming offering: Monday, June 15 - Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | custom group workshops available - email Dr. Jacob Rice (jacob.rice@marquette.edu)
This experience will guide engineering professionals through PLC programming topics with hands-on activities using a real PLC connected to hardware with sensors and actuators. Participants will learn how to formulate behavioral requirements for automation systems and convert those requirements into programming instructions.

HMI Integration: Connection and Programming for Robust Control

Upcoming offering: Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 19, 2026 | custom group workshops available - email Dr. Jacob Rice (jacob.rice@marquette.edu)
This experience will guide engineering and manufacturing professionals through concepts, methodologies, and workflows for creating high-performance HMIs that provide robust, intuitive controls for machine operation and provide helpful feedback regarding the machine and job status.

Motion Control: System Components And Integration

Upcoming offering: Monday, June 22 - Tuesday, June 23, 2026| custom group workshops available - email Dr. Jacob Rice (jacob.rice@marquette.edu)
This experience will guide engineering professionals through learning motion control fundamentals with hands-on activities using industrial-grade motion control systems. Each participant will apply motion control concepts on equipment dedicated for their use. The set of equipment includes industrial-grade controllers and servo motor/drive systems, and a variety of motion systems (loads, guides, transmissions, and couplings).