认知工程是涉及复杂的人员和技术系统的分析，设计和评估的多学科研究。该研究领域涵盖了来自人为因素，心理学/认知科学，人机交互以及系统工程的知识。这种集中精力提供了跨学科的培训，使他们可以接触主要的方法，方法和工具，以了解人类认知的能力和局限性及其对交互系统设计的影响。重点还涉及在社会技术系统中开发技术的设计技术。该课程为认知工程分析，人类绩效和测量，人机系统和人机集成等领域的有影响力的论文研究奠定了基础。
Cognitive engineering is a multidisciplinary endeavor concerned with the analysis, design, and evaluation of complex systems of people and technology. This field of study embraces knowledge from human factors, psychology/cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and systems engineering. This concentration provides interdisciplinary training and exposure to the major approaches, methods, and tools to understand the capabilities and limitations of human cognition and their impact on interactive systems design. The concentration also covers design techniques for developing technology in sociotechnical systems. The course work builds the foundation for impactful dissertation research in the areas of cognitive engineering analysis, human performance and measurement, human-computer systems and human-systems integration.