The Mechatronics Center of Excellence aims to provide students with opportunities for hands-on experiential learning in order to be successful as they transfer to graduate programs and enter the workforce. It provides a robust and fertile pipeline as deep as from the middle schools to those that transfer to upper division. The Center also better prepares students to participate and compete in nationwide engineering challenges & competitions.

The Center houses specialty labs - robotics, engineering, manufacturing, sustainable, and off-the-grid facilities. These facilities also support electric vehicle (EV) technology, alternative energy, AI, landscape technology, and health science tech education.