Microelectronics devices can be applied in the areas of telecommunications, ultra-high speed computers, integrated optics, power electronics, robotics, and signal processing. In turn, these applications provide the direction and guidelines for research and development in new devices and physical phenomena used to provide improved performance. The microelectronics technical group is at the forefront of research and education in the above mentioned technologies. Currently, the group consists of 18 faculty and approximately 50 Ph.D. students. The microelectronics educational program is designed to prepare students to work in the electronics or semiconductor fabrication industries or to pursue further work at the graduate level.
Some undergraduate electives are prerequisites to graduate sequences.
Ajeet Rohatgi and Rao Tummala, two internationally known senior faculty members, lead the UCEP and the PRC , two cutting edge centers in solar cell research and development and low-cost electronic packaging. Other research and sponsors, include ITT , NSF , Boeing Aerospace Company , Texas Instruments , Semiconductor Research Corporation , the U.S. Air Force , the U.S. Department of Defense , the National Science Foundation , and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . All information in these pages is copyrighted. All rights reserved. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, nothing contained herein constitutes nor is intended to constitute an offer, inducement, promise, or contract of any kind.