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MICROELECTRONICS PHOTONICS (MEPH) Ken Vickers Program Chair 239 Physics 575-2875 Faculty: Degrees Conferred: This multidisciplinary program prepares students for pursuing careers in the development and manufacturing of high tech materials, devices, and systems in such industries as photonics, telecommunications, microelectronics, and MEMs. It is expected that typical students in this program will be full time students residing on campus, but provisions may be made to support remotely located part-time students already engaged in professional careers. Prerequisites to Degree Program: Applicants to the program must satisfy the requirements of the Graduate School as described in the Graduate School Catalog and have the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Microelectronics-Photonics program (GSCMEP). Candidates must have completed a Bachelor of Science degree in either engineering or science, and candidates' academic backgrounds will be evaluated by the GSCMEP for suitability to the graduate program. To be admitted to graduate study in Microelectronics-Photonics without deficiency, candidates are required to have completed a math course sequence through differential equations, a calculus-based physics course sequence through introduction to quantum mechanics, and a junior level introduction to electricity and magnetism. Other undergraduate deficiencies may be identified during the evaluation process, and full admission to the graduate program will be contingent on successful completion of these identified deficiencies. Prospective students from foreign countries in which English is not the native language must submit nationally recognized standardized testing results on written English proficiency for consideration by the GSCMEP. Students may be given conditional admittance pending demonstration of English language skills in appropriate courses at the University of Arkansas. Students wishing to apply for Teaching Assistantships (TA) in a department must meet that department's English Language proficiency test requirements for TA positions. Requirements for the Master of Science Degree: Students choosing this degree program will work with the GSCMEP to define their advisory committee by the end of the sixth week of their first semester in the program.The advisory committee will be made up of at least three faculty members, with at least one faculty member from both physics and engineering. The advisory committee will elect a temporary chair until the student's research/project emphasis is picked. At that point, the research/project adviser will be added to the advisory committee and become the permanent chair. Students in this degree program can choose either a research path or an independent project path. The minimum course hour requirements for both paths are as follows: Independent Research Project Course Hours Course Hours Physics 6 6 Engineering 9 12 Business 3 3 Technical elective 9 15 Research thesis 6 0 Independent project 0 3 Total hours 33 39 Physics courses are typically chosen from such courses as: PHYS 5734 Laser Physics, PHYS 5754 Applied Nonlinear Optics, PHYS 5713 Solid State Physics, PHYS 5774 Introduction to Optical Properties of Matter PHYS 5794 Lightwave Communications PHYS 588V Selected Topics in Experimental Physics. Engineering courses will include INEG 4513/ELEG 4273 Electronics Manufacturing Processes and at least two other courses to be chosen from the following list: ELEG 5213 Integrated Circuit Fabrication Technology Or CHEG 5613 Microelectronics Fabrication and Materials, ELEG/MEEG 5273 Electronic Packaging, ELEG 5293L Integrated Circuits Fabrication Laboratory, ELEG/MEEG 6273 Advanced Electronic Packaging, INEG 4533 Application of Machine Vision, INEG 4563 Application of Robotics, INEG 5423 Engineering in Global Competition, or MEEG 4443 Thermal and Vibration Analysis and Testing of Electronics Business course hours may be chosen from the following list: MGMT 5363 Strategic Innovation Or MGMT 5383 Intra/ Entrepreneurship of Technology. While the courses listed above are designed to meet the interdisciplinary needs of highly technical industry, substitutions may be allowed to the courses listed above with approval by the student's advisory committee and the Graduate Studies Committee of the Microelectronics-Photonics program. Technical elective courses can be additional courses from the course blocks above, or are expected to be senior level or above science/engineering courses such as MEEG 4303 Materials Laboratory, CHEM 4213 Instrumental Analysis ELEG 4203 Semiconductor Devices. Other similar technical courses can be applied to a student's individual curriculum plan with the consent of the student's advisory committee. Research thesis hours will be chosen from the department of the students research adviser (PHYS 600V, ELEG 600V, etc) and will require a written thesis successfully defended in a comprehensive oral exam given by the advisory committee. Independent project hours will be under MEPH 588V, Special Problems in Microelectronics-Photonics, and will require a written project report successfully defended in a comprehensive oral exam given by the advisory committee. Students in the program must demonstrate proficiency in commercial office software products to meet their documentation requirements as defined in the program's student handbook. These products will include word processing, spreadsheet, electronic communications, presentation, and project management software. In addition, students must be able to create documents using commercial software at the rate of forty words per minute or higher. Students in this program who meet the requirements as listed on page 77 of the 2000-2001 Graduate School Catalog will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Electronics Manufacturing from the College of Engineering upon graduation. MEPH5801 Graduate Seminar (FA, SP, SU) Papers presented by candidates for the Master of Science degree in Microelectronics-Photonics on leading edge topics in the field. Prerequisite: graduate standing. MEPH5811 Operations Seminar (FA, SP, SU) Weekly seminar of Microelectronics-Photonics candidates for the Master of Science degree to identify and react to operational issues impacting the student's progress toward degree completion. Prerequisite: graduate standing. MEPH587V Special Topics in Microelectronics-Photonics (1-3) (FA, SP, SU) Consideration of current microelectronic-photonic topics not covered in other courses. May be repeated for 9 hours. MEPH588V Special Problems in Microelectronics-Photonics (1-3) (FA, SP, SU) Opportunity for individual study of advanced subjects related to a graduate degree in Microelectronics-Photonics to suit individual requirements. May be repeated for 6 hours. MEPH6801 Graduate Seminar (FA, SP, SU) Papers presented by candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Microelectronics-Photonics on current research in the field of microelectronics-phonotics. Prerequisite: graduate standing. MEPH6811 Operations Seminar (FA, SP, SU) Weekly seminar of Microelectronics-Photonics candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy degree to identify and react to operational issues impacting the students' progress toward degree completion. Prerequisite: graduate standing. [Jump back to the top of this page][Go
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