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MICROELECTRONICS-PHOTONICS (MEPH) Ken Vickers, Program Chair, 239 Physics, (479) 575-2875, e-mail: microep@cavern.uark.edu
Business Faculty: Professor Todd Chemical Engineering Faculty: Professor Ulrich • Associate Professor Beitle Chemistry Faculty: Associate Professors Fritsch, Peng Civil Engineering Faculty: Professor Selvan Electrical Engineering Faculty: University Professor Brown • Professors Ang, Elshabini, Naseem, Schaper • Research Professor Barlow • Associate Professosr Mantooth, Olejniczak Mechanical Engineering Faculty: Professor Schmidt • Associate Professor Gordon • Assistant Professors Malshe, Tung Physics Faculty: University Professor Salamo • Professor Xiao • Research Professor Vickers • Associate Professors Oliver, Ding • Assistant Professors Bellaiche, Filipkowski, Henry, Thibado Degrees Conferred: M.S., Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics (MEPH)
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:
Physics/Chemistry courses are typically chosen from such courses as: PHYS 5734 Laser 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 Business course hours may be chosen from the following list: MGMT 5363 Strategic Innovation,
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 Graduate Catalog listed science/engineering courses such as MEEG 4303 Materials Laboratory Other similar technical courses may 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 will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Electronics Manufacturing from the College of Engineering if they meet the requirements for this certificate as listed in the College of Engineering (ENGR) section of the Graduate Catalog. Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy 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 four faculty members, with at least one faculty member each from the Department of Physics and the College of Engineering. The advisory committee will elect a temporary chair until the student's research emphasis is picked. At that point, the major research advisor will be added to the advisory committee and become the permanent chair. If the research advisor is already a committee member, then a fifth member will be added from the program faculty. Candidates for the Ph.D. program are expected to have completed a Master
of Science degree in either engineering or science, with Students who have graduated with a MS in Microelectronics-Photonics from the University of Arkansas will be expected to take the Microelectronics-Photonics candidacy exam in the spring semester after MS graduation. Students requesting admittance to the Ph.D. program with an MS degree in another discipline may pass a candidacy examination by either:
Students who fail to pass their candidacy exam may petition the GSCMEP for permission to re-take the exam at its next available date. Factors used during consideration of a petition to re-take the exam may include such items as initial exam scores, UA graduate GPA, recommendations by graduate faculty, recommendations of the student's advisory committee, and other factors deemed appropriate for use in determining capability of Ph.D. level performance. Any student whose petition is denied, or who fails the candidacy exam a second time, will not be allowed to continue enrollment in this graduate program. A Ph.D. curriculum will be defined to meet each student's research interests as well as the Microelectronics-Photonics program's interest in course breadth. It is to be expected that certain MS degrees will be poorer matches to the Microelectronics-Photonics program focus areas and will therefore require a greater number of graduate courses in the Ph.D. curriculum as a requirement for graduation. The course plan for each must include a minimum of 30 hours of graduate coursework beyond the MS degree requirements. Specific courses will be chosen by the student and must be approved by the student's doctoral advisory committee. The coursework list for the Ph.D. degree will then be combined with the courses completed during the student's MS studies to assure that the combined course list includes:
In addition to these conditions, the 18 hours of research dissertation required by the Graduate School will be taken under departmental course numbers such as PHYS 700V, CHEG 700V, CHEM 700V, ELEG 700V, etc. as appropriate to match to the department of each student's major research professor. Students in this program who meet the requirements as listed in the Engineering Section of the Graduate School Catalog will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Electronics Manufacturing from the College of Engineering.
COURSES: MICROELECTRONICSPHOTOAICS (MEPH) 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 discuss issues that impact a technical gropu's operational effectiveness. Topics to be discussed include ethics, applications of procedures, cultural impact on operations, and team based methodologies. Discussions of current events in the interaction between technology and human affairs will be included as appropriate. 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 Doctor of Philosophy degree to discuss issues that impact a technical group's operational effectiveness. Topics to be discussed include ethics, applications of procedures, cultural impact on operations, and team based methodologies. Discussions of current events in the interaction between technology and human affairs will be included as appropriate. Prerequisite: graduate standing. |
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