MICROELECTRONICS-PHOTONICS (MEPH) Ken Vickers Degrees Conferred:
This interdisciplinary program prepares students for pursuing careers in the development and manufacturing of high tech materials and devices in such industries as photonics, telecommunications, microelectronics, and microelectromechanical devices. 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 candidatesÕ academic backgrounds will be evaluated by the GSCMEP. To be admitted to graduate study in Microelectronics-Photonics without deficiency, candidates are required to have completed a math course sequence through differential equations and a calculus-based physics course sequence through introduction to quantum mechanics. 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 oral and 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. 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 studentÕs research/project emphasis is picked. At that point, the research/project advisor 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 courses will be chosen from the following list: PHYS 5734 Laser Physics, PHYS 5754 Applied Nonlinear Optics, PHYS 5713 Solid State Physics, or 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 studentÕs 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, PHYS 5794 Lightwave Communication, PHYS 5774 Optical Properties of Materials, PHYS 5643 Laser Spectroscopy, CHEM 4213 Instrumental Analysis, and ELEG 4203 Semiconductor Devices. Other similar technical courses can be applied to a studentÕs individual curriculum plan with the consent of the studentÕs advisory committee. Research thesis hours will be chosen from the department of the students research advisor (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 PHYS 502V Individual Study in Advanced Physics, 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 programÕs 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 117 of the 1998-99 Graduate School Catalog will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Electronics Manufacturing from the College of Engineering. |