Solid State Electronics

OVERVIEW

The solid-state electronics curriculum in the Department of Electrical Engineering includes five upper-division undergraduate and 14 graduate courses in the areas of semiconductor devices and materials, characterization, photonic/photovoltaic devices, semiconductor processing/intelligent control, nanoelectronics, molecular electronics, transport, and computational electronics as well as occasional specialty courses.

ELECTIVE COURSES

EEE 434 – Quantum Mechanics for Engineers
EEE 435 – Microelectronics
EEE 436 – Fundamentals of Solid-State Devices
EEE 437 – Optoelectronics
EEE 439 – Semiconductor Facilities and Cleanroom Practices

GRADUATE COURSES

EEE 530 – Advanced Silicon Processing
EEE 531 – Semiconductor Device Theory I
EEE 532 – Semiconductor Device Theory II
EEE 533 – Semiconductor Process/Device Simulation
EEE 534 – Semiconductor Transport
EEE 535 – Electron Transport i n Nanostructures
EEE 536 – Semiconductor Characterization
EEE 537 – Semiconductor Optoelectronics I
EEE 538 – Semiconductor Optoelectronics II
EEE 539 – Introduction to Solid-State Electronics
EEE 598 – Molecular Electronics
EEE 631 – Heterostructures and Superlattices
EEE 632 – Heterojunction Devices
EEE 731 – Advanced MOS Devices

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

The Solid-State Electronics program has students in the M.S.E., the M.S., and the Ph.D. programs. Research is typically supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, NASA, and private industry.