Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

"Microelectronics, photonics, and mixed signal electronics are key focus areas in ECSE. Students receive a broad range of training including modeling, analysis, design, and fabrication of electronics devices and systems using state-of-the-art software and equipment. In the graduate program, in-depth courses in semiconductors are offered together with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary training from materials engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, physics, and chemistry. Students can receive a Master of Science degree in Semiconductor Science and Engineering or Ph.D. specializing in microelectronics".

John Wen  
Professor and Department Head  
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering

“Thermal management, mechanical/structural reliability, optimal design, sustainable manufacturing, and model-based engineering are relevant topics to the microelectronics industry that are addressed in the educational programs at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE). We train our students to use the state-of-the-art experimental facilities and massively parallel supercomputers necessary to develop more advanced, reliable devices. In MANE, we understand that to solve the big challenges of our time requires bringing together people with diverse backgrounds and expertise. Our faculty and students work collaboratively in an inclusive and collegial environment. Our unique multidisciplinary design and Inventor Studio courses prepare our students to be lifelong innovators with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in the microelectronics industry, leading teams in manufacturing, modeling and simulation, and thermal management.”      
          
Antoinette Maniatty      
Professor and Acting Department Head      
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering

Chemical and Biological Engineering

“Chemical engineering has been part of RPI’s microelectronics effort since the mid 1980s. Our core disciplines of thermodynamics, transport processes, reactor design, and process control are powerful tools that also drive the microelectronics industry. We have sent many dozens of undergraduate and graduate students to Intel, IBM, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, LG, Applied Materials, Lam Research, ASML, Apple, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Google, Tokyo Electron, and NVIDIA. All have been very successful and are critical to processing microelectronic materials and devices. We have worked on chemical-mechanical polishing, optical interconnects, low-dielectric materials, 2-D materials, resistive memory, glancing angle deposition, etching and deposition, and pore sealing, among other projects.”

Joel Plawsky 
Professor and Department Head    
Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

“The Department of Materials Science and Engineering has a strong research and educational focus on electronic materials, including computational design, synthesis, and characterization. We offer core undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical and optical properties and electives such as thin films and functional ceramics. Aspects of other courses, such as Modeling of Materials and Materials Informatics and Data Science, address electronic properties. A significant fraction of our bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. graduates have found fulfilling and successful careers in the microelectronics industry, including at industry leaders such as IBM, GlobalFoundries, Micron, Intel, and Samsung.”

Pawel Keblinski    
Professor and Department Head    
Department of Materials Science and Engineering    
 

Other Courses Offered

• PHYS 6710 - Theory of Solids I
• PHYS 4720 - Solid State Physics
• ENGR 6120 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Systems
• ISYE 4210 - Design and Analysis of Supply Chains
• ISYE 6600 - Design of Manufacturing System Supply Chain
• ISYE 6780 - Introduction to Optimization