Educational Initiatives

Leveraging research, professional activities, and laboratory resources, a principle objective of the Center is the continual adaptive development of an educational infrastructure both within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as campus-wide at West Virginia University which provides students with a fundamental understanding of the interdisciplinary areas central to microelectronic and photonic systems and the emerging advanced technologies which will revolutionize them.

All MSRC educational Initiatives have one or more of the following main ojectives.

• Continual adaptation and development of undergraduate and graduate level curricula supporting microelectronics, photonics, and related areas.
• Exploration of innovative classroom and laboratory approaches and the integrated instruction they enable.
• Providing students with opportunities to move beyond the limits of the standard curriculum.
• Opening a window of experience for all students onto the fields of microelectronic and photonic systems and the exciting challenges and opportunities they hold.

The current status of the course work, instructional laboratory infrastructure, and ongoing initiatives of the Microelectronics Systems Research Center targeting achievement of these educational objectives is detailed below.

• Undergraduate Education

• Graduate Education

• Instructional Classroom Laboratories

  • Microelectronic System Prototyping Lab

  • Lightwave Communication System Prototyping Lab

    • Request for Input and Partners in the Development of a
      NSF ILI Lightwave Communication System Prototyping Laboratory.
    • Narrative section of original proposal.

• MSRC Distinguished Speaker Series

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If you would like further information on any of the MSRC educational initiatives detailed above, or are interested in obtaining student application information, please do not hesitate to e-mail Professor Hornak with your inquiry.

All courses and educational initiatives of the center are done within the context of the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at West Virginia University. See the ECE Home Page for further program details.

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