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The Graduate School Departments and Course Descriptions 136 Physics Faculty: • Distinguished Professor Salamo • Professors Bellaiche, Singh • Research Professor Vickers • Associate Professors Fu, Oliver • Assistant Professors Barraza-Lopez, Li, Tchakhalian Degrees Conferred: M.S., Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics (MEPH) This multidisciplinary program prepares students for careers in the development and manufacturing of micro- to nanoscale materials, processing, and devices in such industries as biosensing, photonics, telecommunications, microelectronics, and MEMs. Typical students in this program will be fulltime students residing on campus, but provisions may be made to support remotely located part-time students already engaged in professional careers. Philosophy of Graduate Education: All entering graduate students from June 1 through May 31 of the following year are formed into a Cohort. Cohort members form a natural work group during their first twenty-four months of graduate school, and the Cohort receives training in how to effectively apply their academic knowledge in professional group environments such as research- or teaching-based academic departments, large governmental research labs, or industrial settings. The Cohort training also fosters a supportive graduate community atmosphere that enhances the likelihood of academic success of all the program’s graduate students. The techniques used for this training have been developed at the University of Arkansas under the financial sponsorship of the NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program, and the Department of Education’s Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) program. Through these methods, our graduate students exit our degree programs with the equivalent of one and a half years of on-the-job training in management techniques useful in a technology-based professional career setting. Prerequisites to Degree Program: Applicants to the program must satisfy the requirements of the Graduate School as described in this catalog and have the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Microelectronics- Photonics program (GSCMEP). Candidates typically 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 (microEP) 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 an introduction to electricity and magnetism or electronic circuits. Other undergraduate deficiencies may be identified during the evaluation process, and degree completion 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 Graduate School during the admission process. 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 graduate assistantships that require direct contact with students in a teaching or tutorial role must meet the Graduate School’s English Language proficiency test requirements for such GA positions. Requirements for the Master of Science Degree: Students choosing this degree program will be assigned an initial adviser upon acceptance to the program. This adviser will be their Cohort Manager during that academic year. Students will work with the Director of the Microelectronics-Photonics program to define their M.S. path to best support their career goals after graduation, with three curricula paths available to Microelectronics-Photonics students: • Non-thesis path: Students who are funded by personal resources or by graduate assistantships not associated with research or educational grants may complete an M.S. degree with additional course work in place of independent research. While there may be specific narrow career options where this is an appropriate path, the Microelectronics-Photonics program strongly recommends the Professional or Academic paths as providing a much better overall career preparation for working in a technical position. Students completing this path cannot be accepted for the Ph.D. Microelectronics-Photonics program. • Professional path: Students who plan to enter the technical marketplace after M.S. completion will find this path most beneficial as it requires independent graduate-level research in collaboration with an external technical organization. The research may be in the form of a traditional M.S. six-hour research topic and thesis, or may instead be in the form of two three-hour independent research efforts resulting in written reports with the clarity, style, analysis, and conclusions expected of a journal paper submission. Both the thesis and the written reports will be orally defended before the appropriate student committee. Students in this path will also be required to complete at least one internship of at least six weeks duration to experience a non-academic technical environment. Students completing this path may be considered by the GSCMEP for admission to the Ph.D. Microelectronics-Photonics program based on the strength of their academic course grades, their independent research depth, and the quality of the written research document. • Academic path: Students who plan to complete an academic campus-based research thesis will take this path, although the research topic may include funding and collaboration with outside technical organizations. Students who complete all requirements for M.S. graduation, including an independent research project and thesis acceptable to their thesis committee, will be eligible without GSCMEP review for admission to the Ph.D. Microelectronics-Photonics program. Students will form either a theses committee or and advisory committee after they have chosen their M.S. path, defined any independent research areas, and been accepted into a research group if appropriate. A thesis committee will be made up of at least three faculty members, with at least one faculty member each from the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering (the student’s research professor will chair the thesis committee). The advisory committee will include at least one GSCMEP member, the supervising faculty member for a research experience, and the student’s cohort leader. If the student is in the Professional path, then either committee must also include at least one technical professional from the partner external organization as an adjunct faculty member or an ex officio committee member. Students in this degree program can choose an Academic path, a Professional path, or a Non-thesis path. The course hours to meet the minimum requirements for each paths are as follows: Academic Path Professional Path Non-Thesis Path Subject Area Hours Hours Hours Science 6 6 6 Engineering 9 9 12 2012-13 Graduate Catalog, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Graduate School Departments and Course Descriptions MEPH 5383 Research Commercialization MEPH 5811/5911/ 6811/ 6911 Open Seminar MEPH 5821 Ethics MEPH 5832 Proposal Writing and Management 3 3 3 >=3 4 >=3 In Ph.D. Curriculum In Ph.D. Curriculum 2012-13 Graduate Catalog, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Technical elective 6 6 15 DEPT 600V Research Thesis 6 (option) 6 0 MEPH 5513 Applied External Research MEPH 5523 Applied Internal Research MEPH 588V Independent Project MEPH 555V External Technical Internship Not available Not available Not available 1 Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended in Ph.D. studies (or option) 3 + 3 (or option) 3 + 3 Not available Not available Not available (
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