Title : 
The nation´s newest microelectronics program
         
        
            Author : 
Mattauch, Robert J. ; Tait, Gregory B.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The microelectronics portion of a new electrical engineering program at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia is described. Detail is given on the curriculum which was designed by faculty and members of an Industrial Advisory Board. Description is given of faculty hiring orientations and laboratories of the microelectronics building which will support the curriculum
         
        
            Keywords : 
educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuits; laboratories; Virginia Commonwealth University; curriculum; electrical engineering program; faculty hiring orientations; laboratories; microelectronics program; Biomedical engineering; Buildings; Chemical industry; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Industrial relations; International collaboration; Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Microelectronics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, 1997., Proceedings of the Twelfth Biennial
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Rochester, NY
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-3790-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/UGIM.1997.616670