Engineers are problem solvers...

• A good engineer must have a sound understanding of fundamental principles of nature and Mathematics in order to solve challenging problems...

• A good engineer must have an excellent time-management skill...

• A good engineer must think logically and be creative...

• A good engineer must have an excellent communication skill and be a team player...

• A good engineering must be a life-long learner...

"The mediocre teacher tells...

The good teacher explains...

The superior teacher demonstrates...

The Great Teacher Inspires!"

                                 -William Arthur Ward

• Stimulate critical thinking 

• Encourage an environment of active and issue-based learning

• Follow a bottom-up approach to engineering education that adds a new perspective to materials, devices, and systems to supplement traditional understanding. 

• Broaden students' perspectives by exposing them to current research initiatives at leading institutions and providing opportunities to engage with ongoing scholarly work. 

• Class projects acknowledge the current magnitude of commercial science and engineering, and instead of being hypothesis-driven, they focus on end-results/products. The importance of project completion and documentation is emphasized.

• Encourage students to collaborate effectively in teams, uphold ethical standards and professional conduct, and recognize the value of lifelong learning. 

• Quantum phenomena in nanostructures

• Conventional and non-conventional semiconductor devices

• Devices for energy applications (solid-state lighting, solar cells, and thermoelectrics)

• Computational nanoelectronics

• Emerging power electronics materials and devices

• ECE 345 (Electronics)

• ECE 336 (Electric Circuits II)

• ECE 447/547 (Semiconductor Devices)

• ECE 446/546 (Analog Circuit Design)

• ECE 482/582 (Power Electronics)

• ECE 484/584 (Hybrid and Electric Vehicles)

• ECE 550 (Nanoscale VLSI Devices)

• ECE 560 (VLSI Characterization)

• ECE 548 (Quantum Phenomena and Devices)

• ECE 557 (Computational Electronics)

• ECE 545 (Advanced Semiconductor devices)

A. Basic Theory, Numerical Methods, Computing Tools

ECE 557 Computational Electronics I (Device Modeling and TCAD Simulations)

ECE 593M/559 (TBD)  Computational Electronics II  [multiscale modeling and simulations: ab initio, MD, empirical, transport (SE-liuoville-wigner-BTE-HD-DD-compact), response (magnetic, optical, thermal coupling)]

       (Link to lectures on Computational Physics at Oregon State)

ECE592  Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials  and a nanoHUB course is here

ECE 592 Supriyo Datta's Quantum Transport course on nanoHUB)

ECE 592 Introduction to Nanoelectronics (Supriyo Datta's course on nanoHUB)

MATH 475-6 (3, 3) Numerical Analysis 

(ECE 592 MIT courses: Linear Algebra  Computational Science and Engineering I  Mathematical Methods for Engineers II  Finite Element Analysis)

CS 520 Introduction to Parallel Programming  (a similar MIT Course is here)

PHY 430-3 Quantum Mechanics I

PHY 425-3 Solid State Physics I      

B. Devices (building blocks of ICs and semiconductor technology)

ECE 593M Solid-State Theory of Electronic Materials  

ECE 447/547 Semiconductor Devices  (Moore Devices; ECE 592 Principles of Semiconductor Devices on nanoHUB.org) 

ECE 550 Nanoscale VLSI Devices (More-Moore Devices)

ECE 560 VLSI Material and Device Characterization (VLSI Processing and Characterization; materials and IC processing; characterization techniques; device reliability)

(good resources on nanoHUB are Nanomaterials,  Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy Skills, Device Reliability tutorials, nanoHUB course on Reliability)      

ECE 545 Advanced Semiconductor Devices (More-than-Moore Devices; Theory of transition rates; Devices: memory; energy-related: solar, LEDs/SSLs, thermoelectrics, batteries; biomedical/environment; consumer electronics: CCDs, LCDs)

ECE 548 Quantum Phenomena and Devices (quantum charge, spin, computing)

ECE 541 Quantum Information Processing and Devices 

C. Circuits/Systems

ECE 329/429/529 (Computer Architecture)

ECE 426/516 (VLSI-HDL)

ECE 524 (Synthesis and Verification using Verilog)

Digital/ASIC Circuits:  ECE 423/513, ECE 528, ECE 523 (low-power VLSI), ECE 515 (3-D IC)

Analog: ECE 446, ECE 543 (Analog VLSI), ECE 531 (Mixed-Signal VLSI Design), ECE 540 (RF ICs)

Embedded: ECE 514

ECE 425/525 (Physical Design Automation)

ECE 521/ (Fault-Tolerant IC Design)

ECE 522 (VLSI Circuit Testing)

D. Other

ECE 468 Digital Signal Processing or, ECE 558 Digital Image Processing I

ECE 477 Fields & Waves I  (a similar MIT Course is here)

ECE 483 Power Electronics