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CERTIFICATES

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Certificate in Semiconductor Materials and Devices

The certificate will consist of 20 credit hours of which 12 credit hours will be required courses.  Students interested in pursuing this certificate should see a PHOE certificate advisor. (Professors:  McInerney, Siahmakoun, and Wagner) 

Required Courses

 

Course Description

Hours

Course Prerequisites

1. PH 405 Semiconductor Materials and Devices I 

3R-3L-4C    F

PH 113 or PH 255 or PH 265 or consent of instructor.

2. PH 406 Semiconductor Materials and Devices II

3R-3L-4C    W

PH 405 or consent of the instructor

3. PH 410 to MEMS: Fabrication   and App                                 Or                                                CHE 440 Process Control

3R-3L-4C    S

JR or SR standing or consent of the instructor


4R-0L-4C    W


CHE 202

 
Electives

Course

Hours

Course Description

OE 450

4

 Laser Systems and Applications

OE 485

4

 Electro-Optics and Applications

PH 330

4

 Material Failure

PH 401

4

 Quantum Mechanics

PH 440

4

 X-rays and Crystalline Materials

PH 408

4

 Microsensors

PH 411

4

 Advanced MEMS:  Modeling and Packaging 

ECE 350

4

 Electronics and Interfacing

ECE 351

4

 Analog Electronics

ECE 551

4

 VLSI Design and Testing I

ECE 552

4

 VLSI II: Mixed-Signal IC Design

ME 302

4

 Heat Transfer

ME 328

4

 Materials Engineering

ME 424

4

 Composite Materials

ME 415

4

 Corrosion and Engineering Materials

CHE 314

4

 Heat Transfer

CHE 315

4

 Material Science and Engineering

CHE 440

4

 Process Control

CHE 441

4

 Polymer Engineering

CHEM 441

4

 Inorganic Chemistry I

CHEM 451

4

 Organic Structure Determination

CHEM 456

4

 Polymer Chemistry I

CHEM 457

4

 Polymer Chemistry II

MA 487

4

 Design of Engineering Experiments

MA 381

4

 Intro to Probability with Statistical Applications

MA 385

4

Quality Methods


Overall aim of the Certificate

A certificate holder will understand how semiconductor devices work, have practical experience in the main stages of device production, have practical experience in the more common forms of device testing and characterization, and have broad understanding of the mechanical and chemical properties of the material used.

A Certificate holder will be well suited for jobs requiring an understanding of semiconductor devices and their production.  These jobs include not only those directly related to device fabrication, but also those involved with testing and trouble-shooting electronic equipment and the design of machines that contain electronic equipment.  The experience in simple device fabrication that the Certificate provides is particularly useful for future engineers in a process in industries.

Certificate in Imaging

        Imaging concerns the collection, manipulation, analysis, generation, understanding and processing of images. It is a new and rapidly growing subject that includes computer graphics, computer vision, optical imaging and filtering, signal processing and aspects of artificial intelligence. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology offers an undergraduate multidisciplinary Imaging Systems Certificate. Hands-on experience is emphasized in the well-equipped Imaging Systems Laboratory, which is used for project work by certificate students and graduate students whose theses involve imaging.

The certificate recognizes undergraduate students who have gained a grounding in Imaging Systems while at Rose-Hulman. The certificate requires 6 courses (24 credits). Three courses are required core courses, two are electives, and one is the imaging systems project. A
student would expect to take these courses starting in the junior year.
A student in any major should be able to obtain a certificate with
minimal, if any, course overload. Students interested in pursing the
Imaging Systems Certificate should see the certificate advisor (listed
below).

Required Courses

CS 351 Computer Graphics
ECE 480 / PH 437 Introduction to Image Processing
ECE 582 / PH 537 Advanced Image Processing


Elective Courses (choose 2)

CS 325 / MA 325 Fractals and Chaotic Dynamical Systems
CS 413 Artificial Intelligence
CS 451 Advanced Computer Graphics
ECE 510 Error Correcting Codes
ECE 580 Digital Signal Processing
ECE 581 Digital Signal Processing Projects
MA 321 Topics in Geometry
MA 439 Mathematical Methods of Image Processing
PH 280 Paraxial Optics
PH 292 Physical Optics
PH 380 Lens Design and Aberrations
PH 392 Coherent Wave Optics
PH 592 Fourier Optics and Applications

XX - Special Topics courses with an imaging focus (e.g., CS 490 -
Computer Vision) (these must receive Imaging Systems faculty approval to
count toward the certificate)

 
Imaging Systems Project


A project with a significant imaging component. This may be done in any
discipline. Projects must be approved by the Imaging Systems faculty.

 
Imaging Systems Faculty

Jameel Ahmed, Department of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering
S. Allen Broughton, Department of Mathematics
Robert M. Bunch, Department of Physics and Optical Eng.
Edward R. Doering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
David L. Finn, Department of Mathematics
Aaron D. Klebanoff, Department of Mathematics
Cary Laxer, Department of Computer Science (Imaging Systems Certificate advisor)
Robert J. Lopez, Department of Mathematics
James E. Mayhew, Department of Mechanical Engineering
J.P. Mellor, Department of Computer Science
Michael F. McInerney, Department of Physics and Optical Eng.
Wayne T. Padgett, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark A. Yoder, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


Direct questions to: sidney.l.stamm@rose-hulman.edu