Program Objective and Technical Focus Areas

The objective of this unique Professional Master's Program is to develop leaders in electronic technology innovation. On the technical side, the focus is on connecting the physical side of electronics (hardware) with the virtual side (software and systems).  The areas of emphasis in physical electronics are:

Electronics System Design

Digital, analog, and RF circuits, Systems-on-Chip (SoC) design, embedded computing systems, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, neuromorphic and brain-inspired computing, hardware for machine learning and artificial intelligence, wireless sensor networks, reliable and low and high-power system design.

Materials and Devices

Electronic, photonic, optoelectronic, and electro-mechanical materials, devices and fabrication technologies for applications in computing, communication, sensing, and energy systems. This technical focus addresses integrated, system-specific performance and reliability of transistors, memory technologies, solar cells, photo-detectors, energy harvesters, bio-chemical sensors, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and materials for quantum systems. 

Power and Energy Systems

Electric power generation, distribution, and control systems. Electric propulsion for marine, aerospace, and terrestrial vehicles. This technical focus also includes design algorithms for power and energy components, new power and energy devices, integration of renewable and “green” energy sources into existing large-scale power grid, design and control of microgrids containing disparate energy sources and storage subsystems, and wireless power transfer.

Optical and Photonic Technologies

Imaging, optical communications, solar energy, biological sensing, and quantum information processing. This technical focus emphasizes the use of advanced computational models of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light to address real-world challenges such as sensing, visualization, information transmission and processing, as well as energy and information conversion and/or storage.

High-frequency Electronics

RF to millimeter-wave passive/active devices and antennas for transmitters and receivers. This technical focus emphasizes a  variety of technologies based on electronic and RF MEMS components for applications in radar, sensors, cellular networks, satellite communications, position, navigation, and timing.