MSE Specialties: Semiconductor Processing & Packaging
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The electronics industry has grown to become a $2 trillion-dollar market, exceeding investments made in other industries such as transportation, steel, etc. Businesses require an educated global workforce t support this ever-expanding and technologically challenging industry. In response to this demand, Arizona State University (ASU) in collaboration with industry has established a focused and multidisciplinary Master of Science in Engineering program.
The fast-paced and global nature of technologically challenging microelectronics industry necessitates an educational offering that is up-to-date, as well as, flexible for diverse and globally-based learners/students. In recognition of this need, Arizona State University which has strong collaborative programs with many microelectronics industry leaders has developed the Semiconductor Processing and Packaging program.
Due to the complex/multi-disciplinary nature of the semiconductor industry and the rapidly changing technology where product lifecycles are as short as 2-3 years, engineers require ongoing training and advanced education in new materials and processes in semiconductor manufacturing. In Arizona, Manufacturing accounts for more than 200,000 jobs in the state of Arizona, and generates roughly 15% of wages and salaries. Arizona has been particularly successful in attracting high-technology industries, which have a total economic impact of $33 billion per year in the state. Nearly 56 percent of all manufacturing employment is in this sector.
ASU's Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering is addressing these issues by offering professionals the MSE degree in Semiconductor Processing and Packaging. The SPP program is available both on-line and on-campus. This program is designed to bridge the gap between knowledge of engineering sciences and creative engineering practice while at the same time increasing depth and knowledge in this area of emphasis
SPP program is an interdisciplinary program, also offered by other engineering disciplines at Ira A. Fulton School of engineering. Students interested in the MSE in Semiconductor Processing and Packaging can further select to focus their degree program in either Semiconductor "Processing" or "Packaging". The two available tracks help in specializing in one of the two areas per industry demand. The Semiconductor Processing area emphasizes on the processing of semiconductor device/system, while the Packaging track accentuates the packaging that bridges the device/system to the external world and enables the functionality.
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