 The
Center for Solid State Electronics Research
(CSSER) was established in 1981 during
the first phase of the Engineering Excellence
Program at Arizona State University.
The vision was to achieve nothing less
than national leadership in the crucial
area of solid state electronics. High
technology now directly or indirectly
supports one out of every five jobs
in Arizona. The Center has exhibited
strong and steady growth since those
days and currently provides resources
and infrastructure for research and
education in solid state electronics
in the form of 30 laboratories covering
more than 30,000 sq.ft.; including a
Class-100 Cleanroom administered and
maintained by a complement of 10 staff
and 2 student workers.
Today,
CSSER has 38 faculty members, 15 post-doctoral
researchers and over 80 students drawn
from various disciplines including
biochemistry, bioengineering, chemistry,
chemical engineering, electrical engineering,
materials science, mechanical engineering,
industrial engineering, and physics.
The microelectronics research is focused
in five main cross-disciplinary efforts;
Nanostructures; Molecular Beam Epitaxy
and Optoelectronics; Materials and
Process Fundamentals; Low Power Electronics;
and Bio and Molecular Electronics.
Other areas include: MEMS and Nano-fluidics;
Wide Band Gap Semiconductors; High-K
Dielectrics and Nano-magnetics.
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Sunday May 11, 2008
