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MS ECE (VLSI/Microelectronics)

Vanderbilt’s Microelectronics and VLSI Design area focuses on design, analyses, simulation, verification, and testings of modern integrated circuits by bridging semiconductor device physics to circuit behavior and system-level implementations. Coursework builds a rigorous foundation in the operation and modelling of semiconductor devices, followed by circuit design principles for high-speed and low-power applications, and advanced system-level architectures.

Students will learn to interpret how device-level constraints and physical effects influence circuit-level performance across analog and digital domains. Skill set for modern ASIC design is gained at the gate-level and the register-transfer-level for high-speed and/or low-power applications using latest software tools for industry-standard design flows. Advanced knowledge-base is developed through understanding the principles of embedded systems, dataflow processor design, multi-core architectures, graphics processor design, shared memory design, and related modern world applications.

Together, these topics will prepare the students in design, verification and testing challenges central to modern microelectronic systems for the most demanding jobs in the industry.  Students will be able to access additional focus areas including semiconductor materials and device characterization, reliability concepts, cyber-physical systems, and the effects of radiation on microelectronics reliability.

 

Microelectronics

ECE Faculty Associated with this Research Area:

  • Bharat Bhuva

    Bharat Bhuva

    Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

  • Gabor Karsai

    Gabor Karsai

    Distinguished Professor of Computer Science

    Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
    Co-Associate Chair for Computer Engineering
    Executive Council, Institute for Software Integrated Systems

  • Sandeep K Neema

    Sandeep K Neema

    Professor of Computer Science

    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Chair, Executive Council, Institute of Software Integrated Systems

  • Janos Sztipanovits

    Janos Sztipanovits

    E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering

    Executive Council, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
    Professor of Computer Science
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Matthew Day

    Matthew Day

    Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Assistant Professor of Physics

    • ESB 364
  • Yayun Du

    Yayun Du

    Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Assistant Professor of Computer Science
    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    • 324 Featheringill Hall
  • Mona Ebrish

    Mona Ebrish

    Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Assistant Professor of Physics

  • Philippe Fauchet

    Philippe Fauchet

    Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, Emeritus

    Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    • Room 388, Jacobs Hall (FGH)
  • Daniel M Fleetwood

    Daniel M Fleetwood

    Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering

    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Professor of Physics

  • Weng Poo Kang

    Weng Poo Kang

    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Lloyd W Massengill

    Lloyd W Massengill

    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Justus Ndukaife

    Justus Ndukaife

    Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

    Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

  • Sokrates Pantelides

    Sokrates Pantelides

    University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering

    William A. & Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics
    Professor of Materials Science
    Professor of Electrical Engineering

  • Robert Reed

    Robert Reed

    Professor of Electrical Engineering

    Associate Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Ronald D Schrimpf

    Ronald D Schrimpf

    Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Engineering

    Professor of Electrical Engineering
    Professor of Materials Science

  • Sharon M Weiss

    Sharon M Weiss

    Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering

    Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
    Professor of Physics
    Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering