Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
479-575-2000
Interdisciplinary Studies
Mission and Objectives
The University provides several options for students to pursue education more broadly than one field of undergraduate study might allow, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary programs. These programs allow broader instruction and research opportunities, especially in emerging fields that haven’t reached the academic breadth to constitute a department in their own right or in cases in which collaboration between one or more departments allows faculty from each existing department to contribute to the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary major. In the Catalog of Studies, requirements for each interdisciplinary program are listed in the chapter of the college or school that oversees the program. See the Fields of Study Index for a complete list of majors and minors listed by college and school.
One interdisciplinary minor, Microelectronics-Photonics, is administered by the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Graduate School. The requirements for completing a minor in Microelectronics-Photonics are listed below.
Ken Vickers
Program Director
248 Physics
479-575-2875
Russell DePriest
Assistant Program Director for microEP minor
131 Engineering Hall
479-575-4719
microep@cavern.uark.edu
microEP.uark.edu
Biological Engineering Faculty:
- Professor Li
- Assistant Professors Kavdia, Kim, Ye
Chemical Engineering Faculty:
- Professor Ulrich
- Associate Professor Beitle
- Assistant Professor J. Hestekin
Chemistry Faculty:
- Professors Fritsch, Gawley, Peng, Stenken
- Assistant Professor Tian
Civil Engineering Faculty:
- Professor Selvam
Computer Science/Computer Engineering Faculty:
- Associate Professor Thompson
- Assistant Professor Di
Electrical Engineering Faculty:
- Distinguished Professors Varadan (V.K), Varadan (V.V.)
- Professors Ang, Balda, Manasreh, Mantooth, Naseem, Schaper
- Associate Professor El-Shanawee
- Research Associate Porter
Industrial Engineering Faculty:
- Associate Professor Mason
Mechanical Engineering Faculty:
- Professor Malshe
- Associate Professors Gordon, Tung
- Assistant Professors Huang, Spearot, Zou
Microelectronics-Photonics Faculty:
- Adjunct Professors DePriest, Foster
Physics Faculty:
- Distinguished Professors Salamo, Xiao
- Professors Bellaiche, Singh
- Research Professor Vickers
- Associate Professor Oliver
- Assistant Professors Fu, Gross, Li, Tchakhalian
- Research Associate and Adjunct Professor Shultz
Microelectronics-Photonics (microEP) is an interdisciplinary program based in the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Graduate School that prepares students for careers involving micro/nano materials, processing, and devices applied in areas such as photonics, microelectronics, bio/chemical analysis, etc. The microEP Graduate Program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, as well as an undergraduate minor in Microelectronics-Photonics.
The purpose of this minor is to allow undergraduates in science and engineering to be able to capitalize on the research and educational core of the microEP Graduate Program as they prepare to enter the job market or compete for positions in top level graduate programs.
Requirements for a Minor in Microelectronics-Photonics: Six hours of required courses (ELEG 4203, and one of INEG 4323, INEG 4433, or INEG 4443). At least an additional nine hours must be taken from the following undergraduate courses (BENG 4123, CHEM 4213, ELEG 4223, MEEG 4303, MEEG 4443, MEPH 488V, PHYS 3603, PHYS 4713, and PHYS 4213), or from other appropriate courses not on this list if approved first by the microEP Program and by the course instructor.
Students accepted into the microEP minor must attend an orientation session at the beginning of each semester as well as the monthly microEP graduate student research presentations. Students enrolled in the microEP minor must attend at least one public presentation of a Master of Science thesis in microEP or a Doctor of Philosophy dissertation in microEP each semester. Students wishing to declare this minor must apply through the microEP Program Web site, and be accepted into the minor at least two regular semesters before their graduation date.