Integrated Microelectronics Laboratory

拉斐特学院的电气工程系正在重新思考其教育方法和理念，以适应学生的本科经历。该项目提供设备资金，作为EE课程重大升级的一部分。具体地说，为初级班和高年级班设立微电子综合实验室提供资金。该实验室将被配置为支持现有的微电子学课程，更重要的是，形成面向本科生的集成电子创新课程的主要实验室组成部分。该环境将包括在所有四年的课程期间，为EE本科生提供的集成电子车间/实验室经验。该设备将面向本科教学，将微电子电路和系统设计所需的分析工具、模拟方法和快速原型策略有效地结合在一起。这个实验室将是系内课程和实验室重大重组的一部分。电子工程实验室的现代化和教学技术的振兴预计将为吸引和保持电气工程专业毕业生的注意力提供必要的动力。

The Electrical Engineering faculty at Lafayette College is rethinking its educational methods and philosophy toward the students' undergraduate experience. This project provides equipment funds as part of a major upgrade to the EE curriculum. Specifically, funds are provided for the establishment of an Integrated Microelectronics Laboratory for junior and senior classes. This laboratory will be configured to support the current offerings in microelectronics and, more importantly, to form a major laboratory component of an innovative curriculum in integrated electronics for undergraduates. The environment will include workshop/laboratory experiences in integrated electronics for the EE undergraduate during all four years of the curriculum. The equipment will be targeted toward undergraduate instruction to bring together effectively, analytical tools, simulation methods, and rapid prototyping strategies needed in the design of microelectronic circuits and systems. This laboratory will be part of a major restructuring of courses and laboratories within the department. The modernization of EE laboratories and the revitalization of pedagogical techniques is expected to provide the necessary motivation for attracting and retaining the attention of electrical engineering graduates.