Interdisciplinary Research Opportunity for Undergraduates.

Project Title:  New Dielectric Materials for Microelectronics Packaging

Location: In the laboratory of Prof. Paul Kohl, Bunger-Henry Building, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Duration: The candidate must be available for at least two semesters, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014. This position can be for pay, academic credit as a Technical Elective, or a combination of the two if the contact hours justify it.

Qualifications: The candidate should be currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. Prior experience with working in a laboratory is an advantage but not required.  Candidate must have successfully completed ChBE 2100. 

Background: Funding is through the Opportunity Research Scholars' (ORS) program in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.  The program is sponsored by Intel, Semiconductor Research Corporation, SAIC, and more.  ORS is a group-based, interdisciplinary program designed to provide research experience for undergraduates. The undergraduate students work in groups of about three to a group. The groups are given a technical problem and expected to collaboratively solve the problem though experimental research.  

Job description: The candidate will work with two ECE undergraduate students in a group setting.  Students will be involved in a research project dealing with advanced dielectrics for integrated circuits and electronic packaging.  The project will require creative problem solving, especially in chemical routes to new dielectric materials and characterization of properties.  The student will gain knowledge in microelectronics, polymer chemistry, and dielectric materials.  Hands-on experience will be gained in microelectronics processing and polymer characterization techniques. 

Contact: Interested students should send his/her resume and transcript to Jared Schwartz at jared.schwartz@chbe.gatech.edu