Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics

Wroc∏aw University of Technology

Prospective student guide

Electronics, Telecommunications and Computer Science form the shape ofcontemporary civilization. It is electronics that makes the tools which enableus to design modern computers, robots, scientific and medical apparatus.Telecommunication employs optical waveguides for fast data transmission.Both electronics and optoelectronics are expanding due to miniaturization.

The Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics (W-12) is theyoungest faculty at Wroclaw University of Technology. The Faculty offers fulltime courses and part time complementary ones in the field of Electronics andTelecommunications.

Educational program in all disciplines provides the basic knowledge in thefield of electronics, computer science, optoelectronics, microsystems andtelecommunications.

The knowledge, comprising dynamically expanding disciplines andtechnologies, is presented within the specialities including Microsystems,Optoelectronics and Waveguide Technology as well as Electronics andPhotonics. The graduates of the Faculty of Microsystem Electronics andPhotonics are well prepared for solving current and new emerging problems.Their perspectives of employment are excellent as well in Poland as in otherEuropean Union Countries.

The validation of high quality of educational level is the Certificate ofAccreditation in Science and Technology acknowledged to our Faculty by theState Accreditation Committee for Technical Universities.

DEAN OF THE FACULTYof Microsystem Electronics and Photonics

Prof. Dr Sc. Benedykt Licznerski

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The Faculty of Microsystem Elec-tronics and Photonics was estab-lished on January 1, 2002. TheFaculty offers full-time courses andpart-time complementary studiesfor M.Sc. degree in Electronics andTelecommunication. The Facultyfocuses on scientific and technicalproblems connected with theadvanced production of microelec-

tronic and nanoelectronic circuitsand their transfer into other fields.Wroc∏aw is currently recognized asa leading center for research onhigh technologies.

First students were enrolled inthe academic year 2002/2003. TheFaculty is authorized to grant Ph.Dand D.Sc. degrees in Electronics.

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FACULTY OF MICROSYSTEMELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS

Address: 11/17 Zygmunta Janiszewskiego Str., 50-372 Wroc∏awE-mail: http://www.wemif.pwr.wroc.plDean: Benedykt Licznerski, Prof. D. Sc. Eng.Vice-Dean for General Affairs: Janusz Markowski, Ph. D. Eng. Vice-Dean for Teaching: Bronis∏awa Olszewska-Mateja, Ph. D. Eng.Vice -Dean for Students: Zbigniew Kowalski, Prof. D. Sc. Eng.Faculty Office: open from Monday to Wednesday 12:00 - 3:00,from Thursday to Friday 12:00 - 2:00, room 216, House C-2Fax: +4871 328 35 04, Phone: +4871 320 26 79E-mail: dziekanat.wemif@pwr.wroc.plFaculty Office Manager: Kamilla Kotowska, M. Sc. Eng.

A microsystem is a device withdimensions ranging from micrometreto centimetre. It is made withmicroelectronic and micromachiningtechnologies, usually from silicon (e.g.integrated circuits). Microelectronicsand microsystems are a bridge tonanoelectronics and nanosystems(nanomachines). Their widespreadpresence in all the fields of humanlife and activities is going to growsimultaneously with the advancementof science, technology and modernmethods of manufacturing.

Students of the Microsystemscourse learn microelectronictechnologies, which are thefoundation for advancement inmicroelectronics and integratedoptics. They gain knowledge aboutdesign, operation principles,fabrication methods and applicationof various kinds of semiconductordevices, integrated circuits,microsensors, solar cells andmicromechanical devices. Thetechnological trend is characterisedby a significantly high level ofteaching; our laboratory of

nanotechnologies and semiconductorstructures is unlike any laboratory inPoland. The students also get soundtraining in computer science andexpertise in design, fabrication orapplication of microelectroniccircuits, microprocessors and matedwith them ASIC and ASIM systems.Additionally, the students getacquainted with various methodsand equipment for modernmicroassembling of electroniccircuits and special technologiesattributed to manufacturing ofmicrosystems. Having finished suchthorough training, the graduates areequipped with extendedinterdisciplinary knowledgecombining production andapplication problems with marketstrategies. Hence, they findemployment in large and mediumindustrial corporations, run ownenterprises or work in areasconnected with medicine andenvironment protection.

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FOCUS COURSES INTHE FACULTY

FIELD OF STUDY:ELECTRONICS AND

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FIRST-CYCLE OF FULL-TIMESTUDIES

SECOND-CYCLE OF FULL-TIME STUDIES

Focus courses:Microsystems,

Optoelectronics and OpticalWaveguide Technology

SECOND-CYCLE OF PART-TIME STUDIESFocus course:

Electronics, Photonics andMicrosystems

PH.D. STUDIESElectronics

Mikrosystems

Modern electronics uses light totransfer and process information.Waveguides, lasers, luminescencediodes, detectors, switches andlight modulators have revolutionizedcontemporary electronics.Nowadays, waveguides are anobligatory element of computerand telecommunication networks.This course is a response to theincreasing demand for specialistswith knowledge of optoelectronics,waveguide technologies and skillsnecessary to use it in practice.

The focus course teachesstudents how to develop and usewaveguide networks of differenttypes, as well as how to designand operate optoelectronicsystems. Additionally, thegraduates are provided with soundgeneral knowledge in the field ofelectronics, telecommunicationsand computer programmingfoundations. The areas of expertiseenable them to deal with othertasks, which are not directlyconnected with waveguides.

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Optoelectronics and OpticalWaveguide Technology

An electronic engineer hasbeen always dealing withelectrons, and sometimeswith light too. Nowadays,light is becoming moreand more autonomous.Streams of photonsinjected by tiny lasers aremoving in thousands ofglass fibers with enormousspeed. They transfer andtransform information.Each photon has energyof hw. Not wonder thatthe name of a new faculty,Faculty of Electronicsestablished only threeyears ago, includes theword Photonics, whilethese two important hwletters have become itssymbol.

The worldwide development ofscience and technology makespeople – employees of designoffices, laboratories, productionhalls, marketing or servicecompanies – face problems rootedin different areas including themost up-to-date ones likeoptoelectronics, photonics ormicrosystems. Teachingprogrammes focus on the latestachievements in optoelectronicsand optical waveguide technology,important for contemporarytelecommunications, secondly onissues of photovoltaics (alternativeenergy sources – solar cells), thenon design of optoelectronicdevices and systems, and finallyon optoelectronic metrology.Special attention is given tosubjects connected with sensorsystems using electronic,optoelectronic or waveguidetechnologies. The teachingprogramme also focuses on

microsystems, as these give start tonew advances in almost all theareas of human activities,beginnning with car industry(airbags, ABS, etc.), banking(premises and facilities security,intelligent credit cards) tomedicine and environmentprotection (microanalysis of gases,blood, etc.). The offered lecturesalso include MicroprocessorControl Systems, which play animportant role in all the types ofelectronic and optoelectronic devices.

Second-cycle of part-timestudies in the Electronics,Photonics, Microsystems courseprovide students with anopportunity to develop theirknowledge about the latesttechnologies and systems, thusproviding them with a largerchance for professional success indifficult contemporary market.The course is intended forambitious!

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Electronics, Photonics, Microsystems

Subjects are divided into 3 moduleswith grouped courses. Term coursesinclude: lectures, workshops,laboratories, projects, seminars andpractical training. A particular term mayinclude one course or a group ofcourses comprising different forms ofteaching.

General courses include basicsubjects like Mathematics, Physics,Foreign Languages, Body Trainingor the Arts and Management. Thismodule also comprises: ComputerScience, Basics of Engineering,Introduction to Electronics andTelecommunications and

The Syllabus is the basis forteaching system obligatory at ourUniversity. University Regulations(Article 26, point 3) say „...degreesof Wroc∏aw University ofTechnology are awarded to studentswho have completed Syllabus andpassed their diploma exams“. Thus,each student has to finish all theobligatory courses with requirednumber of points (and lecture hours)per term, pass all the compulsoryexams, prepare a diploma thesis andpass a diploma exam.

Basing on the Syllabus, theFaculty Council approves the

teaching programme for each fieldand focus course. Term enrollmentis based on a system of points. Itmeans that a student has to earn30 points (some point deficiencyis acceptable) each term. Theassessment is performed for eachterm, except for the first one. Inorder to enroll into the next term,a student cannot exceed the pointdeficiency allowed for a particularterm. All the subjects included inthe point deficiency have to bemade up within repetitive(payable) courses.

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ORGANIZATION OF STUDIES

WHAT WE TEACH?

Master’s point of view

Both the teachingprogramme of the newFaculty and the area ofconducted researchstudies (with participationof the most gifted andactive students) belong tothe field of high-technology(Hi-Tech). All over theworld Hi-Tech is the areawhere the largest financialmeans are directed to. Itmeans new workplaces.Keeping it in mind, it isobvious why our Facultyshould be chosen.

Prof. Dr Eng. Jerzy Zdanowski

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Electronic Metrology. The generalcourses (similar for the wholeUniversity) are an importantelement in education of today’sengineers; they make professionalknowledge easy to understand.

Basic courses comprise everythingwhat constitues electronics. Theyinclude the following courses inMicroelectronics, SemiconductorDevices, Dielectrics, Magnetism,Waveguides, Analog Techniques,Electronic Circuits, ProgrammingLanguages, Basic Digital andMicroprocessor Techniques,Optoelectronics, Microsystems,Microprocessor Control Systems,Signal Processors, NeuralNetworks, Design of VLSI Circuits,Bonding in Electronics, ControlledSelf-Work, Image Optoelectronics,Production Engineering, SystemReliability, Microwaves

Applications, Computer Networks.Focus courses: Optoelectronics

and Waveguide Technology focusincludes the courses as follows:Optical WaveguideTelecommunications, Photovoltaics,Laser Technique, Optical Networks,Design of Optoelectronic Systems,Waveguides II and OptoelectronicsII, Basics of Optical DataProcessing. The Microsystems focusincludes the following coursesThin- and Thick-Film Sensors,Application of Microsystems inAutomotive Industry, Microsystemsfor Analyses, MicrosystemModelling, Microprocessors andMicrocontrollers, Security Systems,Applications of Analog and DigitalIntegrated Circuits, Application ofMicrosystems in Medicine,Diagnostic Methods.

GRADUATE POINT OF VIEW

Well equippedlaboratories and excellentacademic staff is the keythat opened the Europeanemployment market forme. Level of educationobtained at thePolitechnika Wroc∏awska(Wroc∏aw University ofTechnology) may beconsidered without anycomplex as comparablewith the famous worlduniversities.

Rafa∏ WilkPostgraduate student, Universität Braunschweig,Germany.

The Faculty Main Building issituated at 11/17 JaniszewskiegoStreet. Most lecture rooms, library,computer rooms, faculty andsecretary offices are there. Somespecialistic research laboratories –used also in teaching – are locatedin 61/65 D∏uga Street. They areunique not only in Poland andinclude the laboratory ofnanotechnologies andsemiconductor structures, thelaboratory of photovoltaics andthe laboratory of thick-filmmicrosystems. In D∏uga Street,there is also located so-called OpenElectronics Laboratory. Studentsfrom III to V term have anopportunity to study in practicedetails of processes and equipmentused in manufacturing of electronicdevices, to realize their own

projects and to design laboratorystands under helpful care ofacademic teachers.

Each student has an access tothe internet and is assigned his/herown account for the whole periodof studies.

The Faculty students can use allthe teaching aids prepared by theacademic staff, including copyrighttutorials and lecture manuscripts,internet electronic library, etc. Atthe disposal of students there isalso the library net including theMain- and Faculty Libraries,containing ample collection ofPolish and foreign books andjournals (including e–books ande–journals), with the mostimportant volumes on electronicsand computer science.

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TEACHING BASEPH.D. STUDENT’S POINT OF VIEW

Studying is a school offree choices. How we usethe acquired knowledgedepends on us only.Student scientific societiesexisting at the Faculty ofMicrosystems Electronicsand Photonics andopportunities to makecontacts with scientistsfrom different countries arean excellent supplement tothe Faculty offer.

Dominik Szymaƒski

Educational Laboratories– Open Electronics Laboratory– Semiconductor Devices Laboratory– Computer Laboratory– Laboratory of Microprocesors– Laboratory of Optoelectronics – Laboratory of Optical Waveguide Technology– Laboratory of Electronic Circuits – Laboratory of Microbonding– Laboratory of Dielectrics, Magnetics and Semiconductors– Laboratory of Imaging Optoelectronics

Educational and Research Laboratories– Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Structures– Laboratory of Near Field Microscopy, Nanostructures and Nanometrology– Laboratory of Photovoltaics– Laboratory of Electrical Testing– Laboratory of Thick-Film Microsystems– Laboratory of Electronic Apparatus– Laboratory of Ion Techniques– Laboratory of Vacuum Technology– Laboratory of Technology of Submicron Structures– Laboratory of Hybrid Microcircuits– Laboratory of Structural Testing– Laboratory of Vacuum Technology Systems– Laboratory of Electro-Optical Systems– Laboratory of Semiconductor Surface Testing

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SPECIALISTIC LABORATORIESSTUDENT’S POINT OF VIEW

The first thing is we reallyget on very well. OurFaculty is relatively tiny, soeveryone knows almosteverybody. We enjoyhaving time together,going away on turrificstudent excursions. Theseare the occasions whenmost excellent andcraziest ideas are born.One of our friends wearsa scarf with the caption"WEMiF" – kind of localpatriotism. And the girlsfrom our Faculty are saidto be difficult to pick up.Well..we can’t deny. It’snot a secret that the boysof our Faculty are themost handsome...

Kasia & Justyna

The teaching rooms are locatedin 11/17 Janiszewskiego Street and61/65 D∏uga Street. Some of them(for 110 and 120 seats) areequipped with up-to day audio-and-video facilities, which makelectures and presentations moreattractive. Additionally, there are a

lot of smaller lecture rooms,computer rooms and specializedlaboratories. A schedule of lecturesand seminars is made up in suchway that all lessons are held in onebuilding on the same day.

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The currently implementedsystem for assessment of teachingquality enables to evaluateteaching results. Each term surveysare conducted in which studentshave an opportunity to share theiropinions on the way of teaching

and on the merits of particularsubjects. Furthermore,representatives of StudentSelf–Government may express theiropinions during sessions of theFaculty Council and in informalcontacts with academic teachers.

TEACHING ROOMS

ASSESSEMENT SYSTEM OF TEACHING QUALITY

MASTER’S POINT OF VIEW

The future of ourcivilization this andfollowing decades willdepend on thedevelopment of moderntechnologies, mainlyelectronic ones. In myopinion, studies at thenewly established, mostadvanced Faculty ofMicrosystem Electronicsand Photonics are anexcellent choice andbrilliant investment inprofessional life. In thenearest future we aregoing to witness anincrease in interesting andwell-paid jobs.

Prof. Dr Sc. Eng. Andrzej Mulak

Scholarship is the basic form offinancial help. Students fromfamilies with low income areentitled to receive this form offinancial support. There are alsoscholarships granted for goodresults in studying. The beststudents are awarded with thescholarships of the Ministry ofNational Education.

Some time ago, the system ofcredit and student loans waslaunched. The BankGospodarstwa Krajowego givesguaranties for credits and studentsfrom poor families now have theopportunity to get credit

guarantee, what used to bealmost impossible.

The best graduates who havebeen granted the scholarships orloans may apply for their partialremission. These students who areinterested in research mayparticipate in research projectscarried at the Faculty and take onPh.D. studies.

During an academic yearstudents find time to take part invarious activities of studentorganizations, e.g. studentgovernment, student sportssociety, creative groups orscientific societies.

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WELFAREPH.D. STUDENT’SPOINT OF VIEW…after completing mystudies, I decided to stayand attend postgraduatestudies at the Faculty ofMicrosystem Electronicsand Photonics. I am verypleased with thesemeasures. Currently, I amcarrying out my ownresearch studies in thefield of modern photonics…and I also have lessonswith students. So we shallprobably meet at theFaculty…

Rafa∏ Dylewicz

Electronics is the field wherechanges in methods, systemsolutions and instrumentationare the fastest. Subsequentgenerations of electronic andphotonic equipment differ fromeach other not only in theircharacteristics, but in physicaland chemical basics of theirperformance too. Therefore, agraduate of the Electronics andTelecommunications field needsfirstly to have an up-to-datedetailed knowledge in the field,and secondly a basic knowledgewhich would be extended enoughto help him/her to adapt to newconditions or challenges in aprospective job. The expertisegained during the studies in thefield of Electronics andTelecommunications (applicationsof electronics, telecommunicationsand computer science) makes asound basis for the graduates whowill find job beyond electronic

industry and service unitsconnected with electronics.Electronics appears now in all thefields of human activities, includingautomotive and constructionindustry, power engineering,medicine or environment protection.

Exemplary workplaces include:telecommunication, local TVnetworks, computer networkcompanies dealing with theirdesign, mounting and maintenance,electronic devices companies(design, production, maintenance)companies of electronic andtelecommunication equipment(design, production, maintenance,marketing), motor industry, modernmedical equipment, banking(premises and facilities security,intelligent credit cards).

The Carrier Centre, led jointlyby Wroc∏aw University andWroc∏aw University of Technologyprovide graduates searching for jobwith counselling and assistance.

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PROSPECTS OF EMPLOYMENTGRADUATE POINT OF VIEW

My everyday occupation isthe service of coordinatemeasuring devices andshape measurementdevices. A wide rangeof problems recognisedduring studies, fromquantum physics tochemistry, makes easierto find employment inpractically all areas ofindustry.

Marcin RogalskiJapanese firm Mitutoyo,engaged in measurementtechniques in a widemeaning.

The Faculty collaborates withacademic and scientific centres inPoland and abroad. The closestpartners from the foreign countriesare: Dresden Technical University,University of Applied Science inDresden, University of Kassel,University of Wuppertal, SlovakUniversity of Technology, IMECin Belgium, Ecole NationaleSuperieure de Chimie de Lille inFrance, EU Joint Research Center–Ispra, Italy.

Scientific collaboration is closelyconnected with the cooperation inteaching, including the opportunityof short-term education, realizationof master projects and training

within ERASMUS/SOCRATESprogrammes at Europeanacademies and universities (France,Germany, Ireland) or as a part ofcollaboration with the USA. TheErasmus/Socrates student exchangehas enabled our Faculty studentsto accomplish their master thesisabroad, improve their languagesand learn foreign customs.

The high level of researchstudies conducted in our Facultyhas been confirmed by awardsand honours granted to itsmembers (including honoris causaof Lwow Technical University,Siemens Awards, Award of theFoundation for Polish Science).

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COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES

GRADUATE POINT OF VIEW

My work is based on theIMEC common projectswith such firms likePhilips, Bosch, Sony,Erikson or Nokia. Thisprofits in gainingexperience and learningfrom the best.

Robert ModliƒskiAfter three months oftraining at Philips andIMEC (Belgium) receiveda proposal of work andpostgraduate studies atIMEC in the “Reliability ofMicrosystems” group.

Division od Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (W12/Z1)Director: Marek T∏acza∏a, Associate Professor

Division of Vacuum and Plasma Technologies (W12/Z2)Director: Witold Posadowski, Associate Professor

Division of Micro- and Nanostructures Metrology (W12/Z3)Director: Teodor Gotszalk, Associate Professor

Division of Technology and Diagnostics of Microelectronic Structures(W12/Z4)Director: Tadeusz Berlicki, Associate Professor

Division of Electronic Instrumentation Technology (W12/Z5)Director: Jan Felba, Associate Professor

Division of Microsystems and Photonics (W12/Z6)Director: Leszek Golonka, Professor

Laboratory of Microengineering and Micromechanics (W12/P1)Director: Jan Dziuban, Associate Professor

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FACULTY UNITS

MASTER’S POINT OF VIEW

We are all impressed withthe advancements incomputer science andtelecommunication thatare changing our worldand everyday life. Yet, it isworth remembering thatthese advancements wouldnot have been possiblewithout tremendousprogress in the field ofmicroelectronics andphotonics – the disciplinesthat my colleagues andstudents in the Faculty ofMicroelectronics andPhotonics have beendealing with.

Prof. Dr Eng. Andrzej Ha∏as

– Microsystems– Optoelectronics and Optical Waveguide Technology– Microwave Semiconductor Structures– Microbonding for Electronics and Micromechanics– Silicon Micromechanics– Epitaxial Layers and Structures (MOCVD)– Thin- and Thick- Film Circuits, LTCC– Ultrahigh Vacuum Technology– Electron- Beam Methods of Surface Examinations– Photovoltaics– Technology of Electronic Aapparatus– Ion and Plasma Techniques– Modelling of Semiconductor Structures– Thick- and Thin-Film Sensors– Material Engineering for Electronics – Design of Integrated Circuits– Application of Artificial Intelligence– Electron Optical Instruments and Imaging Optoelectronics

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MAIN FIELDS OF SCIENTIFICACTIVITIES AT THE FACULTY OFMICROSYSTEM ELECTRONICS ANDPHOTONICS

STUDENT’S POINT OF VIEW

A student plus WEMiFmake a perfect couple.It’s just half a year awayand you are so involved,that you can consider it aspermanent. What’s more,there is no danger ofboredom. Can youimagine anything moreperfect?…

Basia

The society was founded inDecember 1997 at the formerInstitute of Microsystems at theElectronics Faculty. Since the verybeginning, its members have beendealing with the latestadvancements in science andtechnology. The society is strongwith youth and enthusiasm of itsmembers. Its aims includepermanent monitoring of the latestdevelopments in waveguidetechnology and studentparticipation in scientific researchstudies. Members of the societytake part in national andinternational scientific meetingsand workshops. Almost from thevery beginning, the society hasbeen collaborating with theTechnical University of Dresden -society members take part inworkshops organised by theGerman party, participate in studentexchange. Master projects preparedby our students in Dresden are theresult of the collaboration.

The society gives students anopportunity to get familiar withmodern optical waveguidetechniques. Its members havealready visited "Telefonika" factoryof waveguide cables in MyÊleniceclose to Cracow, repairedwaveguide connections ofWroc∏aw academic computer netin student campus of Wroc∏awUniversity of Technology (nocomplaints), and organized a tripto the 14th IntertelecomInternational CommunicationFairs. At Warsaw Light andElectrotechnology Fairs, the LEDPROJEKT active at the society wasgranted honour in the competitionfor an operating lamp prototypebased on LED diodes.

The science society is one ofthe best of such organizationsactive at Wroc∏aw University ofTechnology. In 2004, it wasacknowledged as one of the bestfive societies at our University.

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STUDENT SCIENCESOCIETIES IN THEFACULTYStudent Science Society ofOptoelectronics and Microsystems

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The "M3" science society startedits activities with informalmeetings and seminars in theFaculty of Microsystem Electronicsand Photonics at the beginning of2003. Its formal registration tookplace in November 2003.

Its statutory aim is to helpstudents extend their knowledgeand interests in the field ofmicrosystem technology,microengineering andnanotechnology. Students performtheir own research projects, takepart in national and internationalconferences, seminars andworkshops. They are also expectedto help organize such events.

The "M3" science society is opento undergraduate and postgraduatestudents of the Faculties ofMicrosystem Electronics andPhotonics, Electronics and BasicProblems of Technology in thefield of Material Engineering.

The variety of conductedresearch gives an excellentopportunity to know the latestdesigns and applied technologies.The members of our society sharetheir projects and investigatedproblems at regular open seminars.

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The society of Polish Enthusiastsfor Nanotechnology SPENT wasestablished in Autumn 2002. Thesociety focuses on the extensionof knowledge on manufacturingand investigation of nanosystemsand nanomaterials, organizingseminars and scientific workshops,and promoting inventive activitiesof students and postgraduates.Regardless of your interests, here

you can develop your passions.The society supports students’

own scientific projects connectedwith characterization or fabricationof nanostructures and computerdata processing. The society plansto organize summer school andparticipate in scientific meetingswhere its members are going topresent the results of their effort.

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Student Section of IEEE (TheInstitute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers Inc.) was founded in2003 at the Faculties of Electronicsand of Microsystem Electronics andPhotonics at Wroc∏aw University ofTechnology. This worldwide societycounts about 350.000 engineersand scientists from all the fieldsconnected with electronics, powerengineering, electrotechnologycontrol, engineering and computerscience. IEEE gives an opportunityto continuously develop one’squalifications and broadenprofessional knowledge; it publishes96 specialistic journals of thehighest technical and scientificlevel, organizes trainings orseminars, creates professionallobbies, and organizes more than350 international scientificconferences every year. IEEE societypublishes 30% of world literaturefrom the field of electronics,

computer science and other relatedsubjects, and offers almost 900industrial standards.

Student participation in IEEE givesthem an opportunity to shape theactivities of the Section according totheir own interests. It provides achance to make contact with otherstudent organizations both on socialand professional level. Students canthus improve their personality traits,develop skills to work in teams andlearn how to organize scientificevents. Student members of IEEEmay be granted with financialsupport to participate inconferences. IEEE can also sponsorinternational exchange of students(including holidays). Students areentitled to have an access to the e-mail account with IEEE alias. Thesociety supports students’ ownprojects and works, organizescompetitions for master degreetheses, and awards the winner.

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The workshops have beenorganized for several years andenabled Polish and foreignstudents or postgraduate studentsto present their scientificachievements, exchange information,and make contact. Students fromthe science societies IEEE, SNS,M3 at the Faculty of MicrosystemElectronics and Photonicsprepared the 2004 event that wasrecognized as a regular IEEEconference. ConferenceProceedings have been issued asprinted matter and are also

accessible on-line in UEEE Xplorebasis (www.ieee.org/ieeexplore).

The workshops are held underthe patronage of the Dean of theFaculty of Microsystem Electronicsand Photonics Prof. Dr Sc. Eng.Benedykt Licznerski.

For many students theworkshops, run in Wroc∏aw andSzklarska Por´ba, have become achance to learn top trends inoptoelectronics and microsystems,to experience their first seriousscientific publication and to havegood fun too.

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Photonics and MicrosystemsInternational Student and YoungScientist Workshops

The 1st Microsystems Excursiontook place on 19-21 April 2002.The organizers invited the Facultystudents and their friends fromother Faculties to RudawyJanowickie. But let students speakfor themselves:

‘Our first two days were spentmountain hiking. We visited theSokolik, the Sukiennice, the KrzyweTurnie, the Husyckie Ska∏y, the driftin Krzy˝na. On Sunday, wearranged unforgettable rockclimbing with Dr BogdanJankowski, Tatra and Himalayamountaineer (member of the first

successful fabulous winterexpedition to the MtEverest).Extraordinary atmosphere andenjoyment of all the participantsmade us decide to organize suchan event on a regular basis’.

And so it has happened:“Microsystems Excursion” hasbecome a tradition. Nowadaysstudent fraters from all otherfaculties join the excursionsorganized by the Faculty. Andnumerous academic teachers alsotake part and revive their studentmemories with great pleasure.

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STUDENT’S POINT OF VIEW

I really enjoy studying atthis Faculty because theknowledge we get isextremely interesting andgiven by specialists of thehighest level. Theatmosphere is nice,friendly and full ofunderstanding. We are asmall group, so ourrelations are free of any envy.

Rafa∏

STUDENT EXCURSIONS

Faculty of MicrosystemElectronics and Photonics educatesengineers and master engineers –specialists in the fields ofelectronics, photonics, computerscience and telecommunication.The absolvent is able to design andapply integrated circuits – analogand digital. He knows how todesign and use lasers, opticalwave guides and solar cells. He isable to design and maintaintelecommunication and computernetworks. The absolvent possessesknowledge on design, fabricationand application of micro- andnanosystems, including themicrorobots, highly demanded byhealthcare and pharmaceuticalsectors, automotive andaerospace industry, buildings

security, environmentalprotection and military sector.

Faculty of MicrosystemElectronics and Photonics possessesunique laboratories, where theresearch on nanotechnology iscarried on. The absolvents easilyfind job in electronic design housesand industry, informationtechnology companies, automotiveindustry and research laboratoriesmaintained by huge concerns likeSiemens, Philips, Bosch, Delphi,AMD. Some of the absolventschoose the scientific career anddoctoral studies in variousuniversities and institutes in Polandand abroad. Some of them starttheir own companies what results inprofessional satisfaction andsometimes very high income.

THE ABSOLVENTS PROFILE

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The present day activities aim atproper shape of the graduate’s profile.The graduate if the Faculty ofMicrosystem Electronics and photonicsis prepared for designing andapplication of electronic circuits. He orshe designs and uses lasers andsemiconductor detectors, buildscomputer networks fortelecommunication and computersystems. Using informatic tools ourgraduate designs computer programs incellular phone companies, forproducers of research and medicalequipment and for manufacturers ofconsumer goods. The Faculty isdistinguished by a number of researchand students’laboratories, covering thewhole range of micro- andnanoelectronic technologies.Thecomplex of laboratories at 61 D∏ugastreet, called “little silicon valley” isunique among the Polish TechnicalUniversities. Expensive equipment andable research staff allow forinvestigation of complex quantumstructures and for design ofmicrosystems – silicon-glassmicrorobots acting as micromachines,microlabs or microreactors.Considerable amount of this work isbeing done by postgraduate students.The application of artificial intelligenceto these works is still increasing.

The academic staff and postgraduatestudents of the faculty cooperate withforeign research groups withinprogrammes sponsored by theEuropean Union. We are involved inprojects connected with energyconversion by photovoltaic methods,i.e. solar cells. The work on applicationof near-field microscopy to analysis ofbiomolecules and nanoobjects isdeveloping very fast. We co-operatewith the universities and researchestablishments in Germany, France,Slovakia, U.K. and U.S.A. Our studentsand postgraduates spent several-monthfellowships in E.U. countries withinframes of programmes like Leonardoda Vinci and Erasmus. There are alsopossibilities to take on postgraduatestudies in Europe and in U.S.A.However, majority of our graduateswant to stay and work in Poland. Here,especially in Lower Silesia, theopportunity for interesting job is openfor well educated engineers due tolocation of numerous manufacturersand electronic companies.

The faculty of MicrosystemElectronics and Photonics is steadilydeveloping its scientific andeducational offer. We would like toprovide our students with thoroughand modern knowledge rather than toincrease the number of students.

PRESENT DAY

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Professor Krzysztof Kempa is currently Professor of Physics at Boston College(USA). He cooperates with NanoLab Inc., a firm involved in production ofcarbon nanotubes and similar products. His scientific activity includeselectronics, transport in nanostructures such as nanocrystals, nanotubes and lowdimensional semiconductor systems and application of nanomaterials in biology.

Dr. Witold Maszara is responsible for SOI project at AMD Sematech TX ashigh-rank member of technical staff. His research interests are SOI systems,CMOS devices and introduction of submicrometer technology.

Professor Lech Paw∏owski was professor of Artois University in Béthune(France) from 1995 to 1999, currently is professor at Ecole Nationale Supérieurede Chimie de Lille (France). One of the top experts in thermal spraying, layerdeposition and laser surface processing. Author of fundamental books on plasmaspraying deposition.

Dr. Zbigniew Radzimski joined SEH America in 1997 as the Director of theCustomer Interface Group. His primary focus was on product development andtechnical/sales support of US customers. In December 2004 Dr. Radzimskijoined Silicon Quest International as Executive VP for Technology and ProductDevelopment.

Dr. hab. Ivo Rangelow has been working in numerous German researchinstitutions since 1982. In 1987 he has been appointed leader of micro- andnanostructure technology group at Physics Faculty of Kassel University(Germany). He has been giving lectures on micro and nanotechnology problemsin many universities in Europe and USA.

Dr. Iwona Turlik became Vice-president and Director of RD Center of theMotorola Company in 1994. Currently is Vice-president responsible forMotorola RD Centres in Schaumburg IL (USA), Tianjain (China) and Taunusstein(Germany). Her main activity is introduction of scientific achievments andplanning of production processes in advanced optoelectronic systems and inassembling technology.

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Microsystems are micro-size devices consisting of sensors, electroniccircuits and operating parts, which constitute a homogenous system toprocess physical and chemical values into electrical signals.

Photonics is the field of engineering and computer studies, dealing withthe application of light (lasers, optic fibers and other optical elements) totransfer information.