To serve it's industrial members, the Center offers short courses for semiconductor industry personnel on Design For the Environment (DFE) related topics.  The Center offers these courses in conjunction with industrial partners.   The Center is also involved in designing a distance learning certificate program in semiconductor manufacturing, and is currently offering its popular CMP course with Semizone on-demand via the Internet.

The Center's successful CMP course, taught by Professors Ara Philipossian, Duane Boning, Srini Ragahavan and Steve Beaudoin, is offered via the Internet by Semizone Inc. This course is offered via streaming lecture videos with accompanying Powerpoint view graphs. The course is offered to students anytime on demand during a 90 day window. The lectures can be viewed up to 10 times by the student during this time window. The CMP course is offered in 24 modules that require between 12 and 13 hours to view in their entirety. 

In addition, other semiconductor and microelectronics courses by Center Professors Saraswat, McVittie, Graves and Khuri-Yakub are offered via Semizone.  More information about Semizone courses

Weekly TeleSeminar:
The Center TeleSeminar series continues to focus on weekly presentations and discussions of Center research as well as presentations by invited guest speakers which focusing on all aspects of the semiconductor manufacturing industry.  This series has been very well received and is found to be an excellent tool for rapid information dissemination to industrial members, mentors, and advisory boards, as well as interested public.  It is also an excellent means of communication within the Center targeting students and PIs.  For more information about the ERC TeleSeminars, contact Karen McClure at kmcclure@erc.arizona.edu

Link to Current TeleSeminar Offerings