Abstract
During my teaching career of the state-of-art courses for the last 30+ years, I am convinced that the foundation of any Hi-Tech course lies in the fundamentals. The fundamentals are derived from physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The integration of fundamentals, I plan to depict through examples in three of my Hi-Tech courses I am teaching at the moment namely VLSI Design, VLSI Fabrication, and MMIC Design and Fabrication. Over the years, I also developed and taught Local Area and Computer Networking, Introduction to ITS Technologies, and VHDL Based Digital Design, where I always incorporated fundamentals. Presently, I am also teaching Circuit Theory wherein I emphasize how fundamentals of Circuit Theory serve as backbone for my research on Sensors and Bulk Acoustic Wave Filters presently. Historically about 250 years ago it was only physics and applied physics, which culminated into engineering later on. Engineering then grew into specialized disciplines such as Civil, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Chemical, Material, and Plastics engineering etc.
References
- Prasad K., �Hands on Experience on 3undamentals of Semiconductor Processing along with Consummate Theoretical Background for Fabricating and n-MOS transistor� Presented at 2017 ASEE Northeast Conference held at UMASS Lowell April (27-29), 2017.
- Kanti Prasad., �Innovations in Engineering Education through Integration of Physics� Presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in June 26-29, New Orleans.
- Sagar Karalkar, Kanti Prasad, Yu Zhu, Jerod Mason, and Dylan Bartle,�Mutli-Device Optimization for Scalable DC HEMT Model with Self-Heating Effect� ICESC, Nagpur India 2014.
- Prasad K., �Advanced VLSI Training Being Imparted Regionally, Nationally and Internationally �, ASEE�s North East Conference held at Norwich University at Vermont (March 1516th, 2013).
- Prasad K., Invited Presentation �Mixing Fundamentals with State �of-Art Technology for preparing the students for 21st century� at BRCEM Nagpur, India Jan 2012.
- Prasad K., �Preparing the students for 21st century with a proper mix of Fundamentals with state-of-Art Technology in Collaboration with regional Hi-Tech Industry�, ICC April 2012.
- Ambarish Roy, Bradley P. Barber, and Kanti Prasad, �Microwave Filter and Dedicated Sensor-an Integrated Resonator,� student paper in IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, 2010. 8. Solanki A, Prasad K, Nunan K, Oreilly R �Comparing process flow of monolithic CMOS- MEMS Integration on SOI wafers with monolithic BiMOS-MEMS integration on Silicon wafer� at IEEE�s conference held at Seattle Aug 2010.
- Ambarish Roy, Bradley P. Barber, Vinay S. Kulkarni, and Kanti Prasad, �Material Acoustic Speed and Density Parameter Extraction in Solidly Mounted Resonators,� student paper in IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, 2009.
- Solanki A, Prasad K, Nunan K, Oreilly R �Comparing process flow of monolithic CMOSMEMS Integration on SOI wafers with monolithic BiMOS-MEMS integration on Silicon wafer� at IEEE�s conference held at Seattle Aug 2010.
- Ambarish Roy, Bradley P. Barber, Vinay S. Kulkarni, and Kanti Prasad, �Material Acoustic Speed and Density Parameter Extraction in Solidly Mounted Resonators,� student paper in IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, 2009.
