The 6-credit requirement in mathematics and/or quantitative methods may be met by satisfactorily completing certain courses specified by the Department or by taking the minor in mathematics. When such courses also count for either the major or the minor area, the remaining credits may be taken as approved electives.
The student must achieve a 3.0 GPA separately in each of the following areas: the major area, the minor area, and the quantitative methods area.
The minor is normally in another area offered in the College or in the physical sciences or mathematics or in management sciences. Consideration of any other area as a minor requires the prior approval of the Department.
A minimum of 26 credits, excluding doctoral thesis, must be at the 700 level or higher.
The Graduate School requires that the student must have a major professor to advise, supervise, and approve the program of study before registering for courses. The incoming student will be assigned to an initial Program Advisor at the time of admission. Prior to the completion of 12 credits (9 credits for part-time students), the student must select a major professor who will be the student’s thesis advisor. The student, in consultation with the major professor, develops a proposed program of studies which is submitted for approval. For subsequent changes, the student must file a revised program of study for approval.
There is no foreign language requirement for the degree.
The program residence requirement is satisfied either by completing 8 or more graduate credits in two consecutive semesters, exclusive of summer sessions, or by completing 6 or more graduate credits in each of three consecutive semesters, exclusive of summer sessions.
Each student in the program must take and pass a Qualifying Examination to demonstrate that the student is qualified for doctoral-level work. The Qualifying Examination is a written exam and is structured in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. The examination is offered twice a year during the regular academic year.
Students entering with only a bachelor’s degree or with a master’s degree in an area unrelated to their major may take the Qualifying Examination for the first time after earning 12 credits of graduate work at UWM and must successfully pass the exam before earning 30 credits of graduate work at UWM.
Students admitted after completing an appropriate master’s degree must take this examination no later than the semester immediately after 18 credits of graduate work have been earned at UWM.
A student may take the Qualifying Examination twice. On the first attempt, the student must attempt both Part 1 and Part 2 of the examination.
A student who fails the qualifying exam twice is subject to dismissal from the PhD in Computer Science program. A student may appeal the failure and dismissal within 30 days of being notified of the failure. If the student does not appeal or the appeal is not granted, the College will recommend to the Graduate School that the student be dismissed. A student who is dismissed from the PhD in Computer Science program because of failing the qualifying exam may not be enrolled in the PhD in Computer Science program for a complete calendar year. This does not preclude the student from being enrolled in any other degree program offered by the University. A student who wishes to re-enroll in the program after a calendar year has passed must apply as any other student would, including payment of fees. A student readmitted after having failed the qualifying exam twice must take the qualifying exam in the first semester of matriculation and this will count as the student’s first attempt at the exam. The student may appeal this requirement prior to the first scheduled day of classes. If the student fails the qualifying exam on this first attempt, the student is permitted the customary second attempt as described above. All appeals must be in writing and directed to the CEAS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
The Doctoral Program Committee is proposed by the major professor in consultation with the student and the department. The Committee must include at least five graduate faculty (three from major area, one from minor area, and one from any area, including the major and minor areas). The last member may be a person from outside the University (such as another university, a research laboratory, or a relevant industrial partner), provided that person meets Graduate School requirements. The Committee may have more than five members, provided that the majority of the Committee members are from the student’s major field.
A student is admitted to candidacy only after successful completion of the doctoral preliminary examination conducted by the Doctoral Program Committee. This examination, which normally is oral, must be taken before the completion of 48 credits of graduate work toward the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Science and should be taken within the first seven years in the program. Prior to the examination, the student must present a proposal for a doctoral dissertation project. The examination may cover both graduate course material and items related to the proposed dissertation project.
The student must carry out a creative effort in the major area under the supervision of the major professor and report the results in an acceptable dissertation. The effort of the student and the major professor to produce the dissertation is reflected in the PhD in Computer Science program requirement that the student complete at least 18 credits of doctoral thesis.
After the student has successfully completed all degree requirements except the dissertation, the student may enter Dissertator Status. Achieving Dissertator Status requires successful completion of the Doctoral Preliminary Examination and prior approval of the student’s advisor, the Doctoral Program Committee, and the Computer Science GPR of a dissertation proposal that outlines the scope of the project, the research method, and the goals to be achieved. Any proposal that may involve a financial commitment by the University also must be approved by the Office of the Dean. After having achieved Dissertator Status, the student must continue to register for 3 credits of doctoral thesis per semester during the academic year until the dissertation is completed.
The final examination, which is oral, consists of a defense of the dissertation project. The doctoral defense examination may only be taken after all coursework and other requirements have been completed. The student must have Dissertator Status at the time of the defense.
All degree requirements must be completed within ten years from the date of initial enrollment in the doctoral program.
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Nucleation engineering of ald for microelectronic applications, event details:, this event is open to:.
Alexander Shearer PhD Candidate Chemical Engineering Academic advisor: Prof. Stacey F Bent
In accordance with Moore’s law, semiconductor devices have been shrinking for over 60 years, driving exponential advances in computing. However, as we approach the atomic limit of scaling, new challenges are arising in both the materials we use in devices and the way we fabricate them.
One critical challenge in the miniaturization of semiconductor devices is the physical limitations of silicon. When scaled down, silicon devices experience short channel effects and mobility degradation. This has motivated the exploration of alternative semiconductor channel materials, such as 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). TMDs are atomically thin materials with pristine surfaces and tunable bandgaps – making them excellent candidates for maintaining high electrical performance at the ultra-scaled limit. Despite their potential, integrating them into devices poses numerous challenges – one of which is the integration of a dielectric by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The inert surfaces of TMDs hinder nucleation of materials by ALD. As such, engineering of the ALD process is necessary to facilitate the deposition of a high-quality oxide on a TMD for nanoscale device applications.
Simultaneously, the top-down photolithography process used to pattern these ultra scaled devices is reaching its limits, with issues like misalignment of nanoscale features becoming a bottleneck for device performance and reliability. Area-selective atomic layer deposition (AS-ALD) offers a promising solution by enabling a bottom-up approach to nanopatterning. AS-ALD exploits differences in surface chemistry and the nucleation behavior of ALD to promote growth on specific surfaces and hinder it on others, creating self-aligned features. Despite its promise, more work is necessary to make AS-ALD feasible for industrial applications.
Both of these challenges – dielectric integration on 2D materials and nanopatterning for advanced device architectures – rely on the precise manipulation of ALD nucleation behavior. This defense presentation will explore strategies to control and optimize the nucleation behavior of ALD for two primary objectives: (1) enabling area-selective deposition for robust and scalable nanopatterning and (2) achieving high-quality dielectric integration on TMDs. By focusing on the underlying principles of nucleation control, this work aims to advance the application of ALD in overcoming key hurdles in next-generation semiconductor device fabrication.
In the first part of this defense presentation, a new inhibitor, benzenethiol (BT), is introduced for enabling AS-ALD of ZnO on SiO2 in the presence of Cu and CuOx. BT forms a monolayer on Cu and a thick, semicrystalline multilayer on CuOx composed of 1D Cu-thiolate coordination polymers. Both the monolayer and multilayer structure provide excellent selectivity – with the multilayer structure facilitating the creation of thick, self-aligned features on nanoscale patterned substrates.
The second part of the defense presentation expands upon the work with the BT inhibitor. BT is used to selectively deposit Al2O3 on SiO2 and not on Cu or CuOx using a series of Al precursors. It is found that the choice of precursor dramatically impacts the selectivity achieved, with one precursor facilitating near-perfect selectivity indefinitely, and the others failing to provide any selectivity at all. It is hypothesized that some precursors become miscible in the BT inhibitor layer and catalyze its degradation, leading to nucleation on top and throughout the inhibitor layer. The miscibility is found to be ligand-dependent, leading to a range of degradation and nucleation behaviors.
Finally, in the third part of this defense presentation, the same Al precursors previously studied are used to investigate the impact of precursor choice on nucleation and growth of dielectrics on the TMD, MoS2, by ALD. Even though the surface of MoS2 is chemically inert, it is shown that the precursor chemistry dramatically impacts the nucleation on the TMD. Using precursors with longer ligands results in enhanced coverage of the TMD, and this phenomenon is attributed to improved van der Waals dispersion interactions between the precursor and the TMD, facilitating better physisorption and thus nucleation. The resulting ALD films are used to create high-performance, top-gated MoS2-based transistors, and the study shows a direct correlation between precursor choice, nucleation quality, and device performance.
Together, these results offer key insights into how ALD processes can be engineered to address some of the challenges facing the semiconductor industry – providing a path forward towards continuing Moore’s law.
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Elena Kovalik, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Jason Valentine
“Electrochemically Actuated Metasurfaces for Low-Power Nanophotonic and Energy Storage Devices ”
08.09.24 | 11:00AM | 044 Engineering Science Building
In an age of ubiquitous access to information, metamaterials offer a solution to a wide range of information display needs. Notably, metamaterial-based structural color promises vivid coloration across a broad color gamut, promising fade-resistance and a reduced environmental footprint. However, once structural parameters are set using traditional fabrication methods wavefront operations cannot be modified. In recent years, active elements have been incorporated into metasurface geometries to enable broader functionality controlled by an applied stimulus. In particular, electrochemical ion insertion allows for reversible carrier doping, volume expansion, and phase transition within the same system, and is an attractive actuation mechanism for a meta-optic platform. The research presented here aims to elucidate this platform by studying the use of electrochemical ion insertion and associated lattice modification to manipulate dielectric structural color within the visible spectrum. This study begins with amorphous silicon as a lithium-ion host material, due to its outstanding specific capacity and volumetric expansion during alloying. By designing a silicon structural color metasurface and monitoring its optical response in real time during ion insertion, we demonstrated continuous color bleaching and restoration while simultaneously establishing color resilience after irreversible capacity loss and energy storage ability. In contrast to silicon, anatase TiO2 offers ion hosting ability without associated volume expansion effects and reduced losses at visible frequencies, offering another attractive platform for electrochemically actuated structural color. Here, switching times were improved by minimizing diffusion distances and selecting H+ as a dopant for increased diffusivity in the material. The resulting device improved coloration time by an order of magnitude over actuation times for Li-ion insertion based active structural color. This dissertation demonstrates that electrochemical ion insertion is a viable method for dynamic structural color metasurface operation, and shows that improvement in color shifting, switching timescales, and energy storage ability are possible with the right host material, ion, and electromagnetic unit cell design.
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Preparing for your dissertation or thesis defense (also called a "viva voce") is a formidable task. All your hard work over the years leads you to this one point, and you'll need to defend yourself against some of the most experienced researchers you've encountered so far. It's natural to feel a little nervous.
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In the case of a sudden absence prior to, or on the oral defense date, doctoral Dissertation Advisors should reach out to the Office of Doctoral Studies as soon as possible for assistance. The Oral Defense Moderator. One member of the Dissertation Oral Defense Committee serves in the . role of Defense Moderator.
If you are doing a PhD or an MPhil then you will definitely need to do a viva, and this will be conducted by at least two examiners, usually one from inside the university and one external to the university who is an expert in the field. At BSc or MSc level you may be asked to do a viva, however you may be expected to do an oral or a poster ...
Top tips for your PhD defence process. Understand Expectations: Understand what your examiners are looking for in your thesis.They expect it to be relevant to the field, have a clear title, a comprehensive abstract, engage with relevant literature, answer clear research questions, provide a consistent argument, and make a significant contribution to knowledge.
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A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense in Arts, Sciences and Engineering I. BEFORE DEFENSE Get Permission to Start Writing After completing all course, exam and research requirements for your program of study, there are several things that must be done before a thesis defense can occur. Most importantly, you must meet
Crafting a thesis is significant, but defending it often feels like the ultimate test. While nerve-wracking, proper preparation can make it manageable. Prepare for your thesis defense with insights on the top questions you can expect, including strategies for answering convincingly. Contents Mastering the thesis defense: cultivate a success mindsetQuestion 1: Why did you choose
A thesis defense is a crucial component of completing a graduate degree, where a student presents their research findings to a panel of experts, typically comprising faculty members from their university. This event marks the culmination of a student's research efforts and is a formal requirement for obtaining a master's or PhD degree.
The entire process must be complete and dissertation approved by the Registrar's Office by the following deadlines: Autumn Quarter 2021 - Friday, December 7, 2021 at 12:00pm. Winter Quarter 2022 - Friday, March 19, 2022 at 12:00pm. Spring Quarter 2022 - Wednesday, June 4, 2022 at 12:00pm.
Dissertation Defense. The final examination, which is oral, consists of a defense of the dissertation project. The doctoral defense examination may only be taken after all coursework and other requirements have been completed. The student must have Dissertator Status at the time of the defense.
Thesis and dissertation defenses are open to the campus at large as well as the general public. Defense announcement should be publicized a minimum of two weeks prior to your defense date. Please submit your announcement three (3) weeks prior to the defense date.
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Alexander ShearerPhD CandidateChemical EngineeringAcademic advisor: Prof. Stacey F BentAbstract: Nucleation Engineering of ALD for Microelectronic ApplicationsIn accordance with Moore's law, semiconductor devices have been shrinking for over 60 years, driving exponential advances in computing. However, as we approach the atomic limit of scaling, new challenges are arising in both the ...
DISSERTATION DEFENSE Elena Kovalik, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Jason Valentine "Electrochemically Actuated Metasurfaces for Low-Power Nanophotonic and Energy Storage Devices" 08.09.24 | 11:00AM | 044 Engineering Science Building In an age of ubiquitous access to information, metamaterials offer a solution to a wide range of information display
The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Naomi Intrator on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis: "Copper's Role in Marine Denitrification: Phylogeny, Bioavailability, and Particulate Chemistry" on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.