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Microelectronics DD program What is it and What should it be?

Nagendra Krishnapura Nitin Chandrachoodan

DD program-expectations

• Well trained TAs in year 4,5

–Have already attended our courses

• Year long project-research quality work

–Familiar environment –Solid foundation in the UG program –Familiarity with faculty interests

DD vs. ext-BTech+MTech

• Familiar environment

– No need for re-adaptation, re-learning basics

• Master's degree valued by industry

– More specialized courses, less in house

training

• 5 years instead of 6 for Master's degree

– 1 year's salary(~4lakhs+) in opportunity cost

DD vs. BTech

• Master's degree valued by industry

– More specialized courses, less in house

training

• 1 year extra, but

– Salary difference ~ 0.5lakhs+ – More placement opportunities for DDs-You

need to get the job in the first place!

What is the Dual degree program?

• Separate “lower” branch at IITs?
• 4 years of BTech + 1 year of goof off?
• Postgraduate program combined with a

solid undergraduate background

Microelectronics DD program

• Mediocre project work
• Inferior performance to MTech students

from other colleges

• Irregular attendance, indifferent

performance in courses

⇒ Total lack of motivation

DD project

• How much work?

– 1 hr – 10 hrs – 100 hrs – 1000 hrs

DD project

• 19 credits over 14 months

– Summer: 2hr/credit/week * 19credits *

3months * 4weeks/month = 456hr (38 hr/week)

– 9th, 10th sem: 1hr/credit/week * 19credits *

5months/sem * 2sem * 4weeks/month = 760hr (19 hr/week)

– 1 month: goof off

• Total of 1216 hours

DD project

• 1200+ hours

– Learning about the project – Getting used to the tools – Exploratory work, dead ends – Work on the problem – Report writing

• Working for 1200 hours

– Over 14 months: not difficult. – Over last one month: Impossible!

Lower limit

• What's the absolute minimum?

– 19 credits ~ 19 x 1 credit

labs(=2.5hr/week*14 weeks)

– Show up for 75% of 2.5hr lab classes

• 75% * 2.5hr/week/lab * 14 weeks * 19 labs =

498.75 hrs

• 500 hrs

ME DD program

• Expectations unclear

– Talk to the project/faculty advisor

• Socially isolated in 5th year

– BTechs leave after 4 years – Different hostels – Not much interactions with Mtechs

• “Better” students in Comm.

– They have similar problems – MTechs from outside do better

DD program

• DD = 3 yr. UG + 2 yr. PG
• 3 UG years

– Mainly course oriented – Extra curricular activities

• Need to “think” like a PG from 4th year

– Professional attitude towards the project – Better time management – Interaction with MTechs