The multidisciplinary doctorate degree in microsystems engineering builds on the fundamentals of traditional engineering and science combined with curriculum and research activities addressing the numerous technical challenges of micro- and nano-systems. These include the manipulation of electrical, photonic, optical, mechanical, chemical, and biological functionality to process, sense, and interface with the world at a nanometer scale. This nanotechnology Ph.D. program provides a foundation to explore future technology through research in nano-engineering, design methods, and technologies and their integration into micro- and nano-scaled systems.

The microsystems engineering doctorate includes the following areas of research:

Microsystems engineering builds on the fundamentals of traditional engineering and science to process, sense, and interface with the world at the micro- and nano-scales. Innovative research programs span across fields of biomedical, electronic, photonic, mechanical, materials, and computing engineering and sciences. Research opportunities span multiple areas of expertise, including:

• NanoBio Devices
• Biomedical Microsystems
• NanoPhotonics
• Thin-Film Electronics
• Photovoltaics and Optoelectronic Devices and the Nanopower Research Labs
• Nanopatterning, Nanolithography, and Materials
• Multi-Agent Bio Robotics
• Nanoelectronic Devices
• Semiconductor Photonics and Electronics
• Nano-optomechanics
• Microscale Bio Separations
• Carbon Nanotubes
• Coloids and Surface Science
• Thermal Analysis, Microfluidics, and Fuel Cells
• Fluorescent Spectroscopy

Renowned, multidisciplinary faculty from RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering and College of Science who share resources and expertise over a wide variety of micro- and nano-scale technologies.

Unique state-of-the-art research laboratories–including a semiconductor and microsystems fabrication clean-room (RIT Nano Fab)–constitute part of the research facilities, providing students access to the most advanced micro- and nano-electronic processing capabilities.

Explore applications of microsystems and nanotechnology through close collaboration with industry and government laboratories.

Graduates have discovered exciting opportunities in new technology frontiers