Princeton for PhD in EE?

StanEE
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:51:54 +0000

I believe that Michigan and Cornell are stronger for devices. I know that Cornell has a really good nanofabrication facility, which is really nice for devices research. Cornell has historically been very strong in III-V devices, with faculty like Lester Eastman. Michigan has a strong pedigree in MEMS, with professors like Kensall Wise, Khalil Najafi and others but they have lost several stars to other schools. Do you know what you would like to do? Are you interested in optoelectronics, MEMS, III-V devices, or Si scaling?

If I were you, I would visit these schools, talk to students and faculty. Between Michigan, Princeton and Cornell, I think it depends more on who your advisor would be.