A piece of electronics is only as good as the durability of the packaging in which it is encased. That’s why the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland has developed a graduate certificate program for professional engineers that focuses on electronic packaging.
According to the University of Maryland’s Office of Advanced Engineering Education, packaging technologies not only govern the cost, size, weight, manufacturability, quality and reliability of electronic products, but can often be as important as performance when it comes to commercial success.
Packaging becomes of even greater importance when you look at demanding applications such as space exploration, autonomous vehicles and renewable energy – where the electronics are subject to extreme operating conditions on a variety of fronts.
As such, there is a growing need for professional engineers with expertise in this niche, and students at the University of Maryland (UMD) will now have the opportunity to pursue careers in this field via the new program, Electronic Packaging for Professional Engineers Graduate Certificate in Engineering.
Designed to provide professional engineers with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to work on the reliable integration and packaging of electronics, this certificate program meets a need in the engineering community, said George Syrmos, executive director of the Office of Advanced Engineering Education at UMD.
“As we continue to grow our professional graduate programs, it is important to us to address the needs of the engineering community, and electronic packaging engineering is an area that is under-served,” Syrmos says. “We intend this to be an evolving program that will continue to offer expertise on the latest developments in this rapidly changing and critically important field.”
This new program works in concert with the school’s other offerings in the areas of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and materials science – as well as research happening in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering.
Students in the program will take advantage of course topics that include the basics of electronic system integration, heat transfer, thermal management, stress analysis and quality and reliability assessment.
And because the program is designed for working engineers, classes are available outside of business hours and online, so professionals can keep their full-time jobs while working on this part time certificate program.
Learn more about this new program at the University of Maryland’s Office of Advanced Engineering.