What
is CEMDAS?What
is CEMDAS?The university members are Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Arlington. Forerunners of CEMDAS were the Electronic Device and Materials Group in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University and the Center for Advanced Electronic Devices and Systems at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Industrial participants in CEMDAS are companies that have an interest in exploiting the unique properties of electronic materials in the development and application of electronic, microwave, and electro-optical devices. Numerous faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, students, and technical support staff associated with the Center are currently involved in research in these areas at the member universities. The faculty members already enjoy a high degree of visibility nationally and internationally, with sponsorship from federal and state agencies as well as from industry.
Texas A&M University Participation
Texas A&M University is one of the leading research institutions in the U. S., and its graduates at all degree levels are vigorously recruited by industry. To be specific, in 1996, Texas A&M had the third largest enrollment among institutions of higher learning in the U. S. and ranked eighth in total research funding.
The Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M is the largest in the nation in number of students. It consistently ranks in the top 15 for overall quality among research universities. The 11 faculty associates of CEMDAS at Texas A&M are leaders in their respective fields of research who collectively have produced over 1,000 journal and conference publications, six textbooks, and 45 U. S. patents.
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