THE AFFILIATES PROGRAM

In late 1985 a graduate student at Stanford's Solid State Electronics Laboratory succeeded in writing the opening page of A Tale of Two Cities on an extremely thin film of plastic only six microns wide using a scanned electron beam. This would be the equivalent of printing the contents of the entire Stanford Engineering Library on one quarter of a standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet. The technique is now being developed for engineering microelectronic devices and circuits that could have too times the density of today's systems.

Building a competitive edge in the high tech marketplace means being able to capitalize on scientific and technological breakthroughs such as this. But what developments must your company be aware of? And which hold the greatest promise for the technical products of tomorrow?

Your staff can stay abreast by reading the journals. But the journals cannot give you the candid opinions, observations and judgments of the people actually doing the work. A more productive answer is to talk directly with leading researchers in your field. Even a brief discussion can often be invaluable in establishing how, when and where your company should invest its resources.

Stanford University established the Solid-State Affiliates Program in 1958 to provide companies with an opportunity to interact with investigators at the cutting edge of solid-state technology. The Affiliates Program promotes contact between a company's technical staff and the faculty, research staff and students at three key Stanford laboratories.

As you may know, Stanford's Department of Electrical Engineering is consistently rated among the top three in the nation in the quality of its faculty and students. The Integrated Circuits Laboratory and the Solid-State Laboratory have earned national recognition for work in their respective fields. The Ginzton Laboratory is equally renowned for its work in quantum electronics, ultrasound and microwave acoustics, integrated optics and low temperature physics. Almost any development of consequence in solid state going on in the world is represented at these laboratories.

What are the benefits to members?

Being a member of the Affiliates Program gives you contact with Stanford's scientific community through a number of different channels.

Personal contact. As one of the Affiliates you will have a faculty member assigned to your company who will see that your organization is well-served. He or she will maintain technical contact throughout the year, visit your company, host your organization at Stanford's labs and provide other information and services as needed. If there are questions, your faculty liaison will either provide the answers or put you it touch with the right people.

Summary of work being conducted. You will receive a catalog of the Ph.D. students in all three laboratory and a description of their work. This will give you an overview of all investigations being conducted at the Laboratories as well as providing exposure to graduate students who may be attracted to employment opportunities with your company

Two-day view. Each September a two-day Annual Research Program Review features the presentation of papers on current work by students and faculty from each of the three laboratories involved. Your company may send up to 10 representatives to this symposium . The program reviews are popular events which provide time for lecture, discussion and communication between academia and industry.

Free reprints. Up to 10 copies of reprints of current research papers and dissertations are available at no cost to each member.

Year-round access to labs. Technical personnel from the affiliated companies are welcome to visit the campus during the year. Such visits allow industry representatives to become acquainted with students and faculty members.

Recruitment assistance. Member companies are assisted in arranging interviews with graduate students interested in either immediate or future employment.