Stony Brook ECE course on the Effect of Radiation on Electronics

A new three-credit, graduate online course this Spring 2025, entitled ESE 551 Electronics and Radiation Effects, may be of interest to engineers and technical people including physicists working in industry.

Offered by Stony Brook University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and taught by Professor Thomas Robertazzi, the course covers the effect of radiation (from space or earth-based sources) on electronics.  Radiation can damage electronics either permanently or in a transient fashion. The topic is relevant to designing electronic circuits for spacecraft.

Spacecraft can experience irradiation either from the sun or extra solar sources.  Based upon materials from leading research organizations in the area, this course has a special emphasis on testing components for space on earth using simulated space radiation at accelerator facilities.

The course meets weekly online with a synchronous lecture at 6:30 EST on Mondays and is recorded for later viewing.