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The Advanced Electronics Technology Center's research mission is development of reliable manufacturing for giga-scale miniaturization technology, to be performed in linkage with supporting companies. Current research areas include: GaAs and Si Field Effect Transistors with tailored field;  Vacuum microtubes with controlled emitters for telecommunication;  Quantum electronics; Quantum Wells lasers;  Efficient solar cells; and Quality control and characterization techniques (SEM-DVC, LEBEAMs, DLTS, and ESEM). The Center develops novel semiconductor devices, and new semiconductor processing and testing for quick and cost effective implementation by firms. The first tri-gate Field Effect Transistor was developed at the Center and produced by M/A-Com. Among other developments, new technology for testing semiconductor devices, and precise cutting of semiconductor chips, are in a patent application phase. The Center carries specialized equipment such as an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope, the only electron microscope which allows observation of live objects in the chamber or wet chemistry or crystal growth inside the microscope. The Center directs a program for Gifted High School Students and the Science and Technology Early Reach-Out program, with undergraduate students at the Center assisting in instruction. Undergraduate students at the Center regularly receive awards for scientific achievements. In recent research projects, teams of young middle school researchers have been engaged in new product development using solar energy, such as solar-powered toys.