Contains 46 papers presented at the June 2001 conference on teaching the design of microsystems at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Systems on chips, ideas for design courses, and distributed learning are covered broadly. Topics include the concept of a joint university/industry course, access to advanced low cost manufacturing, scaling rules for the reuse of MOS analog design, a tutorial tool for switch logic, teaching design of hardware modules in internet routers and firewalls, synchronized streaming media in VLSI education, and practices for recruiting and retaining female graduate students. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)