Because of the changes extorted by COVID-19, college education is forced to move, at least partially, toward remote learning, with no direct, personal-interactions with university professors and facilities (laboratories).  

While the remote learning may work for some majors, it will definitely not work for the engineering majors. Simply, there cannot be college-level education in the engineering without some kind of the hands-on experiences in the universities’ labs. Certainly not in the case of semiconductor materials/devices engineering. Obvious, but still worth stressing over and over again…