Here are some research projects I am/have been working on as a research assistant in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering department at UNM.
I. Implementation of Java in the Department of Computer Science
  Professor: Darko Stefanovic
  Reading Materials:
  The Java Language Specification
  The Java Virtual Machine Specification
  Richard Jones' Garbage Collection page
  WWW Computer Architecture Page
  PowerPC Architecture and Assembly Language 
  PowerPC Assembly Language
  David A. Patterson's Homepage
  Computer Organization and Architecture (William Stallings)
  Jikes RVM
  SimpleScalar
  Thesis notes
II. Database research in the Department of Computer Science
  Groups & Universities:
  Stanford database research group
  UCLA db group
  Database research group at Berkerley
  Database system lab at U. of Mass
  Cornell DB systems
  DB research Groups in the world
  Books:
  Database System Concepts 4th edition @ mhhe or belllabs  & 3nd edition
  A First Course in Database Systems
  Oracle:
  Oracle-related websites
  Other links:
  Computer Science Directory
  DBLP - Listing of Researchers and Publications Database
  Data Mining (statistical):
  St@tServ Data Mining page
  Article: a statistical perspective on data mining
  Lecture Notes on Statistical Data Mining

III. DYNAMX project in AHPCC & Physics and Astronomy Department

  MPI Forum
  MPI: the complete referrence
  CS 442 Intro. to Parallel processing  CS 509 Parallel algorithm
  Free C/C++ Sources for Numerical Computation
  Numerical Recipes in C/FORTRAN 90
  
IV. Electromigration research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
  Web Resources on Electromigration Research
  www.hitbox.com
  yahoo
  Research Groups:
  C. V. Thompson
  W. D. Nix
  J. C. Bravman
  K. N. Tu
  S. P. Baker
  C.-Y. Li
  Paul S. Ho

Books:
Thin Films : Interdiffusion And Reactions / edited By J. M. Poate And K. N. Tu And J. W. Mayer ; Sponsored By The Electrochemical Society, Inc
Thin Films And Interfaces : Proceedings Of The Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, November 1 / editors, P.S. Ho, K. N. Tu
Preparation And Properties Of Thin Films / edited By K.N. Tu And R. Rosenberg
Analytical Techniques For Thin Films / edited By K.N. Tu And R. Rosenberg
Electronic Thin Film Science : For Electrical Engineers And Materials Scientists / King-Ning Tu, James W. Mayer, Leonard C. Feldman
Advanced Metallization For Future ULSI : Symposium Held April 8-11, 1996, San Francisco, California, / editors, K. N. Tu ...
Semiconductor devices: Physics & Technology, by S. M. Sze
Handbook of thin film technology, edited by Leon I. Maissel
Handbook of thin-film deposition processes and techniques
Handbook of thin film process technology / editors, David A.
An introduction to physics and technology of thin films (1994)
Measurements of stress evolution during thin film deposition
Microstructural science for thin film metallizations in electronic application
Plasma deposited thin films / editors, J. Mort, F. Jansen
Sol-gel thin film formation : novel experimentation, concept
Thin film coating / edited by H. Benkreira
Thin film microelectronics; the preparation and properties
Thin films on glass / Hans Bach, Dieter Krause, editors
Thin film processes II / edited by John L. Vossen, Werner Ke
Stress-induced phenomena in metallization : first
Stress-induced phenomena in metallization : second
Stress-induced phenomena in metallization : third
Stress induced phenomena in metallization : fourth
Stress induced phenomena in metallization : fifth
Materials Reliability In Microelectronics
Electronic packaging, microelectronics, and interconnection dictionary / C. A. Harper
The influence of grain structure on the reliability of narrow Al-based Interconnect
The Mechanics of solder alloy interconnects / edited by D.R.
Multilevel interconnect technology : 1-2 October 1997, Austin
Multilevel interconnect technology II : 23-24 September, San
Reliability of electronic packages and semiconductor devices
Journals and Proceedings:
Acta Materialia
Applied Physics Letter
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Materials Research
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
MRS bulletin / Materials Research Society or UNM Library
Physical Review B
Physical Review Letter
Scripta Materialia
IEEE proceeding of reliability physics symposium (1988 - present)
Journal of Microelectromechanical System