ATE Regional Center for Nanofabrication Manufacturing Education

ATE 纳米制造制造教育区域中心

• 批准号: 0101635
• 负责人: Stephen Fonash
• 金额: $ 199.33万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-15 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0101635&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ATE; Regional; Center; Nanofabrication; Manufacturing

An ATE Regional Center in Nanofabrication Manufacturing Education is being established to meet the increased demand in Pennsylvania and nationally for associate degree-level workers in the field of nanofabrication, including semiconductor manufacturing. The ATE Regional Center is built upon a unique educational consortium, the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership, and the ATE Regional Center will capitalize on Penn State's state-of-the-art Nanofabrication Facility.The NMT Partnership involves Penn State, Pennsylvania industry, Pennsylvania community colleges, and public school districts throughout the state. Key to the NMT Partnership is the Penn State Nanofabrication Facility, a $23 million investment in class 10 cleanrooms and equipment, and its engineering staff. This Facility is part of NSF's National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN). It is shared among Pennsylvania community colleges and secondary schools and with Pennsylvania industry through the Partnership. Initial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Partnership has supported facility expansion and has supported resident instruction at the Facility for a small number of students, allowing community colleges across Pennsylvania to offer NMT degrees and certificates. It has also supported NMT workshops for community college and secondary school educators, "chip camps" for secondary school students, and assistance for Pennsylvania industry in nanotechnology development.The ATE Regional Center is being built on the current NMT program in order to strengthen and institutionalize collaboration among all 15 Pennsylvania community colleges, the 14 comprehensive universities comprising the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE), secondary schools (including vocational-technical schools), private industry, and the Penn State Nanofabrication Facility. New activities address (1) continued improvement and expanded delivery of resident instruction in NMT at the Facility,(2) creating curricula and strengthening NMT capacity at Pennsylvania's 15 community colleges, (3) strengthening NMT capacity at PSSHE institutions, (4) strengthening professional development of secondary and post-secondary educators and industry personnel in NMT,(5) promoting awareness among secondary and post-secondary school students and educators of NMT career opportunities, and (6) promoting increased participation in NMT educational programs by underrepresented groups.

正在建立一个纳米制造教育的ATE区域中心，以满足宾夕法尼亚州和全国对纳米制造（包括半导体制造）领域副学士学位水平工人的需求。ATE区域中心是建立在一个独特的教育财团，宾夕法尼亚州纳米纤维制造技术（NMT）合作伙伴关系，ATE区域中心将利用宾夕法尼亚州最先进的纳米纤维设施。NMT合作伙伴关系涉及宾夕法尼亚州，宾夕法尼亚州工业，宾夕法尼亚州社区学院和全州的公立学区。NMT合作伙伴关系的关键是宾夕法尼亚州立大学纳米纤维设施，投资2300万美元用于10级洁净室和设备及其工程人员。该设施是NSF的国家纳米纤维用户网络（NNUN）的一部分。它通过合作伙伴关系在宾夕法尼亚州社区学院和中学以及宾夕法尼亚州工业界之间共享。宾夕法尼亚州联邦为该伙伴关系提供的初始资金支持了设施的扩建，并支持了该设施为少数学生提供的居民指导，使宾夕法尼亚州各地的社区学院能够提供NMT学位和证书。它还支持为社区大学和中学教育工作者举办的NMT研讨会，为中学生举办的“芯片夏令营”，以及为宾夕法尼亚州纳米技术开发行业提供援助。ATE区域中心正在当前NMT计划的基础上建立，以加强宾夕法尼亚州所有15所社区大学之间的合作并使之制度化，14所综合性大学，包括宾夕法尼亚州高等教育系统（PSSHE）、中学（包括职业技术学校）、私营企业和宾夕法尼亚州纳米工厂。新的活动涉及：（1）继续改进和扩大在该设施提供NMT的居民教学，（2）在宾夕法尼亚州的15所社区学院创建课程并加强NMT能力，（3）加强PSSHE机构的NMT能力，（4）加强NMT中中学和中学后教育工作者和行业人员的专业发展，（5）提高中学和中学后学生和教育工作者对NMT职业机会的认识，以及（6）促进代表性不足的群体更多地参与NMT教育计划。