Equipment for a Chemistry and Physics Curriculum in Semiconductor Processing and Characterization

化学(12)1998年，化学和物理专业的学生开始了半导体加工、集成电路制造和器件表征的试点项目。新课程的目标是让物理和化学专业的学生为建设性地参与工业实习计划做好准备，并最终在半导体制造业从事生产性职业。该计划向学生清楚地说明了基础化学和物理对集成电路的准备至关重要的方法。这一试点项目取得了压倒性的成功，俄勒冈州的半导体公司向所有学生参与者提供了工艺工程师的永久职位，这在一定程度上表明了这一点。这个新项目的一个重要组成部分是实验室，它提供了接触重要技术的实践机会，这些技术在本科物理或化学课程中传统上没有涵盖。来自NSF-CCLI计划的资金将通过增加掩模对准器、探针站和其他测量设备来进一步发展这个实验室。该项目与本科生研究司的目标相同，即为学生进入技术工作场所做好准备，并在高等教育和工业之间建立更有效的联系。

Chemistry (12)In 1998, a pilot program in which chemistry and physics majors were exposed to semiconductor processing, integrated circuit fabrication, and device characterization was begun. The goal of the new curriculum was to prepare physics and chemistry majors for constructive participation in an industrial internship program, and ultimately for productive careers in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The program clearly illustrated to the students the means by which basic chemistry and physics are essential to the preparation of integrated circuits. This pilot program was an overwhelming success, partly indicated by the fact that all student participants were offered permanent positions as process engineers by semiconductor companies located in Oregon. An essential component of this new program is the laboratory that is providing hands-on exposure to technologically important techniques not traditionally covered in undergraduate physics or chemistry curricula. The funds from the NSF-CCLI program are allowing the further development of this laboratory by the addition of a mask aligner, probe stations, and other measurement equipment. The project shares with the Division of Undergraduate Research the goal to prepare students for the technological workplace and to provide more effective linkages between higher education and industry.