T.J. Pennell, S. Georgiakaki
Tompkins Cortland Community College,
United States
Keywords: community college, technician, education, semiconductor, nanotechnology
Summary:
As the chip industry expands in the United States, community colleges will play a critical role in educating a skilled high-tech workforce. We will discuss cost effective equipment acquired by Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) enabling education in electro-pneumatics, metrology and vacuum technology. These tools enable us to provide students with stackable microcredentials in partnership with the Cornell NanoScale Facility (CNF); creating highly skilled employment candidates as Micron Inc. builds the country’s largest cleanroom facility less than an hour from our campus.