This credential provides students with the rare opportunity to work for a semester in Penn State's multimillion-dollar Nanofabrication Facility at University Park. Students work in a clean-room environment and gain experience with state-of-the-art tools used to produce the silicon devices that have an ever-expanding impact on consumer products, biotechnology, and the electronics industry.
Effective Fall 2006
- School of Engineering Technologies
- Competency Credential
- More Information about Nanofabrication Technology
Special Equipment Needs
Laptop Computer Required
- Windows 11 or higher (recommended).
- Intel Core i5 or i7 (generation 10 or higher) processor (recommended).
- 8+ GB RAM (recommended).
- 250+ GB Solid State Disk (SSD) drive (recommended).
- Laptop must include a webcam and microphone (required).
- Laptop must include a wireless network card (required).
- Broadband Internet connection when working off campus (required).
- Additional plug-ins may be required (Information Technology Services Service Desk available for assistance).
- Chromebooks and other devices running Chrome OS are prohibited.
Performance Standards
- A competency credential must be completed within three years of enrollment in the credential.
- Non-traditional credit such as credit-by-exam, work/life experience, and transfer credit is limited to one third of the total credits in the credential. Two thirds of the requirements must be completed by course enrollment.
- Students must earn a grade of C or better in each course to merit the credential.
Curriculum
| Credits | Notes | Lecture | Lab/Clinical | M/S | Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EET272 | Materials, Safety & Equipment Overview for Nanofabrication (PSU: ESC211) | 3 | 2 | 3 | M | REQ | |
| EET273 | Basic Nanofabrication Processes (PSU: ESC212) | 3 | 2 | 3 | M | REQ | |
| EET274 | Thin Films in Nanofabrication (PSU: ESC213) | 3 | 2 | 3 | M | REQ | |
| EET275 | Advanced Lithography & Patterning Techniques (PSU: ESC214) | 3 | 2 | 3 | M | REQ | |
| EET276 | Materials Modification in Nanofabrication (PSU: ESC215) | 3 | 2 | 3 | M | REQ | |
| EET277 | Characterization, Packaging & Testing of Nanofabricated Structures (PSU: ESC216) | 3 | 2 | 3 | M | REQ | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 18 | ||||||