College Catalog
Nanofabrication Technology (018)
(Effective Fall 2006)
- School of Industrial & Engineering Technologies
- Competency Credential
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.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EET272 | Materials, Safety and Equipment Overview for Nanofabrication (PSU: ESC211) | 3 | |
| EET273 | Basic Nanofabrication Processes (PSU: ESC212) | 3 | |
| EET274 | Thin Films in Nanofabrication (PSU: ESC213) | 3 | |
| EET275 | Advanced Lithography and Patterning Techniques (PSU: ESC214) | 3 | |
| EET276 | Materials Modification in Nanofabrication (PSU: ESC215) | 3 | |
| EET277 | Characterization, Packaging, and Testing of Nanofabricated Structures (PSU: ESC216) | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 18 | ||
Contact: School of Industrial & Engineering Technologies
