Enrichment Opportunity and Certification Program

Overview: 

The Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems, Micro and NanoFabrication Clean Room is offering an enrichment program to meet the growing demand for skilled engineers and scientists in cleanroom technologies. Cleanrooms play a crucial role in various industries, ensuring that contamination is minimized or eliminated during the manufacturing and research processes of semiconductors, electronic devices, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, optics, solar panels, and aerospace components. The certificate program aims to provide undergraduate students with specialized training and knowledge in cleanroom operations, enabling them to build a strong foundation in this critical area.

The modules are organized as Module 1-Lithography, Module 2-Deposition, Module 3-Metrology and Module 4-Etching. Each week, during a module, there are two hours of classroom instruction and a hands-on laboratory demonstration. A student may take any offered module in any order and is expected to attend each of the four weekly lab sessions. By completing all four modules, the student will be awarded a Microelectronics concentration certificate and be allowed access to cleanroom lab space.

Admission Requirements:
1. Any RPI undergraduate student who has an interest in the field. 
2. The capacity for each module is seven students, the participants will be selected based on their interest and/or prior attendance to the program.

Application Deadline for Spring-2025: 22.January.2025, Wednesday-5:00pm

For more information: https://cmdis.rpi.edu/