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Higher
Education
Technology
Programs in High School with College Credit
are offered at area high schools. These technology classes
including principles of technology and industrial electronics,
which extend the general reach to math and science courses.
These courses can be applied for credit at colleges and universities
if the student continues in this field of study.
Austin
Community College's (ACC) Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
(SMT) Program
is an example of the partnership with the Austin semiconductor
companies. The companies help develop the curriculum, provide
staff to serve as adjunct faculty, and donate equipment and
scholarship funds. The program offers both a one-year certificate
and a two-year associate's degree. Graduates of the program
work as fab operators and technicians throughout the semiconductor
industry, and can also transfer their ACC credits towards
a four-year degree.
Cleanroom
Fabrication Teaching Facility
is the new "Fab" at ACC's Frank Squires Building that demonstrates
the continued commitment of the local semiconductor industry
through its generous support. The hands-on SMT teaching lab
will be a premier facility for high tech and electronics education.
Destination:
Digital High Tech Career Orientations
are offered on several Saturdays during the year. ACC hosts
these orientations to explore high tech careers and the full
range of high tech courses, which have prepared numerous students
for high paying jobs in the high tech industries.
Scholarships
Many of the Destination: Digital companies offer scholarships
to high school students interested in pursuing a high tech-oriented
degree. Scholarships vary from company to company.
Capital
IDEA's HITEC Program
is a pilot program designed to provide "best practice" continuing
education for adult semiconductor manufacturing technology
while being employed in the industry.
Engineering
education affords individuals the opportunity to prepare themselves
for life in an era when human wellbeing depends more than
ever on the ability to apply technology for the benefit of
society. All programs are based on a foundation of mathematics,
natural sciences, and basic engineering subjects. During their
course of study, students delve into practical engineering
problems, developing skills in defining a problem, translating
available information into equations that can be analyzed
logically, creating additional information when necessary,
and choosing a course of action that has a reasonable chance
of producing the desired results. UT College of Engineering
also offers master's level and doctoral programs in Electrical
Engineering, including programs for people who are already
in the industry.
http://www.engr.utexas.edu/
This program
is designed to provide students with the background and skills
they need to thrive in the engineering industry and gives
them the choice to hone their education specifically for a
career in the Semiconductor industry. Through the degree's
Semiconductor High Tech Manufacturing Concentration, students
take core engineering and science courses along with microelectronics
manufacturing courses. In this program, students take advantage
of Southwest Texas' new Teaching Fab Lab, which allows them
to work hands-on with 4-inch wafers, gaining experience much
like that in a real semiconductor fab. The school's fab, which
is less than a year old, introduces students to the physical
processes and equipment -- photolithography and oxidation
furnaces, for example -- that are used in real-life chip manufacturing.
The program was launched in response to Central Texas' workforce
needs.
http://www.swt.edu/
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