Southwest Center for Microsystems Education Model for Workforce Educational Development: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education Model for Workforce Educational Development Matthias W. Pleil
Principal Investigator
“Al” Lloyd West
Executive Director
www.scme-nm.org
SCME - Mission: SCME - Mission The Southwest Center for Microsystems Education will serve as a sustainable resource center that identifies microsystems technologist competencies, creates and disseminates educational materials and models, and provides professional development activities to develop a skilled microsystems workforce that can support research and development and manufacturing environments.
Slide4: Triple Helix!
SCME - Goals: SCME - Goals The Center will
increase educational capacity to produce technologists skilled in assisting microsystems research, design, and commercialization activities.
increase the general public’s awareness of the microsystems industry.
How do we determine what a skilled and successful technologist should be?
Need to know this in order to create the best set of educational and professional development materials.
Multidisciplinary Competency Determination: Multidisciplinary Competency Determination Industry Survey
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Job Profiling and Shadowing by David Licht – TVI Certified Job Profiler (SME, Govt., Large Volume at a minimum)
Sandia MEMS Fabricator – Underway
SME Fabricator – TBD
Large Scale Fabricator – TBD
Additional being considered:
Design/Layout Technologist
Characterization & Test Technologist
Industry Survey Technologist/Technician Focused: Industry Survey Technologist/Technician Focused Comprehensive Survey
Input from Advisory Panel and National Visiting Committee
Topics Covered:
Respondent Data
Design Software
Fabrication Processes
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Knowledge Requirements
Soft Skill requirements
Materials used
Hiring plans for Technician/Technologists
Cross Functional Training
Why Participate?
Have input to educational material content
Summary Results will be available to all participants
Free – get a discount on MANCEF Membership
Technician/Technologist: Technician/Technologist Proposed Definition/Distinction between Technician and Technologist:
Technician:
A person who is an expert in a specific technique or process, follows established methods and procedures, and typically carries out work under the direct supervision of another. Examples include: an electronics technician, computer repair technician or an automotive technician.
Technologist:
A person who has expertise and knowledge over a broad set of interdisciplinary processes and is able to apply these attributes to solve practical problems with only general direction. A Technologist is expected to contribute to technical designs, process improvements, and documentation as well as assist with analysis. These contributors work under general supervision and document their work which is usually reviewed after completion. Examples include: radiological technologist and laboratory technologist.
Materials Dissemination: Materials Dissemination Sponsor Participants to SAME-TEC 2-day pre-conference MEMS workshop
BioLink Sponsored Events:
CSUPERB (1.5hr Invited Speaker)
Summer Fellows (2hr Workshop)
MEMS 5min Informational Video
Support BHS MEMS Academy
SAME-TEC 2 Day Microsystems Workshop: SAME-TEC 2 Day Microsystems Workshop Microsystems Topics – ½ day each session
Applications
Overview – Accelerometers, Pressure Sensors, Bio Applications
Homeland Security Applications
DNA Chip
Fabrication
Fabrication Overview
Surface Micromachining
Bulk Micromachining
LIGA (Like) Fabrication
Commercialization
Global and Academic Perspective
Small Start View
State Economic Development
Design/Packaging and Characterization
TVI MEMS Design Education and MEMS Demonstration Project
Designing MEMS in Coventor
MEMS Packaging
Slide11: Presenters – “Triple Helix”
Steven Walsh – MANCEF/UNM – (Commercialization)
Andy Oliver – Sandia National Laboratories – (Packaging of Microsystems)
Nelsimar Vandelli – Coventor – (MEMS Design with Coventor)
Doug Elerath – HT Micro (LIGA Like Processes, Small Tech Start Up)
Al West – Sandia/SCME - (Homeland Security Apps)
Steven Strasnick – Agilent (DNA Chip Apps)
Mike Orshan – New Mexico Economic Development Department – (State support of Microsystems)
Fabian Lopez – TVI/SCME (Bio Applications, Bulk Micromachining)
Matthias Pleil - SCME/TVI (Applications, Surface Micromachining, TVI Design Course, TVI Capstone) SAME-TEC 2 Day Microsystems Workshop
Slide12: All Workshop materials have been or are being made available:
Presentation CD at the conference
Updated presentations PowerPoint files will be on the WEB shortly
All presentations were video taped and will be available as:
DVD’s
Streaming Video off the WEB
MS Producer files (Video linked with Powerpoint)
PDF files
SAME-TEC 2 Day Microsystems Workshop
General Public Education: General Public Education Outreach Activities
ROBO RAVE Competitions
TVI Open House
HS Outreach Activities – Career Day
Student Recruiting
New Student Packet Flyers
WEB Site
Newspaper Career Placement Advertisements
Sandia Design Competition MEMS221 – Design I: Sandia Design Competition MEMS221 – Design I
Sandia Design Competition: Sandia Design Competition
Sandia Design Competition: Sandia Design Competition 130° The World’s Smallest Train?
Worlds Smallest Chain?: “World’s Smallest Chain” as of January 14, 2002 by Sandia technologist Ed Vernon. (Per Guinness World Book of Records) To scale, the next record holder of the Worlds Smallest Chain currently be fabricated at Sandia National Laboratories Worlds Smallest Chain?
Slide18: Special Student Project: Design a simple pressure sensor.
Learnings:
Basics of Coventor Designer
How to design Masks w/ Alignment marks
Wheatstone Bridge
Resistivity Principals Coventor Scholarship (MANCEF Initiated)
Process, Design, Alignment: Process, Design, Alignment
Fabricated Design: Fabricated Design UNM/TVI with SCME are currently making these “devices” to be used as vehicles to teach bulk micromachining and basic pressure sensor principals. “When I look back at the work I’ve accomplished over the entire summer semester, it’s good to know that it would only take me about a week to redo all I’ve done. That’s progress. “ Paul Tafoya, MEMS Student Actual first mask revision bulk etched wafer
MEMS Demonstration Project: MEMS Demonstration Project Sandia National Laboratories Sponsored Project
4 Main Parts of MinIME: 4 Main Parts of MinIME PCB1: Electronics,
Charge Pump PCB2: 2 LEDs,
socket for OPAL Housing, Power Switch,
Viewing Scope MEMS “OPAL” Chip
(Optical Array Logic) Battery
Special Thanks: Special Thanks MANCEF – Steve Walsh, Scott Bryant, Robert Giasolli
Sandia National Laboratories – Regan Stinnett, David Williams, Dan Fleming, Ken Pohl, Harold Stewart, Dominique Foley Wilson
UNM –Barbara Lopez, Harold Madsen, John Wood, Harry Weaver
MATEC - Michael Lesiecki, Kim Grady
BioLink – Elaine Johnson, Bart Gledhill
TVI – Don Goodwin, Robert Hall, John Walstrum
Slide24: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under
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