Cornell NanoScale Facility

REGISTER NOW! 2024 CNF Annual Meeting (9/17/2024) Please join us for the 2024 CNF Annual Meeting, held on the Cornell Ithaca Campus, Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The CNF Annual Meeting will highlight presentations from plenary speaker Beth Keser, CNF principal investigators and CNF users. The evening session will include a poster session and vendor showcase reception. Current CNF Users - Poster presenters register for FREE and have a chance to win a CASH award! https://lnkd.in/ebntwMSs

Tom Pennell -- our Youth Outreach Coordinator -- rocks! And makes sure we rock too!

This free course to prepare U.S. veterans and their dependents for high-tech work in semiconductor and microchip manufacturing — offered in upstate New York by Tompkins Cortland Community College in partnership with the Cornell NanoScale Facility (CNF) and Penn State University — will open new careers paths for families in New York state. It's also a win for the New York state economy. This program and others like it lay the foundation for critical advances in the manufacturing sector, national security, and semiconductor research and development. Thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for expanding this impactful program to New York state and for recognizing the team of scientist-educators at CNF who are working at the leading edge of workforce development and education in microchip manufacturing. #Cornell #nanotech #NYstate   https://lnkd.in/eng7Mati

This week the Cornell NanoScale Facility took students from TST BOCES welding program on an amazing journey into the world of ultra high purity (UHP) gas line welding. In partnership with Swagelok, students learned about nanotechnology, cleanroom infrastructure, vacuum technology, UHP gas line bending and installation, orbital welding and the many career opportunities for welders in the semiconductor industry. Our friends from Tompkins Cortland Community College and Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES also attended the one week course with an eye on expanding the program throughout Central New York. Many thanks to Randy Jackson (TST BOCES welding instructor) and Christopher Marsack from Swagelok who's partnership was instrumental in making this program an amazing success! This was a fantastic group of high school seniors to work with, each exhibiting respect, diligence, and eagerness to learn a new skill! CNF looks forward to growing this important semiconductor workforce development program ahead of Micron Technology's mega fab construction in the Syracuse, NY area.

My academic training has been all nano, thanks to the National Nanotechnology Initiative, launched under the Clinton Administration in 2000 and signed into law under the George W. Bush Administration in 2003. At Washington D.C., celebrating the 20th birthday of NNI, with Ron Olson and Lynn Rathbun of Cornell NanoScale Facility. Thank you NNCO for putting together the symposium. https://lnkd.in/gKwhPYMr

Thank you NY CREATES for hosting the NSTXL (National Security Technology Accelerator) Road Show for Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH), one of 8 Microelectronics Commons Hub, that Cornell University and Cornell NanoScale Facility are part of. Thank you Nicholas Fahrenkopf for helping to organize the event. Photos: with Ron Olson and Krystyn J. Van Vliet

What skills are going to be in highest demand when building and installing semiconductor tools in a new cleanroom facility?   Later this month, CNF will launch an Ultra High Purity (UHP) gas line welding program with high school seniors enrolled in the TST BOCES welding program in partnership with Swagelok. The CNF staff and our partners at Swagelok will guide students in the program through hands-on UHP welding instruction. This is a skill that will be critical in the CNY area as Micron Technology begins construction of its mega fab in Clay, NY. Our goal is to expand this program to welding programs at BOCES districts throughout CNY. Stay tuned as CNF continues to lead the charge in semiconductor workforce development in Central New York!   Special thanks to Christopher Marsack from Swagelok for helping us develop and launch this important new educational program.  

CNF's Youth Outreach and Education Coordinator Thomas Pennell has created a fantastic, immersive learning experience for high school seniors. The ATLAS program (Accelerated Training for Labor Advancement in Semiconductors) brings young students into the cleanroom for hands on experience in one of the most crucial industries. https://lnkd.in/ggRNY8CM