The Nanoscale Materials Technology program is part of a joint venture with SuperPower and Union College (both located in Schenectady, New York). Schenectady County Community College received a $1 million grant from the New York State Senate to renovate two laboratories for physics/electronics and vacuum science and to purchase an atomic force microscope, as well as optical microscopes, computers and software.

Salaries for technicians in this field range from $30,000 to $50,000. There are a growing number of firms in the Capital Region ready to hire newly graduated technicians.

Visit techvalleycareers.org for more information about this emerging field.

For more information, please contact:Dr. Ruth McEvoy

Professor and ChairpersonDepartment of Mathematics, Science,

and Technologymcevoyrl@sunysccc.edu

(518) 381-1268

Schenectady County Comm

unity College78 W

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Department of Mathematics, Science

and Technology

Schenectady County Community College78 Washington AvenueSchenectady, NY 12305

www.sunysccc.edu

Nanoscale Materials Technology A.A.S.

Schenectady County Community College does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin,

disability, veteran status, religion, or marital status in admissions, employment, or in any aspect of the business of the College.

Nanoscale Materials Technology A.A.S.

The Nanoscale Materials Technology program provides a foundation in materials science,

chemistry, physics, math-ematics, and electrical circuits. With strong supporting courses in Vacuum

Science and Technology, Thin Film Deposition Techniques, Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology and Integrated Nanotechnology Laboratory, students will be prepared for employment as highly qualified technicians in the emerging and highly technical semiconductor and superconductor

manufacturing and research and develop-ment field.The program is a perfect fit with New York’s Tech Valley, a region that stretches from the Canadian border near Montreal to

just north of New York City. Tech Valley is brimming with opportunity and excitement as cutting-edge companies (nanotech, information tech, biotech, semiconductor and superconductor) move into the Capital Region. Tech Valley offers rewarding career and business prospects, world-class educational and research facilities and a fantastic quality of life.Through the Nanoscale Materials Technology program, students can pursue paid internships including those at SuperPower, Inc., which provide invaluable career experience.

“I was one of the first students to enter the new Nanoscale Materials Technology program at SCCC in 2007. During my first summer, I was fortunate enough to be accepted as an intern at

SuperPower. That turned into a part-time position as a test technician when the school year started again. When I graduated from the program in May 2009, I was hired as a full-time test technician. I have no doubt that the highly focused and very personal program at SCCC, combined with this first-hand work experience, is what has helped me to succeed in this exciting field.” — Simon Miner, SCCC ‘09

A.A.S. Nanoscale Materials Technology

“Students have the opportunity to see real nanomaterials using a scanning electron microscope available in the lab. SCCC is an important provider of

highly trained technicians for our company and other high tech companies in the area. With the Nanoscale Materials Technology A.A.S. program, we expect to be able to meet the demands of local nanotechnology companies. In this two-year program, we are giving students both theoretical and hands-on experience in nanomaterials, vacuum tech-niques, thin film deposition and characterization, together with a general basic education in chemistry, physics, electrical circuits, computers and math. I am sure that our students will have opportunities for interesting jobs in the emerging high tech industry in New York’s Tech Valley.” — Dr. Andrei Rar,

Adjunct Faculty Member, SCCC Characterization Scientist, SuperPower, Inc.

Program Requirements

First Year – Fall Semester CHM 121 General Chemistry I MAT 129 Algebra II or

MAT 160 Discrete Structures or higher NMT 150 Introduction to Materials ELT 110 Electrical Circuits I

First Year – Spring Semester CHM 122 General Chemistry II MAT 147 Statistics NMT 152 Introduction to Nanoscale Materials ENG 123 English Composition ELT 121 Electrical Circuits II

Second Year – Fall Semester NMT 252 Integrated Nanotechnology Lab CIS 221 Advanced Computer Applications NMT 225 Introduction to Vacuum Science

& Technology ENG 211 Technical Writing PHY 153 Physics I or

PHY 221 College Physics I

Second Year – Spring Semester NMT 280 Introduction to Thin Film Deposition CIS Elective NMT 254 Introduction to Semiconductor

Manufacturing Technology PHY 154 Physics II or

PHY 222 College Physics II Social Science Elective

Dr. Andrei Rar, Adam Iwanchuk and Younes Moumou

Simon Miner and Robert Frederick