nanoscience technician. what is nano science ? nano technology? a set of enabling technologies to...
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NanoScience Technician
What is Nano Science ? Nano Technology?
• A set of enabling technologies to study materials from 0 – 100 nanometers in size – A human red blood cell is 2000 nanometers long
• Applications of Nanoscience to commercialization, fabrication, and production of micro and nano scale products
• Nanoscience: A STEM Focused career programIntegrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
Workforce entry level skillsTransferability to University Programs – 4-year education tracks in Applied Science, Engineering, Engineering Technologies
A brief history of Nano Technology
1959First mention of room at the bottom
201013 –UW System Nano Programs3 – Bio/Nano WTCS Programs
1999President Clinton signs National Nano Initiative
1989 IBM moves Atoms
18 % Growth
1998 Genome Center Established – UW Madison
Program Jobs categories• Laboratory Technician
– Microscopy: Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Analysis, Atomic Force Microscopy– General Good Lab Procedures
• Micro and Nano Fabrication Engineering Technicians– Medical device, MEMS, Electronics fabrication, and solar devices– Clean room processing techniques– Materials handling, materials processing, and thin film production techniques
• Biotechnology Technicians– Genetics– Genomics– Tissue Engineering– Micro and Cellular Biology– Bioinformatics
• Materials Characterization– Nano materials production – Research assistants– Research technicians– Failure analysis technicians
JOBS / CareersIn Wisconsin
• Agriculture • Micro and Nano Fabrication• Electronics Fabrication / Medical Device• MEMS Fabrication• Biotechnology • Material Characterization
Nano and Bio Science in CVTC DistrictCategory Establishment Employment Payroll
Ag Feedstock & Chemical
6 154 $8,078,636
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
4 51 $2,154,120
Medical Device and Equipment
23 314 $11,314,780
Research Testing and Medical Labs
16 309 $21,513,236
Totals 49 828 $43,060,772
Bio and Nano Income to Region $117,244,805Projected Growth-2018 (18%) 9 149
Statistics reported September 2010-Center for Workforce Development UW-Milwaukee for BioForward Wisconsin
Nanoscience Technician Program
• Laboratory Technician fundamentals• Micro and Nano Fabrication Technician fundamentals• Biotechnology skill fundamentals• Core Education Courses in
– Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Intermediate Algebra, Statistics– Liberal Arts Coursework for University Transfer: Chemistry, Calculus,
Physics• Technical and Design fundamentals
– Autocad, and MEMS Design including fabrication• Materials Characterization – UW-Eau Claire• General Education Courses:
– Writing, Communications, Sociology, Psychology
Student Stories
Alex Mahr, 2nd Sem Student: designs hoist installs utilites
Alex works with Dr. Dave Klemmer, UW-Milwaukee, on a Memrister device for a Blood Center of Wisconsin protein analysis device
Alex plans on continuing at UW-Milwaukee in the Materials Engineering Program
Student Stories