Cornell NanoScale Facility, a facility for micro and nanofabrication, has partnered with Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES to train the next generation of welders for cleanrooms.
The facility is used by over 500 different individuals, yearly, including undergraduates, graduates students, postdocs, and professionals, both those experienced in nanotechnology as well as novices.
The Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST BOCES) offers educational programmes and services to local school districts.
This partnership comes as companies are moving into the Central New York District.
Ultra-high purity gas line welders will be needed for companies like Micron
For example, microchip fabrication facilities like Micron are making its way to Central New York, which has motivated Cornell NanoScale Facility to target K-12 students across the state to educate them on programmes that involve access to cleanroom facilities.
In particular, Cornell NanoScale Facility has partnered with Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES welding programme to train students in a specific kind of welding needed for cleanroom facilities.
For example, ultra-high purity gas line welders will be needed for companies like Micron.
This partnership comes as companies are moving into the Central New York District
These gas lines have to be supremely clean with no contaminants in the line otherwise the contaminants will interfere with the process that is used to create these devices.
With companies like Micron moving into the area, this specialist skill will be in high demand, according to Cornell NanoScale Facility.
