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Figure 29.2
(See companion CD for color igure.) .Associate.Professor.Michael.Carpenter.(College.of.Nanoscale.Science.and.
Engineering).working.on.chemical.sensors.with.an.undergraduate.summer.intern.
29.3.4  Associate's Degree Level Programs in NSe Fields
The. pioneers. of. technician-level. workforce. training. for. nanotechnology. are. the. institu-
tions,.faculty,.and.staff.associated.with.the.Pennsylvania.Nanofabrication.Manufacturing.
Technology.Partnership.(NMT;.Fonash.2001;.Fonash.et.al..2006;.Murday.et.al..2010)..The.
NMT.was.established.in.1998.with.the.support.of.the.Pennsylvania.government.to.ill.the.
industrial.need.for.skilled.micro-.and.nanofabrication.technical.workers.(Hallacher.et.al..
2002)..The.hub.of.the.NMT.is.Penn.State.University,.which.in.1994.gained.prominence.in.
nanofabrication.as.home.to.the.center.of.the.National.Science.Foundation.(NSF)-supported.
National.Nanofabrication.Users.Network.(NNUN).
One.of.the.driving.forces.behind.the.creation.of.the.NNUN.was.the.need.for.publically.
available.nanoscale.laboratory.and.fabrication.facilities..The.cost.associated.with.nanoscale.
physical. infrastructure. is. staggering. making. it. unlikely. that. multiple. institutions. could.
possess.all.of.the.necessary.tools.to.advance.research.and.development.(Schultz.2011)..To.
overcome.this.obstacle,.four.advanced.open.access.NSE.infrastructural.hubs.were.funded.
by.NSF.on.university.campuses.across.the.United.States..The.NNUN.was.a.precursor.to.
the.National.Nanotechnology.Infrastructure.Network.(NNIN;.Schultz.2010).
A. secondary. goal. of. the. NNUN. and. NNIN. programs. is. to. provide. researchers. with.
training.in.nanoscale.research.and.fabrication.techniques..The.NNUN.hub.at.Penn.State.
provided.the.human.and.physical.infrastructure.to.host.a.six-course.capstone.semester.for.
associate's.degree.nanofabrication.training.programs.at.19.different.community.colleges.
and. 4. year. colleges.. The. capstone. provides. lecture. and. hands-on. laboratory. work. that.
expose.students.to.state-of-the-art.tools.that.culminate.in.a.degree..Hallacher.et.al..(2002).
and.the.NMT.web.site.provide.a.detailed.description.of.the.entire.pedagogical.process.
(http://www.nano4me.org/PaNMT/)..Similar.partnership.arrangements.have.started.to.
appear.in.New.York.at.Hudson.Valley.Community.College.and.the.CNSE.(http://www.
neatec.org/).as.part.of.an.NSF-funded.Advanced.Technology.Education.(ATE).center.
The.NSF's.ATE.program.has.existed.since.1992..It.has.funded.over.972.grants.and.has.
a. budget. of. over. $64. million. (atecenters.org).. There. are. currently. ive. NSF. ATE. centers.
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