Apprenticeship-Oriented
Education and Extension Training for Semiconductor/Electronics
Manufacturing Technology Reinvestment Project #1221
Award Dates: 1 July 94 - 30 June 98
The University of New Mexico (UNM) will use existing
Manufacturing Engineering Program (MEP) and Management
of Technology (MOT) faculty to coordinate the use
of technical and business manufacturing experts from
regional and national companies, private consultants,
and federal laboratories to provide lectures, curriculum
definition, apprenticeship-oriented company and federal
lab site lectures, practicums and mentoring. UNM will
develop new multi-disciplinary, across-the-curriculum,
apprenticeship-oriented graduate courses in manufacturing
engineering, utilizing teaching labs to integrate
manufacturing experts (with an emphasis on electronics
and semiconductor manufacturing). The courses and
facilities are developed under this and the related
TRP project entitled "Semiconductor/Electronics
Manufacturing Experts in the Classroom".
Nearly forty business entities or affiliates, including
Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National
Laboratories, Philips Laboratory, and the State of
New Mexico, will contribute equipment, student fellowships,
practicums, internships, projects, curriculum development,
adjunct faculty, and program support.
This project seeks to expand the practicum facilities
and opportunities available to MEP students. In addition,
computer software tools will be developed which will
help to comprise an active learning environment that
will enable students to understand the dynamics of
manufacturing processes and industries. Also, UNM
will work with minority engineering and business student
populations and regional technical-vocational and
disability-oriented institutions to facilitate bi-directional
instructional interactions; work with regional technical-vocational
institutions to develop courses for university credit;
and will work with the State of New Mexico to develop
an integrated bi-directional video communications
network between major universities and Federal Laboratories,
major companies in the Albuquerque region, and small
vendors and manufacturers.
The project will assist individuals displaced by
the U.S. defense reduction activities, and provide
state-of-the-art industry technology information to
Federal Laboratory workers, while providing a high
quality work force to manufacturing companies, helping
them to become more competitive in the global economy.
In addition, Los Alamos National Laboratory will be
participating through the Department of Energy Work
for Others program to assist UNM in developing, improving
and testing educational tools.
Contact
Professor J.E. Wood,
Director, Manufacturing Engineering Program
MTTC Building, Suite 235
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87106
phn: 505-272-7150
fax: 505-272-7152
email: wood@me.unm.edu
