Binghamton University receives $1 million to support job training in electronics manufacturing - Binghamton News
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, will help purchase equipment necessary to train students on the fundamentals of semiconductor and modern electronics manufacturing processes.With the semiconductor industry booming in Upstate NY, we need to start getting our students the hands-on training now to prepare them to fill these careers to ensure these projects will be a success, said Schumer.The Nanofabrication Lab (NLAB), located at the Innovative Technologies Complex, is a cleanroom used for advanced electronics packaging. The lab is part of S3IP, a New York State Center of Excellence that has over 120 companies performing research in electronics packaging and in areas relating to materials, failure analysis, and reliability testing. The new equipment will allow the NLAB to serve as a teaching lab, where students will learn the protocols, techniques and skills necessary for working in a cleanroom environment, preparing them for job opportunities in the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industry. Im grateful for Senator Schumers continued partnership, and I look forward to seeing our cleanroom serve as a learning space for our own undergraduates as well as high school and community college students from the region.A robust set of training opportunities will be made available through short courses and certificate/micro-credentialing programs. The first such HBCU joint program is expected to begin in June 2024.Bahgat Sammakia, vice president for research and director of the S3IP Center of Excellence, said that efforts to reinvigorate the microelectronics industry in the United States rely on a skilled workforce.The workforce we need can only be a reality with improved opportunities for training, he said.