Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology Concentration
Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Concentration
The Industrial Technology program includes an optional concentration in Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology. California University has developed an agreement with Penn State University's Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Center. There are only five NMT centers in the country, and Penn State has the only one with undergraduate degree options. The California University Industrial Technology program was recently approved to offer an NMT concentration. Students who have completed an associate degree program that incorporated the NMT Capstone Semester at Penn State University would be eligible to pursue this concentration. California University's associate degree program in Industrial Technology offers an NMT option, and graduates would be eligible for the NMT concentration in the upper-division Industrial Technology bachelor degree program.
Limited numbers of students may participate in the NMT Capstone Semester. Currently, only 20 students per semester are selected from partner institutions, which include community colleges and State System universities in Pennsylvania. Past NMT graduates have received multiple job offers ranging from $30,000 to over $50,000 per year. Demand has been high for NMT graduates, to qualify for the NMT Capstone Semester; students must meet certain prerequisites, which are incorporated into eligible associate degree programs.
Program Objectives for the Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Concentration
To pursuer the NMT concentration, students must have completed an NMT-related associate degree. As reflected in the Industrial Technology Recommended Schedules below, the only difference between the general Industrial Technology bachelor degree and the NMT concentration appears in the final semester, when NMT concentration students would take NMT 495, in place of three credits of Electives and three credits of General Education courses.
To learn more about the possibilities related to nanofabrication and nanotechnology, visit www.technologyreview.com and enter the pre-set nanotechnology search. To learn more about the NMT center at Penn State, visit www.nanofab.psu.edu.