NanoScience Technician

What is Nano Science ? Nano Technology?

• A set of enabling technologies to study materials from 0 – 100 nanometers in size – A human red blood cell is 2000 nanometers long

• Applications of Nanoscience to commercialization, fabrication, and production of micro and nano scale products

• Nanoscience: A STEM Focused career programIntegrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

Workforce entry level skillsTransferability to University Programs – 4-year education tracks in Applied Science, Engineering, Engineering Technologies

A brief history of Nano Technology

1959First mention of room at the bottom

201013 –UW System Nano Programs3 – Bio/Nano WTCS Programs

1999President Clinton signs National Nano Initiative

1989 IBM moves Atoms

18 % Growth

1998 Genome Center Established – UW Madison

Program Jobs categories• Laboratory Technician

– Microscopy: Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Analysis, Atomic Force Microscopy– General Good Lab Procedures

• Micro and Nano Fabrication Engineering Technicians– Medical device, MEMS, Electronics fabrication, and solar devices– Clean room processing techniques– Materials handling, materials processing, and thin film production techniques

• Biotechnology Technicians– Genetics– Genomics– Tissue Engineering– Micro and Cellular Biology– Bioinformatics

• Materials Characterization– Nano materials production – Research assistants– Research technicians– Failure analysis technicians

JOBS / CareersIn Wisconsin

• Agriculture • Micro and Nano Fabrication• Electronics Fabrication / Medical Device• MEMS Fabrication• Biotechnology • Material Characterization

Nano and Bio Science in CVTC DistrictCategory Establishment Employment Payroll

Ag Feedstock & Chemical

6 154 $8,078,636

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

4 51 $2,154,120

Medical Device and Equipment

23 314 $11,314,780

Research Testing and Medical Labs

16 309 $21,513,236

Totals 49 828 $43,060,772

Bio and Nano Income to Region $117,244,805Projected Growth-2018 (18%) 9 149

Statistics reported September 2010-Center for Workforce Development UW-Milwaukee for BioForward Wisconsin

Nanoscience Technician Program

• Laboratory Technician fundamentals• Micro and Nano Fabrication Technician fundamentals• Biotechnology skill fundamentals• Core Education Courses in

– Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Intermediate Algebra, Statistics– Liberal Arts Coursework for University Transfer: Chemistry, Calculus,

Physics• Technical and Design fundamentals

– Autocad, and MEMS Design including fabrication• Materials Characterization – UW-Eau Claire• General Education Courses:

– Writing, Communications, Sociology, Psychology

Student Stories

Alex Mahr, 2nd Sem Student: designs hoist installs utilites

Alex works with Dr. Dave Klemmer, UW-Milwaukee, on a Memrister device for a Blood Center of Wisconsin protein analysis device

Alex plans on continuing at UW-Milwaukee in the Materials Engineering Program

Student Stories