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Materials developed for this project are used in a chemistry of
microelectronics materials course taught out of the Materials
Science department as a service course to students in the Electrical
Engineering department. Materials were also adopted for students
taking similar coursework in the Materials Science department.
The instructor
placed his handouts and Powerpoint presentations on the Web, so
students could listen more intently during class without scrambling
to take notes. Relevant class-related images were scanned for
inclusion on the Web site. Originally, the materials were placed
on a CD, until the Web emerged as the more viable option.
Three CD's
were created to describe gallium arsenide site manufacturing,
silicon manufacturing, and fiber optic cable manufacturing. Students
were involved in the development of these CD's over several semesters,
taking site visits to plants, photographing operations, and writing
the text content. As described, "...the students loved going
to see a plant. They said it was far more interesting, they learned
more about how a semiconductor manufacturing process worked by
going down and seeing the Roanoke facility, and then writing a
segment of it, and photographing it, and having to describe in
detail what they did, and the fact that I let them work in teams."
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