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View as a Web Page A Nanofabulous Experience: Internship at NIST's NanoFab Provides Vital Training for Engineers and Technicians Entering the Semiconductor Workforce Even before Shamir Maldonado-Rivera graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 2019 with an applied physics degree, she had already picked out her dream job working with semiconductors. The only problem was that she lacked the hands-on experience. Her university studies hadn't given Maldonado-Rivera the chance to work in a "clean room" — the ultra-dust-free environment necessary to fabricate and examine tiny electronic components on silicon chips and other semiconductor materials. Nor had she ever operated precision tools to etch microscopic circuits or used specialized software to identify and analyze fabrication errors made by the tools. Read More IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Why NIST Is Putting Its CHIPS Into U.S. Manufacturing Oct. 3, 2022 The CHIPS Act aims to help U.S. semiconductor manufacturers grow, and NIST is going to play a big role in this effort. Read More

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