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Outreach Program

For Business and Industry
The NDSCS Center for Nanoscience Technology Training (CNTT) will offer workforce development and training opportunities for initial skill development, technical upgrading, and professional growth of incumbent workers. Our goal is to provide education and training that utilizes state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, flexible and responsive delivery methods, qualified trainers, and quality materials. We enable businesses to enhance performance and productivity through tailored training, workshops, seminars, and open enrollment classes. Training is provided at our Applied Science and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (ASAML) facility in the CNTT in Fargo, ND.

The Applied Science and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory serves as a central training facility for emerging technology, industry based skill development in North Dakota and the upper midwest. The ASAML is designed to provide a single educational and training enviornment through which multidisciplinary industry-relevant skill training is delivered. As such, the ASAML  facilitates student interaction and foster multidisciplinary team approaches to problem solving while making the most effective use of equipment. The ASAML supports and facilitates education and training applicable to the following areas: nanotechnology, bio-fuels technology, biotechnology, microelectronics technology and micromanufacturing technology.

The staff of the CNTT-ASAML hold advanced degrees and/or extensive industry experience in the following areas: biochemistry, molecular biology, organic chemistry, microbiology, chemical engineering, automated manufacturing, electronics, and machine tooling. The CNTT actively seeks industry collaborations which allow students/trainees to be exposed to actual industry based work senarios through contract for work arrangements between the industry partner and CNTT or by some other means.

The following is a list of current and future training areas/equipment suites available for use at the CNTT-ASAL. As new capabilities are added we will post them on our website. Links to equipment specifications and tolerances will be added soon.

Module Title

Currently
Available

Under
Development

Equipment
Specification Links

NANOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

Clean Room Protocols

X

 

 

Class 10,000 clean room w photolithography bay

X

 

 

Nano Fabrication:

 

 

 

      Photolithography-

 

 

 

            Spin Coating

X

 

 

            Mask Alignment/UV Exposure

X

 

 

            Chemical Development

X

 

 

       Thin-Film Techniques-

 

 

 

            Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

X

 

 

             Evaporative Deposition

 

X

 

             Plasma Enhanced CVD

 

X

 

             DC Sputtering

X

 

 

             RF Sputtering

X

 

 

            Reactive Ion Etching

 

X

 

            Chemical Wet Etching

X

 

 

Characterization methods:

 

 

 

           Microscopy (Electron)

 

 

 

                Scanning Electron Microscopy

X

 

 

                Energy Dispersive X-ray Analyzer (EDS)

X

 

 

                 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

 

X

 

            Microscopy (Scanning Probe)

 

 

 

                 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

X

 

 

                 Scanning/Tunneling Microscopy (STM)

X

 

 

            Microscopy (Light) 

 

 

 

                 Fluorescence

 

X

 

                 Con-focal

 

X

 

                 Bright Field

X

 

 

                 Polarizing

 

 

 

           Spectroscopy

 

 

 

                  FT-IR (Infrared)

X

 

 

                  UV-Vis Diode Array

X

 

 

                  X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

 

X

 

           Thin Film Analysis

 

 

 

                  Ellipsometry

X

 

 

                  Profilometry

X

 

 

MEMS Characterization

 

 

 

            Tegam MEMS Driver/Analysis System

X

 

 

             4-Point Probe Station

X

 

 

            Summit V Design Software (Sandia National   
Laboratory MEMS Design Software)

 

X

 

 

Vacuum Training

 

 

 

             MKS Vacuum Training System

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIO-FUELS & BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

Bioreactors/Fermentors

 

 

 

NBS BioFlo 310 Bioreactor/Fermentor

 

X

 

NBS BioFLo  PRO Pilot Plant Fermentor

 

X

 

Innova Incubator Shakers

 

X

 

Photo Bioreactor

 

X

 

Bio-diesel Production System (50 Gal)

 

X

 

Bio-Separation/Chemical Analysis

 

 

 

               Agilent 1200 HPLC  Diode Array Detector

 

X

 

Agilent 5975 GC/MS

 

X

 

Agilent 5975 GC- Biodiesel Analysis

 

X

 

Preparative LC System

X

 

 

Electrophoresis

 

 

 

DNA/RNA Horizontal Agarose Systems

X

 

 

Li-Cor Fluorescent DNA Sequencing System

X

 

 

Northern & Southern Analysis

X

 

 

1-D and 2-D SDS PAGE

X

X

 

Isoelectric Focusing (IEF)

 

X

 

Western & Immunoblotting

X

 

 

Microarray Analysis

 

X

 

Molecular Biology

 

 

 

Electroporation System

X

 

 

PCR Amplification

X

 

 

Real Time/Fluorescence  PCR Amplification

X

 

 

Plasmid Isolation/Purification (mini– preparative scale)

X

 

 

Sub-cloning, RE Digestion, etc.

X

 

 

Cell Culture

 

 

 

Laminar Flow Hoods

X

 

 

CO2/Air Incubator

X

 

 

Bacteriological Incubators

X

 

 

Inverted Light Microscope

X

 

 

Various Light Microscopes

X

 

 

Autoclave

X

 

 

Refrigerated  Preparative Centrifuge

 

X

 

Refrigerated Microfuge

X

 

 

Ultra Low Freezer

 

X

 
       

MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

Oscilloscopes

X

 

 

Power Supplies

X

 

 

DMM

X

 

 

Function Generators

X

 

 

Powered Breadboards

X

 

 

Arbitrary Function Generator

X

 

 

IFR Communications Service Monitor

X

 

 

Decade Boxes

X

 

 

Curve Tracer

 

X

 

4 Point Probe Station/CCD

X

 

 

TEGAM MEMS Inspection Station

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICROMANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

FANUC 5 axis micro-milling machine
(ROBONANO  alpha OiB)

 

X

 

7 axis micro lath

 

X

 

Zeiss Axio Imaging system

 

X

 

Micro Wire EDM System

 

X

 

Ganesh Vertical Milling Syatem

 

X

 

ParleVision Plus Tool Data Management & Communication System

 

X

 

 
 
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