NRDC Micro/Nano Semiconductor Technology Fabrication Course We are pleased to announce that 5-day semiconductor micro-nano technology fabrication course will be held by NRDC for all master and PhD students and workers especially engineers and technical staff working in semiconductor industry. The courses will be predominantly hands-on but there is a mix of classroom lectures and practical fabrication clues just before the fabrication process. 5-days course will be given to international standards and certificate of attendance given to participants who pass the exam at the end of course. It would be starting basic description of micro/nano semiconductor industry, continue with fabrication process and finish with characterization of fabricated devices. The course is run in NRDC central laboratory located at Abant İzzet Baysal Golkoy campus. The laboratory is fully equipped such as photolithography, dry etching, LPCVD, diffusion furnace to fabricate devices. Fabricated devices also will be characterized by modern high-tech devices and results analyzed with participants to educated them perfectly. Considering participant test score sample devices are given them to take away at the end of the course. • The course will be unique experience for young participants starting a career in the semiconductor industry • Lecture courses are given in this field by some universities in Europe but very few of them offering to participant hands-on processing experience • The course would also be very useful to more experienced engineers working on photonics systems or devices but who have not had any exposure to device process technology. • The course will be of enormous benefit to academicians, PhD and master students who want to study on the semiconductor technologies. Briefly, this qualification is for anyone working/studying in fabrication of semiconductor technologies and you don't need any prior qualifications to take this couse. This practical hands-on course will be 5 days and provides excellent micro/nano semiconductor fabrication and characterization experience for participant. There are also a number of lectures covering compound semiconductor materials, devices and applications. The ratio of lectures to laboratory work is of the order of 12: 24 (hours). Further details about course will be announced on the NRDC web site. “We are still living in semiconductor- based micro/nano technology ages. Therefore, learning device fabrication and characterization have crucial part to study about improvement of their performance. I believe that this course will be great start for people working with semiconducting materials and encourage them to change fields. Best Wishes.” Assoc. Dr. Ercan YILMAZ NRDC DIRECTOR