Microelectronics Teaching at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-263
Author(s):  
L. N. M. Edward
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Thick Film ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The University

Teaching of integrated circuit engineering in New Zealand initially involved establishment of a Thick Film Hybrid Microelectronics Laboratory. Students now gain ‘hands-on’ experience using high quality equipment and processing standards which ensure commercially viable results, leading to increased confidence and satisfaction. Course structure is illustrated with typical projects.

scholarly journals Enhancing outreach through the University of Ottawa Maker Mobile

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Bouchard ◽  
Hanan Anis ◽  
Claude Lagüe
Keyword(s):  
School Boards ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Support Structure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The University

The Maker Mobile program is a new modelfor outreach at the faculty of engineering atthe university of Ottawa that allows foryearlong delivery of high quality technologyworkshops to the community atlarge. Through the transportation of rapidprototyping technologies in a 12-foot orangecube truck, the Maker Mobile deliveredmore than 719 workshops and reachedmore than 14000 youth in the past year. Inparticular this program is helping teachersincorporate engineering into theirclassrooms through hands on designactivities. This fosters interest forengineering while helping recruitmentefforts. The Maker Mobile is also helpingthe faculty develop relationships with highschools, teachers and school boards for thedevelopment of new spin off outreachinitiatives. The Maker mobile builds on asolid foundation for outreach at the facultyof engineering. Three important factorshave contributed to the development of astrong foundation for our outreach program.These factors include developing processesthat ensure sustainability and scalability, astrong association to the institution, whichcreates demand for programs and aninternal support structure that ensuresprograms have the necessary resources toscale.

ReReflections on a Pacific regional event held in New Zealand: exploring best practice for serving Pacific communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 281-287
Author(s):  
Sarah Jutel ◽  
Bradley Watson ◽  
Faafetai Sopoaga
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The University ◽  
Pacific Community

The aim of this paper is to explore best practice, practical, collaborative and culturally-informed solutions for organising events to serve identified areas of importance for Pacific regional countries. This paper describes the design and implementation of a two-day hands-on workshop designed to support organizational capacity and strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases in the Pacific region. The workshop (TechCamp New Zealand) was organised by the University of Otago in collaboration with the U.S. Consulate General New Zealand and with support from the Pacific Community (SPC). We share our experiences with the objective of supporting partnership approaches by governments, research institutions and other non-profit organisations when engaging with Pacific countries.

Heat-Etching with a Bullivant Type II Simple Freeze-Cleave Device

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 106-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Weinstein ◽  
N. Scott McNutt
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Massachusetts General Hospital ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Collaborative Effort ◽  
Temperature And Pressure ◽  
The University

The Type I simple cold block device was described by Bullivant and Ames in 1966 and represented the product of the first successful effort to simplify the equipment required to do sophisticated freeze-cleave techniques. Bullivant, Weinstein and Someda described the Type II device which is a modification of the Type I device and was developed as a collaborative effort at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The modifications reduced specimen contamination and provided controlled specimen warming for heat-etching of fracture faces. We have now tested the Mass. General Hospital version of the Type II device (called the “Type II-MGH device”) on a wide variety of biological specimens and have established temperature and pressure curves for routine heat-etching with the device.

Scanning Electron Microscopy in Hybrid Microelectronics

1976 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 456-457
Author(s):  
S. Khadpe ◽  
R. Faryniak
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Thick Film ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Circuit Components ◽  
Hybrid Microcircuit ◽  
Electrical Connections ◽  
Scanning Electron

The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is an important tool in Thick Film Hybrid Microcircuits Manufacturing because of its large depth of focus and three dimensional capability. This paper discusses some of the important areas in which the SEM is used to monitor process control and component failure modes during the various stages of manufacture of a typical hybrid microcircuit.Figure 1 shows a thick film hybrid microcircuit used in a Motorola Paging Receiver. The circuit consists of thick film resistors and conductors screened and fired on a ceramic (aluminum oxide) substrate. Two integrated circuit dice are bonded to the conductors by means of conductive epoxy and electrical connections from each integrated circuit to the substrate are made by ultrasonically bonding 1 mil aluminum wires from the die pads to appropriate conductor pads on the substrate. In addition to the integrated circuits and the resistors, the circuit includes seven chip capacitors soldered onto the substrate. Some of the important considerations involved in the selection and reliability aspects of the hybrid circuit components are: (a) the quality of the substrate; (b) the surface structure of the thick film conductors; (c) the metallization characteristics of the integrated circuit; and (d) the quality of the wire bond interconnections.

EARTH SCIENCE FAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: HANDS-ON EARTH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Robakiewicz ◽  
◽  
Dawn Beamer ◽  
Dawn Beamer ◽  
Jennifer Cooper Boemmels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Earth Science ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Science Fair ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Connecticut

scholarly journals Current Noise in Thick and Thin Film Resistors

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Demolder ◽  
A. Van Calster ◽  
M. Vandendriessche
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thick Film ◽  
Measured Data ◽  
Measuring Circuit ◽  
Current Noise ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Thin Film Resistors

In this paper a sensitive measuring circuit is described for the measurement of current noise on high quality thin and thick film resistors. Measured data on resistors are presented and analysed.

An Open Source Solution for “Hands-on” teaching of PET/CT to Medical Students under the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Biermann ◽  
Salim Kanoun ◽  
Trond Davidsen ◽  
Robert Gray
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Technical Challenge ◽  
Course Work ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Central Image ◽  
The University

Abstract Aims Since 2017, medical students at the University of Bergen were taught PET/CT “hands-on” by viewing PET/CT cases in native format on diagnostic workstations in the hospital. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students were barred access. This prompted us to launch and evaluate a new freeware PET/CT viewing system hosted in the university network. Methods We asked our students to install the multiplatform Fiji viewer with Beth Israel PET/CT plugin (http://petctviewer.org) on their personal computers and connect to a central image database in the university network based on the public domain orthanc server (https://orthanc-server.com). At the end of course, we conducted an anonymous student survey. Results The new system was online within eight days, including regulatory approval. All 76 students (100 %) in the fifth year completed their course work, reading five anonymized PET/CT cases as planned. 41 (53 %) students answered the survey. Fiji was challenging to install with a mean score of 1.8 on a 5-point Likert scale (5 = easy, 1 = difficult). Fiji was more difficult to use (score 3.0) than the previously used diagnostic workstations in the hospital (score 4.1; p < 0.001, paired t-test). Despite the technical challenge, 47 % of students reported having learnt much (scores 4 and 5); only 11 % were negative (scores 1 and 2). 51 % found the PET/CT tasks engaging (scores 4 and 5) while 20 % and 5 % returned scores 2 and 1, respectively. Conclusion Despite the initial technical challenge, “hands-on” learning of PET/CT based on the freeware Fiji/orthanc PET/CT-viewer was associated with a high degree of student satisfaction. We plan to continue running the system to give students permanent access to PET/CT cases in native format regardless of time or location.

scholarly journals Bridging Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Circular Flow of Interaction among the University, Industry, and People

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4532
Author(s):  
Rumpa Roy ◽  
Hesham El Marsafawy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Recognition Of Prior Learning ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry

Universities foster a collaboration with industry with their commitment towards society. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of organizations facilitate implementation of the recognition of prior learning (RPL) in higher education, while creating long-term opportunities for sustainable development. The researchers of this study come from two different disciplines, and aim to embed sustainable development strategies for transforming education by utilizing the capacity of educators and industry professionals, while also contributing to the community and economy. The researcher with a specialization in economics identified the well-being of the community and economy, and another researcher with a design and ergonomics background brought the concept of service design. Results of the conducted surveys imply that a skill gap exists in the labor market and participants from the community are interested in receiving hands on training from the industry. The researchers introduce a model focusing on the significance and implementation of RPL, allowing youth and adults to accumulate credit through non-formal and informal learning experiences. The model reflects how the university assesses the current skills and needs of the target communities, how they are communicated to industry by identifying potential areas of development, how industry responds to the needs by providing training, and how the university acknowledges prior learning and promotes potential candidates to contribute towards industry.

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