This Week in Small

Updates on the new AT³, the 8-month Advanced Technology Technician Training program designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, & abilities essential for a successful career as a technician in the micro and nano industries.

That’s it. That’s the focus this week. AT3. Catch the bus. Learn more here at the AT3 Apply Now section. You will see an Apply Now button that drops you […]

Right next door, so to speak, in the Think Small news section is a photo and profile of our beloved Center Manager, Billie Copley. Please read it and learn how […]

Registered Apprenticeship IEEE Article GlobalFoundries’ Registered Apprenticeship in Malta, NY, creates a vital / valuable pipeline of technicians with hands-on mechanical and electrical skills for the semiconductor industry. This program […]

TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2024: MNT-EC Final Report PDF is now live — scroll down a bit to view it in this post, or you can download the […]

—Updates & New additions at end of post Apprenticeship Program at Purdue University You probably recognized the “Grow Your Future” image above if you are an MNT newsletter subscriber. That […]

— There are a FEW Seats left!! — Register here Or, if you want to read more, the ANFF-SA PDF is below where you can read it or download.

What you’ll find here in This Week in Small: “MNT-EC’s Talking Technicians podcast is about technicians in the micro and nano industry. Our podcast guests share their real life journeys […]

March 25, 2024: This Week in Small March 26 Update: Adding THREE Cool Events (2 online; 1 in-person in Minnesota) Solar Eclipse Livestream Details “For those not in the path […]

This Week in Small: Curated News – articles and research that we’ve found or that has been shared with us by our most-loved subscribers (that means you – first shout-out […]

Jan 22, 2024 – This Week in Small Join the 2024 Community College Innovation Challenge! We’re dedicating This Week In Small to the Innovation Challenge from the American Association of […]

Sometimes, the young people have all the best sayings… 😉 First, Dr. Ashcroft’s next Director’s Message post is about Student Recruitment. If you want that hot off the press, or […]

Program manager, John-David R. Rocha, Ph.D. for the American Chemical Society (ACS) shared the following links and information with MNT Center Director, Dr. Jared Ashcroft with this encouraging note for […]

What we’re reading: NSF congratulates laureates of the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry Summary: The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov […]

Vacuum Systems Technology at Normandale Community College Vacuum systems play a key role as an enabling technology, supporting vital processes in the production of many everyday products, and are especially […]

The Journal of Advanced Technological Education (J ATE) is embarking on a new pilot program: J ATE Connect – focused on increasing the number and quality of peer reviewed journal […]

Of course, our readers and visitors probably already have a good grasp of micro and nanotechnology. But that does not mean everyone does. We write to inform and educate and […]

As many of you know, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is in motion with proposals being requested by the Department of Commerce from industry and educational institutions. A […]

You may have read last week about a couple of our PCC students who were awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Both of them had one person in common, who was […]

DON’T MISS THIS ONE!: If you are interested in nanotechnology solutions for climate change, don’t miss this virtual meeting on this Wed, April 26 at 630PM Eastern time, from the […]

Below is a letter from NEATEC, a MNT-EC Partner and Ally. There’s still time for students to consider and apply. Info on the photo that marks this post on the […]

View the MNT-EC Playlist on YouTube: Your Future in Nanotechnology This terrific YouTube playlist comes from Dr. Marco Curreli at The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC). These eight videos […]

What We’re Reading || February 27, 2023: This Week In Small Jesse Versluys in his Science for Everyone blog has another big list with tons of vetted science labs, experiments, […]

What we’re reading || February 20, 2023: This Week In Small. In this weekly curation, we have a couple of opportunities/calls for students to share their research, projects, and work. […]

Did you know MNT-CURN mentor and PCC alum, Sophia Barber, achieved her first publication recently. She was published in Neurobiology of Disease. Read about it on our MNT LinkedIn page. […]