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Preparing Students to Meet the World's Insatiable Demand for Semiconductors
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There has never been more opportunity for a good-paying job to build the life you want in central Ohio. Intel establishing an advanced semiconductor fabrication site in the region brings immediate and long-term career opportunities for future students, current students, job-seekers, and lifelong learners.
The investment is expected to attract dozens of suppliers from semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers to a range of service providers, creating thousands of good jobs in central Ohio. The businesses in the combined ecosystem, known as the Silicon Heartland, are all going to require top talent. Columbus State Community College is a leader in preparing students and working professionals with the latest knowledge, skills, experience, and credentials they need for the career they want — now and in the future.
Many of those good-paying jobs are accessible with a two-year Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree. In the coming decade, the semiconductor industry is set to experience substantial growth, with a projected increase in the U.S. of 115,000 jobs. Now is the perfect time to start a degree that will prepare you for a sustainable career in semiconductor manufacturing.
Program Spotlights
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Brianna Bell, Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Graduate
Brianna never thought she'd go into Engineering Technology. But once she got into Columbus State's Engineering Technology Program, she found it was a perfect fit.
Scot McLemore, Executive in Residence
“In central Ohio, I believe that there’s a renaissances in manufacturing that is happening, which is really being led by advance manufacturing industries.”
Chris Dennis, Engineering Technology Instructor
“I’ve seen better jobs than I’ve ever seen in my life right here in central Ohio. I would say don’t wait until the time is perfect, because then the right time might pass you by. This is the time to get your Engineering Technology degree.”
Dr. Adele Wright, Professor, Engineering Technology
“Our program is very hands on. You’re going to be turning the wrench, getting the multimeter out, making the robot move — we do all of those things.”
Incoming Careers in the Silicon Heartland
$55,000
Semiconductor Manufacturing in Ohio
Semiconductors, also known as integrated circuits or chips, make computing possible. Typically manufactured from silicon in highly automated factories, semiconductors are etched with thousands (or even millions) of microscopic electrical transistors that allow them to process and store information.
Employees in the semiconductor industry help create these precision products in ultra-clean environments. In central Ohio, the factories (also known as fabs) will print and etch circuit patterns onto silicon wafers.
Since the 1970s, chips have become increasingly smaller, cheaper and more powerful, leading to huge leaps in technology. These chips are the brains of the computer or mobile device you’re using right now and nearly every other machine that supports daily life and work in communications, computing, healthcare, consumer goods, the Internet of Things, smart energy, and transportation.