Plasma Processing of Materials Scientific Opportunities and Technological Challenges (1991) / Chapter Skim
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5 EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
5 EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
Pages 65-74
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has estimated the numbers of professionals required to maintain a healthy U.S. plasma processing industry, considering both the market value of products directly produced by the industry and the observed trends in high-technology companies such as computer manufacturers, which have revenues of approximately $100,000 to $300,000 per worker.
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Considering that this cost leverages a $1 billion to $2 billion plasma equipment industry, which in turn leverages a $17 billion to $38 billion microelectronics industry, the importance of adequately trained professionals cannot be overestimated. These costs to the national economy should be compared to the costs of improving the educational infrastructure to provide proper education and training.
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The need for obtaining adequate laboratory experience on the undergraduate level affects most high-technology industries, and plasma processing in particular. Although great efforts have been made to provide this instructional infrastructure, the current situation with respect to laboratory courses is, in many cases, not satisfactory, and undergraduate laboratory experiences are inadequate.
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these institutions adequately cover subjects related to highlyionized, weakly collisionalplasmas as found in fusion research; and (2) these institutions, with few exceptions, are not adequately covering concepts related to weakly ionized, highly collisional plasmas as found in plasma processing research.
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In these texts there is rarely any mention of charged particle-neutral particle collisions, important concepts such as the local field approximation, or technologies such as etching or deposition. Many courses emphasizing collisional plasmas rely on material from classic older textbooks such as Basic Data of Plasma Physics (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1967)
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Similarly, Hokkaido University has three undergraduate courses and two graduate courses in topics related to low~nergy, collisional plasmas. Kyushu University has a required course in gaseous electronics for electrical engineering undergraduates and an optional plasma engineering course, in addition to a graduate course that is oriented more toward fusion.
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It is closely aligned with CNRS. Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Genie des Procedes Plasmas: This program, begun in the fall of 1991, will specialize in collisional plasmas and will include basic courses in plasma physics, macroscopic properties of discharges in gases, plasma diagnostics and principles, discharge lasers, and plasma processing.
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Industrial cooperative programs, internships, and research experiences for undergraduates through industrial cooperative programs or internships are essential for high~uality technical education. Graduate curricula are, for the most part, not offering adequate exposure to the science of weakly ionized, highly collisional plasmas.
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There are no formal graduate degree programs in plasma processing in the United States. It is clear that formulating and maintaining degree programs not only motivates the development of new courses and textbooks, but is also a more visible vehicle for attracting students to the field.
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