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  • NFAB 212: Basic Nanofabrication Processes

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course is the hands-on introduction to the processing involved in "top down", "bottom up", and hybrid nanofabrication. The majority of the course details a step- by-step description of the equipment, facilities processes and process flow needed to fabricate devices and structures. Students learn to appreciate processing and manufacturing concerns including process control, contamination, yield, and processing interaction. The students design process flows for micro- and nano-scale systems. Students learn the similarities and differences in "top down" and "bottom up" equipment and process flows by undertaking hands-on processing. This hands-on exposure covers basic nanofabrication processes including colloidal chemistry, self-assembly, catalyzed nanoparticle growth, lithography, wet and dry etching, physical vapor deposition, and chemical vapor deposition. A course fee is required. Prerequisite: Restricted, see Instructor.
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  • NFAB 213: Thin Films in Nanofabrication

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course is an in-depth, hands-on exposure to materials fabrication approaches used in nanofabrication. Students learn that these processes can be guided by chemical or physical means or by some combination of these. Hands-on exposure will include self-assembly; colloidal chemistry; atmosphere, low-pressure and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition; sputtering; thermal and electron beam evaporation; nebulization and spin-on techniques. This course is designed to give students hands-on experience in depositing, fabricating and self-assembling a wide variety of materials tailored for their mechanical, electrical, optical, magnetic, and biological properties. A course fee is required. Prerequisite: Restricted, see Instructor.
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  • NFAB 214: Lithography for Nanofabrication

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course is a hands-on treatment of all aspects of advanced pattern transfer and pattern transfer equipment including probe techniques; stamping and embossing; e-beam; and optical contact and stepper systems. The course is divided into five major sections. The first section is an overview of all pattern generation processes covering aspects from substrate preparation to tool operation. The second section concentrates on photolithography and examines such topics as mask template, and mold generation. Chemical makeup of resists will be discussed including polymers, solvents, sensitizers, and additives. The role of dyes and antireflective coatings will be discussed. In addition, critical dimension (CD) control and profile control of resists will be investigated. The third section will discuss the particle beam lithographic techniques such as e-beam lithography. The fourth section covers probe pattern generation and the fifth section explores embossing lithography, step-and-flash, stamp lithography, and self- assembled lithography. A course fee is required. Prerequisite: Restricted, see Instructor.
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  • NFAB 215: Materials Modification in Nanofabrication

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course will cover in detail the processing techniques and specialty hardware used in modifying properties in nanofabrication. Material modification steps to be covered will include etching, functionalization, alloying, stress control and doping. Avoiding unintentional materials modification will also be covered including such topics as use of diffusion barriers, encapsulation, electromigration control, corrosion control, wettability, stress control, and adhesion. Hands-on materials modification and subsequent characterization will be undertaken. A course fee is required. Prerequisite: Restricted, see Instructor.
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  • NFAB 216: Characterization, Packaging, and Testing of Nanofabricated Structures

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course examines a variety of techniques and measurements essential for testing and for controlling material fabrication and final device performance. Characterization includes electrical, optical, physical, and chemical approaches. The characterization experience will include hands-on use of tools such as the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Fluorescence microscopes, and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. A course fee is required. Restricted course: see Instructor.
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  • NURS 140: Introduction to Nursing Practice Concepts I

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Focuses on the clinical skills necessary to practice safe nursing care at a fundamental level. The clinical skills include: psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment. This course also introduces fundamental skills which include safety, vital signs, intake and output, hygiene, TED hose application, ROM (range of motion), patient positioning, patient transfer techniques, body mechanics, standard precautions, isolation, oxygen therapy, oral/pharyngeal suctioning, safe non-parenteral medication administration, and medical asepsis. This course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory, and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: BIOL 121 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 142 and 143; or permission of the Nursing Faculty. Prerequisite:    BIOL 121
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  • NURS 141: Introduction to Nursing Practice Concepts II

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Builds upon the nursing practice concepts introduced in NURS 140. This course focuses on intermediate clinical skills necessary to provide safe and effective aseptic nursing care. The clinical skills include: psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment. This course also builds upon the fundamental skills covered in NURS 140 and includes: sterility, isolation with sterility, introduction to IV therapy and IV pumps, safe parenteral medication administration, enemas, urinary catheter insertion and care, specimen collection, and central line awareness. This course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: BIOL 121; NURS 140, and 142 with grades of C or higher. Corerequisite: NURS 143 and 144.
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  • NURS 142: Health Assessment Concepts for Nursing Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces students to the health and physical assessment of clients and the detection of findings which indicate an abnormal condition. This course covers the concepts of accountability, advocacy, assessment, caring, cellular regulation, cognition, comfort, communication, culture, diversity, elimination, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, basic electrolyte balance, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, thermoregulation, tissue integrity, and violence as they all relate to the health and physical assessment clients. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: BIOL 121 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 140, 143; BIOL 122; and PSYC 101.
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  • NURS 143: Concepts of Informatics in Nursing Practice

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces the concepts and skills related to Informatics in nursing practice. Didactic instruction focuses on basic computer competency, information literacy as aids in the decision making process and the provision of evidenced-based nursing practice. In addition, the necessity for providing a "culture of safety," related to the use of Informatics in nursing practice, is stressed. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: BIOL 121 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 140 and 142.
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  • NURS 144: Fundamental Concepts for Nursing Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces students to the foundational concepts for the practice of nursing. The foundational concepts emphasized are: accountability, advocacy, caring, cellular regulations, clinical decision making, communication, critical thinking, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, fluid and electrolytes, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, infection, inflammation, legal issues, metabolism, mobility, nursing process, oxygenation, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, sensory perception, spirituality, stress and coping, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, thermoregulation, time management/ organization, tissue integrity, and violence. Students incorporate cultural values and the client's right to choose in the process of health care decision making. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: BIOL 121; NURS 140, and 142 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 141, 143; BIOL 122; and ENGL 101.
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