comprehensive master plan - UTM

EXAMPLE
While nanotechnology is an industry driven by research and development, it is also one that is
limited by the availability of a technical workforce. In order to meet future workforce demands, the Tech Valley
region must respond quickly to establish efficient and effective training initiatives:
� To stimulate the technical vitality of the current workforce;
� To deliver a future pool of skilled technicians, and;
� To continue to attract high technology business enterprises to this region through ready access to a
skilled workforce.
In response to this demand, Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC), geographically located
at the center of Tech Valley and the Capital Region, proposes to develop a plan to establish the Tech Valley
ATE Center for Semiconductor and Nanotechnology Workforce Development. This planning project will
engage a partnership from among education, industry, and government resources to design a Center that will
offer semiconductor and nanotechnology-related associate’s degree programs, on-the-job training, distance
learning options, just-in-time training, and K-12 pipeline development programs. The Center itself will be
based at HVCC with industry, government, and education partners including two leading NSF-sponsored ATE
Centers, Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and the National Center for
Telecommunications Technologies (NCTT), GE Global Research, International SEMATECH North, University
at Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Saratoga High School, Albany High School, Troy High School, Excelsior College, and
several other of Hudson Valley’s sister institutions within the State University of New York system such as
Mohawk Valley Community College, College of Technology at Alfred, SUNY Institute of Technology, and
Empire State College. The Center will work to leverage the multi-faceted resources of academia, industry,
government and other ATE centers to anticipate and fulfill the workforce education and training needs of the
semiconductor and nanotechnology industries in Tech Valley, as well as throughout New York State and the
Northeast region.