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Potential Positions

Graduates in the A.A.S. degree program in Nanoscience Technology will be prepared to work as technicians and manufacturing and production workers within firms using nanoscience and microscience technologies. This includes research and development, production, manufacturing and sales.

Average Salary (Global)

$42,662/year (Small Times survey)


Job Outlook

According to most industry and media reports, even though nanotechnology is in its infancy, the business of nanotechnology is booming.

Within 10 years, the NSF estimates that the worldwide need for nanotechnology workers will rise from 20,000 to two million. Locally, there are over 100 firms that could employ graduates.

Career Opportunities

Skills and Knowledge: Manipulate atoms and molecules at the nanoscale

This A.A.S. Degree in Nanoscience Technology is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge to prepare them to work as technicians in a wide variety of industries utilizing nano-scale technologies, including pharmaceutical and medical diagnostics, renewable energy, semiconductor and optoelectronics, manufacturing and materials applications.

Revolutionize, Create Breakthroughs

This enabling science incorporates biology, chemistry, materials science, physics, electronics and engineering.

By all accounts, making things smaller will revolutionize manufacturing processes, create breakthroughs in cancer research, generate more efficient sources of energy, transform consumer products, and ultimately change the world as we know it.

Booming Business

According to most industry and media reports, even though nanotechnology is in its infancy, the business of nanotechnology is booming and nanotech fortunes are here to be made.

With estimates that the global market for products that incorporate nanotechnology could hit $2.6 trillion by 2014, Wall Street investors and venture capitalists are pouring millions of dollars into start up companies expecting big ROI as products move from research and development to the marketplace.

 
 
 
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