<p>Are opportunities to have a class and working opportunity in clean rooms common in undergrad engineering programs? Our D graduated EE in 04 from large state U and had, I think, two classes that provided clean room experience. We thought opportunities like that would be SOP at large engineering programs, but D now working in industry and surprised to learn from grads of at least one other large state U that no clean room opportunities there for undergrads. '06 S now looking at engineering programs, probably EE also, and we are curious whether D's experience unique or whether clean room opportunities fairly common at larger engin programs.</p>
<p>For anyone interested in this topic, I also posted this question on the Cornell site and received some useful information.</p>
<p>A few top engineering programs have an IC fabrication lab course for undergrads, like MIT (6.152J), Berkeley (EE 143), Caltech, UIUC (ECE 444), and Cornell. Other places like Stanford (EE 410) reserve their course for PhD students. I was the TA for this course at UIUC and Stanford, so I could probably answer more specific questions about it.</p>
<p>"Are opportunities to have a class and working opportunity in clean rooms common in undergrad engineering programs?"</p>
<p>Why, sure! At Rice, they'd even wash the board in between classes! Then they'd sweep and mop at night, and stuff.</p>
<p>(I thought about curbing the urge to capitalize on the pun potential, but then I remembered that this is in the engineering forum.)</p>
<p>yes i use all sorts of mathematical and physics puns to hit on chicks at parties. for better effects serve with alcohol</p>