JOHNSTOWN - Fulton-Montgomery Community College will use federal grant money to help train people in nanotechnology. <\/p>\n
The program, which is still being designed, will help workers who lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or shifts in production out of the United States. The program also will help unemployed veterans. <\/p>\n
\"What we are looking to do is find a way to put together a one-year program in nanotechnology and get them ready for a new job, versus our typical two-year curriculum,\" FMCC President Dustin Swanger. \"I expect this could help 50 or more students locally over the next two years.\" <\/p>\n
A Fulton-Montgomery Community College student works on the Atomic Force Microscope in May at FMCCs clean room classroom. The Leader-Herald\/Amanda Whistle<\/p>\n
The college will receive nearly $100,000 from the federal government for the job-training program. <\/p>\n
Swanger said the program will be designed to aid people that have technology backgrounds and out of work by adding to their existing knowledge in the field. As a result, this program will only be offered to those with experience and not brand new, incoming students. <\/p>\n
Swanger said he hopes to have the program available to the community by the fall semester next year. <\/p>\n
Richard Prestopnik, a professor of electrical technology at the college, will head the program. <\/p>\n
\"Part of the funding is to allow us to do some curriculum development work,\" Prestopnik said. \"We are concentrating on nanotechnologies and semiconductor manufacturing. We are attempting to design a program that will grant a one-year certificate targeted toward individuals with experience in advanced technical fields.\" <\/p>\n
He said the course will include a lot of hands-on work so students can be prepared for what it will be like in the actual job. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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