ASU’s Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology and Practices microcredential is returning this June following a highly successful first cohort.

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ASU’s Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology and Practices microcredential is returning this June following a highly successful first cohort.

After a highly successful first cohort, ASU’s Clean Room Standard Operating Procedures and Fundamentals microcredential is returning this June with updated content, enhanced hands-on learning and expanded clean room activities.

In this 40-hour hybrid program, participants will gain both foundational knowledge and hands-on experience across multiple additive manufacturing methods, including laser powder-bed fusion, binder jetting and directed energy deposition.

The Clean Room Standard Operating Procedures and Fundamentals microcredential introduces you to one of the most critical environments in advanced manufacturing. In this 10-hour, hands-on course, you’ll learn how cleanrooms operate and why precision, discipline and contamination control are essential across industries like semiconductor manufacturing, biotechnology and medical devices .

The Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology and Practices microcredential offers a hands-on introduction to this critical field, giving you the opportunity to work directly with real equipment and industry-level components .

Attend an info session, meet the program’s faculty directors and learn more about the Grand Challenges and what it means to be a part of the GCSP community.

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