Micron Tour – Jhonny E.

I thought that the tour could of been better and that they could of shown us much more instead of a hall with about a dozen windows.  When we got there they showed us a powerpoint about the history of micron and everything that they do within the company, they showed us boxes that have have 20 and 30 cm plates. After the presentation they would walk us down a hall and show us i guess how the plates were being made. I think that the most interesting part of the trip was when i saw the crane come pick up the box and take it some where else. From what the man told us, the company is growing and more machines are being added and as a result their going to need more engineers in the future. Their gonna need engineers to work those machines and expand their company. As far as engineering fields, I think that electrical engineers are the most predominant part of the company. From what we saw in the tour,  I dont think that I would be able to work the machinery, but their may be other parts of the company that might be more suited for me. To be able to work in that company somebody would need to prepare themselfs in the engineering field, taking engineering based classes during college, and i also noticed that someone would need to study chemistry, because during the tour i heard a bunch of chemical and compounds being named, something i’m not familiar with.

Micron Trip- Nicole O.

The Micron field trip was okay. I didnt find anything extremely fascinating. The powerpoint that was shown in the very beginning gave us idea of where micron stood with its competitors. According to their past records they try to stay close to samsung. Then they explained to us all the products that are made from there products. The showed us this two disc that had small micro chips. They told us that their biggest concern was air, when they make their products so they use pressure to reduce the air. I was surprise that there was alot of chemistry involved in the making of their products. I absoultely abhor chemistry. When we went ont the tour the most interesting that happen was when the tour guide opened the door when he was not suppose to. Oh the second interesting thing was the lights turning from white to yellow. And the machines that moved the disc reminded me of monsters inc movie with all those doors.  He did explaint to us that their uniform helps them to distinguish their employers with their competitiors.

Micron~Desire’ B

                Truth be told I was bored on the micron tour. They took us into a room and gave us a presentation about the company. It was just so boring to me. When were walking down the hallway and looking through the windows we got to see how some things worked, which was a little more interesting to me than sitting in a room just listening to someone talk. I understand why we couldn’t go into the section where they were doing all the testing, but it would have been more amazing if we could have.

                I’m not entirely sure, but I think he did say that Micron did offer co-ops jobs and internships during the summer. I don’t think I would go there for the summer, just because I have some interests that I think would be more exciting than working at Micron. But if I was interested in going there, I would only go if they would teach me as I went along. To prepare myself for this intern/co-op I would really need to take more classes and make sure that the classes I have already been through I know the material really well.

                The majors that are represented at Micron are heavily based on electrical and computer engineering.

Micron Tour – Andrew G

Getting to tour the Micron facility was a very interesting experience.  For the first part of the tour we learned what exactly it was that micron made.  They make mostly DRAM and Flash based memory, along with designing some image sensors. On site they have a FAB, or fabrication area for these products, and a design area for making newer and better products.  Most everything electronic has some form of these chips in them.

The conditions used to make these chips is very extreme.  While the chips are being created they never leave a clean box called a FOUP.  These boxes store 25 wafers and are transported around the FAB by machines that run on a rail system on the ceiling.  The wafers are created by “growing” different chemical reactions on them.  I think that is amazing that a computer part is created by growing different reactions on top of something.  Different tracks are created by “dry etching very small tracks onto the wafers using different chemicals.  All of these reactions are being created in an insanely small area, thousands of times smaller then a human hair.  Because of the size that the reactions happen at everything is manufactured in a clean room, and a clean box as well. The clean environment stops any dust from getting onto the wafers and messing up the process.

Many different job types are used in this process of creating these wafers.  There are a large number of engineers working on keeping all the machines running. Engineers are also used to make the designs for how to create new and better wafers. Because of the large involvement in chemistry, chemists are employed to make sure all the reactions are working correctly.

I think working at micron would be interesting, but I would need to know more about how the process works.  If an internship was available for micron I would take it if they would teach me everything I would need to know.  They have a co-op available and I might consider applying this summer. To prepare for a job like this would require more classes and learning more about engineering.

Micron Tour – David G

For the most part I enjoyed the tour of MCV. The micron establishment in virginia. They used to just do design in this facility, but they upgraded to be able to construct the actual parts that later go into electronics. When we first got to micron, we were ushered into a classroom, which had computers under the desks. We were told about how micron started, what it does now, who it competes with, and who it has partnerships with. I found this section boring for the most part. They did not really talk about what my options could be if i was to try to intern at micron. Later on in the tour they took us to see the clean room where they do alot of the work. This room seemed really advanced. I liked how the tour guide told us a lot about how the clean room works, and how the machines inside the room work. I also really liked the robots that were there in order to move the FOUP’s around.

Micron Tour- Keya Z.

The micron tour was very interesting to me. When we first got there we went into a classroom and watched a powerpoint presentation on Micron and what they do. They showed us their products, some statistics, and thier competition. They had an actual wafer to pass around to the class. Wafers hold up to 25 chips so they can transfer them by machine. After the presentation we went up to look at the production building. They had yellow light instead of normal light.  We could not actually go into the place because there was too much of a risk of dirt and particles to get on the wafers. The workers in the building are wearing a full body suit that covers them from head to toe. This is so they dont get any chemicals on themselves. The most interesting part of the whole tour was actually watching the wafers being transported from one spot to another and seeing them get cleaned. They used a special equipment to clean it. I also so a lot of very expensive equipment up to $30 million dollars. There are many jobs and internships available at micron, which would include electrical and mechanical engineering. Chemisty is a strong field as well. There are many different facilities in various areas of the world, including in Asia, America, and Europe. I do not think I would want to work there, but the experience would be nice. Becuase I am looking into systems engineering, I dont think it would benefit me as much, but an internship would be lovely.

Micron Tour – Laurence B.

The tour of the Micron facility was extremely interesting. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and just a cool guy in general. He did not even hesitate on answering any questions. First we watched a short presentation on how Micron has there hand in virtually everything electronic that I own. Then we went over to the production side of the building and watched the magic happen. It was very interesting in the production building, a large portion of the floor we were on was lit with yellow lights. This is because white light is really a combination of every color of light. Scientifically, this means many different wavelengths, which could be dangerous to the production of the wafers. The most interesting part of the whole tour was when the tour guide explained to us the size of the chips being manufactured. Were talking tiny, like thousands of times smaller than a strand of hair. Another interesting thing was the chemistry of it all. How Argon gas is used for cleaning the chips because it is inert and will not react with anything, and how the water must be purified so no reactions take place. Also the actual process of etching and smoothing out the wafers was interesting, he explained to us how a layer of some substance is put down and creates a sort of stencil for where the grooves need to be. It was all very interesting.

There are many jobs available at Micron. Electrical and Mechanical engineering are what the main components of the design and production consist of, Chemistry also plays a large role. There are a few internships available at Micron. One available at Micron in Idaho includes an intern as a product engineer, where you would oversee the design process, debugging and testing, and finally high-volume production. Other internships are available but would most likely consist carrying out the production phase and understanding how it  works, and how it could work better.

I personally would not want to work at a place like Micron because the work done there does not highlight the work that I will be doing as a civil engineer. Also, I don’t particularly like the delicacy of it all. And anything that I build will be visible to the naked eye.