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SEMI SERIES · SEMICONDUCTOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Connect semiconductor process concepts, automation and technician problem-solving in an engaging learning environment. ROOTS helps colleges, CTE programs and workforce partners bring equipment, curriculum and instructor preparation together around their goals.
VIRTUAL SIMULATION
Simulation is fundamental to the ROOTS learning journey. Students rehearse exercises, explore decisions and build familiarity—then apply their learning with hands-on equipment and instructor guidance.
Built by Students. Designed by Educators. Influenced by Industry.
THE ROOTS APPROACH
ROOTS puts students in an active role: exploring how systems work, taking on practical challenges and connecting their decisions to what happens next. We shape that journey with educators and industry partners so it stays relevant as workforce needs evolve.
Learning can include assembling, calibrating, programming and maintaining selected systems. Projects give students opportunities to investigate, test ideas and solve problems together, with activities matched to learner readiness.
Start with the roles and skills you want to develop. ROOTS brings your learning outcomes, available space, instructor capacity and employer priorities into the equipment and curriculum conversation.
Fun, challenging projects give students a reason to stay curious. ROOTS continually improves its learning activities and materials to keep pace with industry, supported by instructor preparation and implementation planning.
LEARNING & EQUIPMENT
Choose the activities students should be able to perform, then define the equipment and instruction that support them.
Explore cleanroom procedures, contamination awareness, wafer movement and semiconductor process flow.
Build familiarity with metrology, process measurements and recording observations clearly.
Connect robotics, sensors, actuators and controls while developing setup, calibration and fault-finding skills.
Your proposal identifies which activities use physical processing, which use simulation, and which teach process concepts. Equipment, materials, facilities and instructor preparation are matched to that scope.
The ROOTS SEMI cleanroom configuration includes a training shell, gowning vestibule, dual-entry doors, grid-mounted HEPA filtration, ionizers, amber lighting, and PLC/HMI controls. Its overhead grid is open, without ceiling panels. These features are documented in the ROOTS SEMI Cleanroom Operations Manual. Equipment and site requirements are confirmed for each project; no ISO cleanroom classification is claimed.
Process stations are scoped separately. The manual references etch, photolithography, wet-process, metrology, assembly, and robotics equipment documented elsewhere; the selected stations and supplied materials must be identified in your project scope.
The SEMI brochure identifies learning stations for wafer handling, PLCs, wet bench activities, photolithography, reactive plasma etch, metrology and helium leak detection.
Options for discussion include robotic transfer systems, equipment front-end modules, water treatment, semiconductor design computer labs, automated assembly, flexible training modules, instrument trainers and RISE Plus integration.
Station names describe areas for project planning. Confirm the equipment, processing capability, simulations, materials and learning activities supplied for your configuration.
A customized engagement can include applied curriculum, projects, instructor materials, assessments, a learning management system, on-site train-the-trainer education, faculty coaching, equipment integration, installation and continuing support.
Agree the supplied materials, instructor preparation, delivery arrangements and post-launch support before implementation. Credential pathways depend on the institution’s course structure and the issuing organization’s requirements.
ROOTS IN PRACTICE
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
Hine Automation’s October 2023 announcement documents its collaboration with ROOTS on a semiconductor track featuring a simulated wafer-processing line and mock cleanroom.
NORTHEAST CAMPUS, ARIZONA
West-MEC’s April 2026 announcement describes its Advanced Manufacturing Cleanroom opening, a ROOTS-led tour and student demonstrations across multiple stations.
TEMPLE, TEXAS
Temple College’s Workforce & Visual Arts Building opened in August 2025, bringing semiconductor technician training, robotics and automated manufacturing into a shared workforce education facility. The college identifies ROOTS as a partner in its advanced robotics and hands-on training program, including learning within a mock cleanroom environment.
Explore Temple’s ROOTS partnership →
Read the building’s opening story →
CENTRAL CITY CAMPUS · PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Design Systems documents installation and commissioning of an automated assembly station in a mock cleanroom at GateWay’s upcoming semiconductor workforce accelerator, with its team working alongside ROOTS. GateWay announced a January 2027 opening for the accelerator—an investment in practical preparation for Arizona’s semiconductor workforce.
See the installation story →
Read GateWay’s accelerator update →
Each example reflects its own institution, configuration and program scope.
Answers to common questions about facilities, instruction and program growth.
The ROOTS SEMI Cleanroom Operations Manual specifies a 20 ft × 24 ft training shell and a 7 ft × 12 ft gowning vestibule. These are dimensions of the documented configuration, not the total room requirement for every installation. Process stations, optional side areas, accessible circulation, working clearances, storage, and maintenance access affect the layout. Approved installation drawings govern.
Confirm electrical loads, network access, and configuration-specific air, vacuum, water, drainage, ventilation, and environmental needs with ROOTS and your facilities/safety teams. Not every service is required. This educational reference design does not establish cleanroom performance certification or commercial device-production capability.
Yes. ROOTS can support equipment planning, lab design, curriculum alignment, installation, instructor training, and launch preparation. Academic approvals and program governance remain with the institution.
Configurations can introduce metrology, wafer handling, probing, polishing, bonding, de-bonding, automation, and material-movement concepts. Align the final scope with employer needs and faculty objectives.
Yes. On-site train-the-trainer education, coaching, and continuing support are part of the implementation model; confirm the preparation and support included for your configuration.
Yes. ROOTS systems are modular and can be planned in phases as funding, enrollment, facilities, and employer partnerships develop.
ROOTS can help organize technical specifications, curriculum scope, instructor development and implementation plans for funding discussions. Eligibility and allowable costs depend on the applicable agency, program rules and award terms; funding is not guaranteed.
Credential preparation and pathway alignment are scoped to your goals. Availability, assessments and eligibility are determined by the issuing organization and your institution’s course structure.
Share your target roles, learner level, room plan and intended launch date. ROOTS will help define a SEMI learning environment around your program.
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