I’ve been teaching a class at the University of Texas at Austin giving an overview of the processes for semiconductor manufacturing for many years. This fall I did something different – I am flipped my classroom. I recorded each of my lectures ahead of time and required my students to watch the lectures before they came to class. Class time was then devoted to discussion, problem solving, and the occasional philosophical digression. While improvements will be necessary for the next year, the experiment was, I think, a success.

One outcome of the flipped classroom is a complete set of lectures for my class, available on YouTube. I have combined those lectures with reading and homework assignments as well as practice exams and other material. The result: a self-paced online course, available to anyone. I hope it will be the first of many.

The course name is Chemical Processes for Micro- and Nanofabrication (chemical engineering department, with course designator CHE323). It is basically an overview of all the process steps used in semiconductor manufacturing, with some nanofabrication concepts thrown in at the end. Here is the link:

http://www.lithoguru.com/scientist/CHE323/

Enjoy.