Spokane Community College (SCC), Spokane, Washington
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Offers Associate in Applied Science Degree as an Electronics Engineering Technician. The program has four pathways: Applications, Avionics, Mechatronics, and Biomedical Equipment. In 2018, SCC added a Photonics Lecture and a Photonics Lab class to their Electronics Engineering Technician – AAS curriculum.
These classes are based on the OP-TEC Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Course 1. The first cohort of this new curriculum graduated December 2019. |
Associate in Applied Science degree as an Electronics Engineering Technician
This lab intensive program provides practical, hands-on experience with a variety of equipment used in industry. Classes are designed to develop the skills necessary for the technician to help engineers develop new products and to evaluate, test, troubleshoot, and repair existing equipment.
Graduates find employment in a wide variety of industries including electronics equipment manufacturing, medical equipment manufacturing, the service industry, and hospitals.
Image shows students practicing component alignment with a low power laser pointer.
Graduates find employment in a wide variety of industries including electronics equipment manufacturing, medical equipment manufacturing, the service industry, and hospitals.
Image shows students practicing component alignment with a low power laser pointer.
Skills of AAS degree graduates:
- Ability to perform laboratory experiments and create projects using electronic breadboards, optical breadboards, 3D-PCB printing, IPC standard soldering, single board computers (Raspberry PI©), and embedded systems (Arduino©)
- Hands on experience with electronic test equipment including photometers, multi-meters, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and power supplies
- Practiced in aligning optical components
- Understand the proper methods to handle, clean, and care for optical components
- Familiarity with industry grade optical components, laboratory mountings, and positioning equipment
- Document procedures and data using Microsoft Word© and Excel©
- Calculate expected results to compare with measured data
- Apply laser safety rules
Photonics lab experiments cover topics as:
- Law or Reflection
- Speed of light in Optical Grade Plastic
- Snell’s Law
- Determining Wavelength
- Spectrum of Colored Light
- Using an Inexpensive Spectrometer
- Optical Filters
- Prisms and Lenses
- Polarization
- Diffraction
- Interference
- Optical Alignment Techniques
Contact Information
Name: Judy Irwin
Telephone: (509) 533-7133
Email: Judy.Irwin@scc.spokane.edu
Address: MS 2013, 1810 N Greene St., Spokane, WA 99217
Program Website
http://www.indianhills.edu/academics/tech/laser.php
How can I recruit from this college?
Please contact the person above to arrange for a recruiting visit. Graduates are available every December.
Name: Judy Irwin
Telephone: (509) 533-7133
Email: Judy.Irwin@scc.spokane.edu
Address: MS 2013, 1810 N Greene St., Spokane, WA 99217
Program Website
http://www.indianhills.edu/academics/tech/laser.php
How can I recruit from this college?
Please contact the person above to arrange for a recruiting visit. Graduates are available every December.
