ONONDAGA — The new Micron cleanroom-simulation lab at Onondaga Community College (OCC) will train students for careers in the semiconductor and microelectronic industries. OCC on Oct. 1 hosted a ceremonial wire cutting for the new 3,000-square-foot space. Ashley McGraw Architects, of Syracuse, designed the cleanroom and related renovations to the Whitney Applied Technology Center, where […]
ONONDAGA — The new Micron cleanroom-simulation lab at Onondaga Community College (OCC) will train students for careers in the semiconductor and microelectronic industries.
OCC on Oct. 1 hosted a ceremonial wire cutting for the new 3,000-square-foot space.
Ashley McGraw Architects, of Syracuse, designed the cleanroom and related renovations to the Whitney Applied Technology Center, where the lab was built. PAC Associates, of Oswego, served as the general contractor on the project .
All the machines, or tools that students will learn on came from Micron chip fabrication plants in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Idaho, and Virginia, OCC said. Because this is a simulation lab, community members and young learners under the age of 18 can have hands-on learning opportunities, as they did at the Micron-sponsored Chip Camp in the summer of 2025, OCC noted.
Speakers at the morning event included Warren Hilton, president of Onondaga Community College, and Nick Hay, an OCC student who interned at Micron and will begin working there after completing his electromechanical-technology degree in December. Representatives of Micron, Onondaga County, New York State, and SUNY were also on hand.
Boise, Idaho–based Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) is planning to build a semiconductor-manufacturing campus at the White Pine Commerce Park along Route 31 in the town of Clay.
Micron provided a $5 million donation for the cleanroom-simulation lab, and the funding was matched by both Onondaga County and New York State.
In October 2023, OCC unveiled renderings of what the Micron cleanroom- simulation lab would look like, along with related renovations to the Whitney Applied Technology Center. Work on the project began later that month.
