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CH ENGR M153

Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing

4 units

Sections & times

Lecture and lab.

Winter 2027: 1 lecture and 3 discussions. Nothing here is open. The oldest of these readings was 3 days ago.

Also listed as BIOENGR M153 (tentative), EC ENGR M153, MECH&AE M183B (tentative): the same class, and each department holds its own seats and its own grade history.

Grades

No grade history for this course: the data runs Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Sections for Winter 2027 are below. The same class is graded under MECH&AE M183B, where the history is kept.

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What comes first

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Counted in courses rather than quarters: dibs does not know which of them a department lets you take together.

From the registrar's catalog

(Same as Bioengineering M153, Electrical and Computer Engineering M153, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M183B.) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, four hours; outside study, five hours. Enforced requisites: Chemistry 20A, Physics 1A, 1B, 1C, 4AL. Introduction to general manufacturing methods, mechanisms, constrains, and microfabrication and nanofabrication. Focus on concepts, physics, and instruments of various microfabrication and nanofabrication techniques that have been broadly applied in industry and academia, including various photolithography technologies, physical and chemical deposition methods, and physical and chemical etching methods. Hands-on experience for fabricating microstructures and nanostructures in modern clean-room environment. Letter grading.

Sections in Winter 2027

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Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 4 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.

Seats over time in Winter 2027

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