Upcoming Field Trip: Thursday, May 23

Where:  Applied Materials, Gloucester, MA

Date:  Thursday, May 23, 2024

Departure:  8:30 AM

Arrival:  1:45 PM

Please review, sign, and return the 2 permission forms (available on Google Classroom), by Monday, May 20:

1.  A Site Visit Consent Form

2.  A Digital release Form (if applicable)

A couple of things to note:

• Wear comfortable shoes and bring a jacket if it’s raining – we’ll be walking outside from building to building for the tour

• The tour with presentation runs 3-4 hours

•  We can accommodate up to 30 visitors.

•  The visit includes a tour of the production floor, a machine shop, and another production assembly line.

• The visit concludes with a Pizza Lunch and a presentation from the current new college grads.

Why are we visiting Applied Materials?

• Because they are part of the NANOSPHERE! See the video below.

• Everything we use and deem important today has a silicon chip!  This happens all over the world! WHO do you think creates the machines that MAKE the silicon chip?

• They offer many Internships/New College Grad Programs

Who is Applied Materials? 

• Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software to manufacture semiconductor chips for electronics flat panel displays for computers, smartphones, televisions, and solar products. Wikipedia

• Check out their website, Applied Materials, and the video attached.