Facility
SlidesChip Camp
We offer 2-day chip camps of varying difficulties for groups of 10–16 high school Physics or Chemistry students. In these camps, students will briefly experience what real scientific research is like.
Day 1: Students learn the basics of top-down nanofabrication processes.
Day 2: Students design their own experiment and test it.
To schedule a chip camp:
Please contact Samantha Cruz at (805) 893-5999 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
- Example agenda for local groups
- Example agenda for groups living far enough away to require an overnight stay
Teachers: Once a camp has been scheduled:
- A District contact must sign the district agreement form.
- Parents sign the liability waiver and the permission forms.
- Students sign the participant responsibilities and both parents and student sign the behavioral code of conduct.
- Chaperones read your responsibilities and sign the liability waiver.
- Before the camp, students should take the chip camp preliminary survey.
Chip Camp Preliminary Survey (print version)
Students without the signed documents will NOT participate in a camp.
Teachers and Chaperones are providing a service to participating students and their expenses will be paid for through a generous grant from the National Science Foundation. The teacher counts as a chaperone. If girls are present, they need a female chaperone. If guys are present, they need a male chaperone. A mixed group (male + female) need one male and female chaperone.
Past Chip Camps: Hall of Fame The first official weekend-long Nanotech Chip Camp at UCSB was March 12-13, 2005. Since then, we have had many chip camps. To see a list of past chip camps and pictures taken at the camps, click here.
