Workshop Structure: 

The workshop is organized into three sequential sessions: (1) EWD for Manufacturing and Packaging of Microelectronics; (2) EWD for Integrated Circuit and Heterogeneous Integration System Design; and (3) Expanding Diversity in the Semiconductor Workforce. Sessions will include keynote addresses from leaders in industry, government and academia, a round of ‘lightning’ presentations to maximize participation from contributors across the broader EWD spectrum, and panel discussions to drill down on selected topics.

For a printable and detailed Workshop Agenda including Lighting Talk Presenter names and Talk Titles, please click here. 

Workshop Agenda:

Thursday, February 3, 2022

9:45 – 10:00   Welcome and Opening Remarks - Recording

10:00-12:35    Session I: EWD for Microelectronics Manufacturing and Packaging

Session I will focus on best practices and innovative approaches for education/training programs and initiatives for microelectronics manufacturing and packaging.  Topics will include novel technician (2-yr), engineering (4-yr), and graduate/postdoctoral microelectronics education/training content and delivery, unique incumbent worker training programs, new modalities for semiconductor EWD content creation and delivery and student/trainee engagement, novel and impactful experiential learning programs (hands-on subjects/co-ops/internships/apprenticeships), innovative microelectronic career engagement activities for K-12 and undergraduate students. and highly effective regional or national collaboration models for microelectronics EWD.

10:00-10:25: NSF Mission and Program Impact for Technician Education to Support U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing - Celeste Carter PhD., Advanced Technological Education Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation - Recording

10:25-11:35: ‘Lightning talks’ 7-minute presentations (5 min + 2 min Q&A) - Recording

Panel Members: 

  • Clay Nagel, Senior Manager and Deputy Director for Technical Training, GlobalFoundries
  • Nadia El-Masry, Program Director, Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program Division of Engineering Education and Centers
  • Mike Russo, President & CEO, National Institute for Innovation and Technology
  • Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena College Principal Investigator NSF Micro/Nanotechnology Education Center
  • Jennifer Braggin, Director of Technical Training, Entegris

12:35-12:45     Break

12:45-2:50      Session II: EWD for Integrated Circuit and Heterogeneous Integration System Design

Session II will focus on best practices and innovative approaches for education/training programs and initiatives for IC and heterogeneous integration (“chiplet”) system design.  Topics will focus on education and training programs for IC design, prototyping and testing, especially in areas related to novel on-chip technologies. As in Session 1 contributions are invited that focus on impactful experiential learning methodologies, and highly effective regional or national collaboration models.

12:45-1:10: Open Source IC Design - Tim Ansell, Software Engineer, Google - Recording

1:10-2:00: ‘Lightning talks’ 7-minute presentations (5 min + 2 min Q&A) - Recording

2:00-2:50: Best Practices and Innovative Strategies for Integrated Circuit and Heterogeneous Integration System Design 
- Recording

Panel Members: 

  • Boris Murmann, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
  • Stefan Preble, Professor of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • David Burnett, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portland State University
  • Kanad Ghose, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Binghamton University

2:50-3:00          Break

3:00-5:15          Session III: Expanding and Diversifying the Semiconductor Workforce

Session III will focus on the dual and distinct priorities of both expanding and diversifying the semiconductor workforce. Contributions from and participation by educational and training institutions that have had limited engagement with the U.S. microelectronics industry are strongly encouraged, especially from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Topics will include innovative and scalable models for expanding diversity in the microelectronics workforce and effective strategies for engaging students in microelectronics and semiconductor design/manufacturing career pathways.

3:00-3:25: Untapped Talent for Semiconductors Needed for Running the World - Valinda Kennedy PhD., IBM Global University Specialty Programs Manager  (Medical, Legal, and HBCUs) - Recording

3:25-4:21: ‘Lightning talks’ 7-minute presentations (5 min + 2 min Q&A) - Recording

4:25-5:15: Enlarging and Diversifying the Semiconductor Workforce: Strategies and Approaches - Recording

Panel Members: 

  • Loria Gordon, Associate Dean Jackson State University
  • Maria Tamargo, Professor of Chemistry, City College of New York
  • Josh Brumberg, Dean of the Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center
  • Wei Yin, Associate Dean for Diversity and Outreach, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University
5:15-5:20          Closing Remarks

Other Lightning Talks

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