{"661583":{"#nid":"661583","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Partnership with DOD\u2019s Microelectronics Workforce Development Program Continues, Expands ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle En\u0026shy;gage\u0026shy;ment Microelectronics Work\u0026shy;force Development program (SCALE)\u0026nbsp;has announced the program will extend another five years and expand with $10.8 million additional Department of Defense (DoD) funding, with a ceiling of $99 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESCALE officials said this expansion of the nation\u0026rsquo;s preeminent program will further its goal to develop a next-generation workforce that can return the United States to prominence in global microelectronics manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech participates in the partnership, which is led by Purdue University and managed by NSWC Crane. SCALE facilitates the training of highly skilled U.S. microelectronics engineers, hardware designers and manufacturing experts. SCALE brings together a public-private-academic partnership of 17 universities and 34 partners within the defense industry and government.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is an extremely exciting time in the country and at Tech for microchip design and manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; said Arijit Raychowdhury, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). \u0026ldquo;These newly announced funds for the SCALE program will help Georgia Tech recruit a new, diverse group of students ready to work in defense microelectronics. We\u0026rsquo;re thrilled to be a SCALE partner university and honored to be leading many of the project\u0026rsquo;s specialty areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESCALE\u0026nbsp;provides\u0026nbsp;unique courses, mentoring, internship matching and targeted research projects\u0026nbsp;for college students interested in\u0026nbsp;five microelectronics specialty areas. Georgia Tech ECE faculty members will be the primary investigators for three of the areas:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Esystem on a chip will be led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003ERaychowdhury\u003C\/a\u003E;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eradiation-hardening will be led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/john-d-cressler\u0022\u003EJohn Cressler\u003C\/a\u003E;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eand heterogeneous integration\/advanced packaging will be led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/madhavan-swaminathan\u0022\u003EMadhavan Swaminathan\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other two focus areas are embedded system security\/trusted AI and supply chain awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIndustry and government partners regularly meet and update a list of knowledge, skills, and abilities important for new entrants to the workforce. The SCALE universities then update their curriculum to ensure the students are prepared for upcoming needs in the rapidly advancing microelectronics field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeter Bermel, SCALE director and the Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue, said the United States will need 50,000 trained semiconductor engineers to meet overwhelming and rapidly growing demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The United States is committed to expanding and strengthening its semiconductor industry and workforce rapidly over the next five years,\u0026rdquo; Bermel said. \u0026ldquo;SCALE takes a holistic approach to the microelectronics workforce gap by comprehensively addressing system challenges for workforce training and recruiting.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGoals for the next five years include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EExpanding student participation in SCALE fivefold to more than 1,000.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDeveloping learning models for K-12 classrooms.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollaborating with community colleges nationwide to develop microelectronics classes.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe demand for microelectronics increased by 26.2% in 2021. But while the United States consumes about half of the chips produced worldwide, the country only manufactures about 12%, highlighting the pressing need for the U.S. to strengthen\u0026nbsp;its domestic semiconductor supply chains and increase industrial capacity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe funding announcement is the latest highlight in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s leadership role in bolstering microelectronics and workforce development. Tech\u0026rsquo;s large engineering and science faculty bring a broad set of research expertise to strengthen the country\u0026rsquo;s semiconductor capacity. The Institute is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/microelectronics-momentum-drives-nations-semiconductor-resurgence?fbclid=IwAR2BY9KRX_nKRuNmm8PMQ-HkX6jSaObEpY_0j_tPD3Yn33kle6SM2owXlZI\u0022\u003Euniquely positioned\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to train the microelectronics workforce, drive future microelectronics advances, and provide fabrication and packaging facilities for industry, academic and government partners to develop and test new solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E###\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 44,000 students, representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The nearly $11M, five-year extension of the SCALE program aims to restore global lead through education initiatives."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-09-27 20:14:05","changed_gmt":"2022-10-05 12:44:04","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"661582":{"id":"661582","type":"image","title":"The Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle En\u00acgage\u00acment Microelectronics Work\u00acforce Development program (SCALE) graphic ","body":null,"created":"1664309453","gmt_created":"2022-09-27 20:10:53","changed":"1664309453","gmt_changed":"2022-09-27 20:10:53","alt":"The nearly $11M, five-year extension of the SCALE program aims to restore global lead through education initiatives.","file":{"fid":"250604","name":"SCALEannouncement_GA TECH.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SCALEannouncement_GA%20TECH.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SCALEannouncement_GA%20TECH.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":384578,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/SCALEannouncement_GA%20TECH.jpg?itok=LpSKsxpk"}}},"media_ids":["661582"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.purdue.edu\/scale\/index.php","title":"Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement Microelectronics Workforce Development program (SCALE)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/arijit-raychowdhury","title":"Arijit Raychowdhury"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/john-d-cressler","title":"John Cressler"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/madhavan-swaminathan","title":"Madhavan Swaminathan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191338","name":"Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle En\u00acgage\u00acment Microelectronics Workforce Development program (SCALE)"},{"id":"139771","name":"Arijit Raychowdhury"},{"id":"191336","name":"John Cressler; Madhavan Swaminathan"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}