Workshop on Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Workforce Development – Final Report

Panelist and Moderator Biographies

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

10:30 am – Opening remarks – Mung Chiang, Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering at Purdue University

10:40 am – Indiana Perspective on Semiconductors, David Roberts, Executive Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Indiana Economic Development Corporation

10:45 am – Panel #1 – Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Moderated by William Chappell, CTO, Azure Global – Microsoft

• Deirdre Hanford, Chief Security Officer, Synopsys
• Chandra Mouli, Senior Fellow & Manager, R&D Device, Micron Technology
• Mark Papermaster, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Technology and Engineering, AMD
• Sreenivas Ramaswamy, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, US Department of Commerce
• Thomas Sonderman, President & CEO, SkyWater Technology

12:00 pm – Lunch Break

1:00 pm – Panel #2 – Workforce Development Challenges and Proposed Solutions for Commercial Applications

Moderated by Dr. Theresa Mayer, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Purdue University

• Dr. Shekhar Bhansali, NSF Director, Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, National Science Foundation
• Dr. Charles Clancy, Senior Vice President & General Manager, MITRE Labs
• Dr. Willie May, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Morgan State University
• Dr. Todd Younkin, President and CEO, Semiconductor Research Corporation

1:50 pm – Break

2:00 pm – Panel #3 – Workforce Development Challenges and Proposed Solutions for Defense and Secure Applications

Moderated by Dr. Stephen Goodnick, Professor, Deputy director of ASU Lightworks, Arizona State University

• Scott Frost, Industrial Base Systems Engineer, Analytic Services, Inc.; Director, National Imperative for Industrial Skills Development, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment, Department of Defense
• Rahni Kellum, Technical Business Development Specialist STARTHBCU Program Lead, Academic Alliance Program Supporting, Purdue & Illinois Sandia National Laboratories
• Dr. Nathan Nowlin, Manager, Advanced Microsystems Radiation Effects, Sandia National Laboratories
• Catherine J. Ortiz, Principal Analyst, Analytic Services, Inc.; Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment, Department of Defense
• Dr. Kara Perry, Co-Lead of the T&AM Education and Workforce Development Technical Execution Area

2:50 pm – Summary and Conclusions – Mark Lundstrom, Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

3:00 pm – Adjourn

Organizers

• Dr. Peter Bermel, Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
• Dr. Carol Handwerker, Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr.  Professor of Materials Engineering and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
• Dr. Mark Lundstrom, Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
• Cristina Farmus, Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Purdue University

Questions? Contact Cristina Farmus, cfarmus@purdue.edu, 765-430-6067