Changing the World with Chips

How to Start Your Journey Towards a Purdue Semiconductor Credential

Purdue has developed two opportunities for students interested to learn more about the microelectronics industry and pursue a semiconductor concentration, minor, or certificate.

The Changing the World with Chips - Introduction to Semiconductors is an interactive, seminar based, one-credit hour course to introduce semiconductor technology, its role in our life, impact, and career opportunities to science and engineering students.

Every week there will be one fifty-minutes session where industry representatives will discuss relevant semiconductor products, company profiles, career prospects, and answer questions from students. The course is open to students from the College of Engineering, School of Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Physics and Math.

Changing the World with Chips Spring 2026

For the speakers and lectures for 2026, please see below:

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
1-Jan Professor David Janes, Purdue
21-Jan Professor David Janes, Purdue
28-Jan Cadence
4-Feb SK hynix
11-Feb Entegris
18-Feb TBD
25-Feb TBD
4-Mar onsemi
11-Mar Sandisk
25-Mar TSMC
1-Apr TBD
8-Apr TBD
15-Apr Synopsys
22-Apr Professor David Janes, Purdue

For the speakers and lectures for 2025, please see below:

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
28-Aug A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics - Part 1 Professor David Janes, Purdue
4-Sep A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics - Part 2 Professor David Janes, Purdue
11-Sep From Idea to Product: Bridging Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing GlobalFoundries
18-Sep Texas Instruments and The Red Team Problem-Solving Discipline in a Semiconductor-Driven World Texas Instruments
25-Sep Introduction of Heterogeneous Integration and Chiplet SK hynix
2-Oct Systems Architecture and Mixed-Signal Audio Cirrus Logic
9-Oct Exploring the Cutting Edge: AMD's Innovations in AI and High-Performance Computing AMD
16-Oct Qualcomm: Chip Design Process for the AI age Qualcomm
23-Oct Semi Eco-system Overview Applied Materials
30-Oct How AI is Driving the Semiconductor Lithography Equipment Industry ASML
6-Nov Where Rubber Meets The Road - Perspectives From a Career Spanning Semiconductor IP Through Delivery Mercury
13-Nov Diversity in education disciplines and approaches enable the Semiconductor industry to thrive Qnity
20-Nov A day in the life of a plasma etch engineer - Finding your place at Tokyo Electron Limited TEL
4-Dec Next Step in Semiconductor at Purdue Professor David Janes, Purdue

For the speakers and lectures for 2025, please see below:

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
15-Jan A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics Professor David Janes, Purdue
22-Jan Semiconductor Fab Design and Construction BMWC
29-Jan Engineering Intelligent Products and Systems Cadence
5-Feb Changing Your Life with Chips TSMC
12-Feb NAND Flash Memory; Innovating to keep up with world's storage needs Western Digital
19-Feb Semiconductor Fab Perspective Intel
26-Feb Innovations in Chip Fabrication Lam Research
5-Mar Microelectronics in Navy and DoD NSWC Crane
12-Mar Introduction of Heterogeneous Integration and Chiplet SK hynix
26-Mar Differences between CPU and GPU Nvidia
2-Apr A Whole New World of Innovation - Billions of Chips, Trillions of Dollars Synopsys
16-Apr How AI is Driving the Semiconductor Equipment Industry ASML
23-Apr Next Step in Semiconductors at Purdue Professor David Janes, Purdue