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 2025
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 | TSMC | |
12-Feb | Western Digital | |
19-Feb | Intel | |
26-Feb | Lam Research | |
5-Mar | NSWC Crane | |
12-Mar | SK hynix | |
26-Mar | Nvidia | |
2-Apr | Synopsys | |
16-Apr | ASML | |
23-Apr | Reflect, Next steps |
For the speakers and lectures for 2024, please see below:
For the speakers and lectures for 2024, please see below:
For the speakers and lectures from 2023, please see below:
Date | Course Title | Sponsor/Instructor |
11-Jan | Introduction to Semiconductors | Professor Hussain and SkyWater |
18-Jan | Semiconductor Applications in Mobile Devices | |
25-Jan | Logic Microprocessor - Heart of Digital World | Intel |
1-Feb | Memory Technology - Storing All Our Data | SK hynix |
8-Feb | Designing Semiconductor Electronics | MediaTek |
15-Feb | Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment | ASML |
22-Feb | Semiconductor Modeling Tools | Synopsys |
1-Mar | Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities | GlobalFoundries |
8-Mar | Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes | Micron |
22-Mar | Emerging Electronics Applications and Semiconductors | Microsoft |
29-Mar | Semiconductors and the Automobile Industry | Tesla |
5-Apr | Storage and Innovation in Semiconductors | WesternDigital |
12-Apr | Fabless Model | NVIDIA |
19-Apr | Digital Healthcare Technology and Semiconductors | Medtronic |
26-Apr | A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics | Professor Mark Lundstrom |