Founded in 2022, Purdue’s Semiconductor Degrees Program (SDP) is the first large-scale semiconductor degrees program in the United States. The program is guided by a Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board of technical leaders from 40 leading companies, whose expertise helps shape curriculum, experiential learning and industry engagement to ensure Purdue graduates are prepared to meet the semiconductor industry’s evolving workforce needs.

“In three years, Purdue’s SDP has, besides knowledge transfer, galvanized a new generation of talent to be passionate about semiconductors. And this is exactly what our nation needs. Let’s continue to work together to take the SDP to new heights.”

Anthony Yen Co-Chair of Purdue’s Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board, Head of Technology Development Center at ASML, and Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Purdue

“Skilled talent is foundational to the future of technology. Purdue’s SDP proves that when education and industry unite, it is a multiplier to inspire and attract the next generation of semiconductor leaders. Thank you for the excellent progress, and lots more opportunities ahead.”

Keyvan Esfarjani Co-Chair of Purdue’s Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board and Former Intel EVP/Chief Global Operations Officer

Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board Members

Keyvan Esfarjani

Board Co-Chair
Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Purdue University

Anthony Yen

Board Co-Chair
Head of Technology Development Center, ASML
Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Purdue University

Gregg Bartlett

Chief Technology Officer, GlobalFoundries

David Bloss

Corporate Vice President, GM Global Sourcing of Equipment and Materials, Intel Corporation

Rose Castanares

President, TSMC Arizona

Bill Chappell

Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft

Ruth Cotter

Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, AMD

Juan Manuel de Bedout

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Raytheon Technologies

Debra Delise

Vice President, Customer Solutions Group, Analog Devices, Inc

Brian Dunlap

Vice President of 300mm Fab Operations, Texas Instruments

Sudhir Gopalswamy

Group President, Analog & Mixed Signal and Intelligent Sensing Groups, onsemi

Mohamed Kassem

Cofounder & CEO, NativeChips.ai

Randal King

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Qnity Electronics

William Lee

CEO of SK hynix Semiconductor West Lafayette

William Majette

Senior Director of Engineering & Chief Engineer, L3Harris Technologies

Gabriele Manganaro

Director Of Technology, MediaTek

David McCann

Senior Vice President, and Chief of Staff, Business Unit, Amkor Technology

Om Nalamasu

Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of Applied Materials; President of Applied Ventures

Evan Patton

VP/GM Reliant Product Line, Lam Research

Adam Peters

Chief Executive Officer, North America, Air Liquide Group

Shakeel Peera

Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Microchip Technology, Inc.

Nirmal Ramaswamy

Corporate Vice President - DRAM Technology Development Group, Micron

Charlie Schadewitz

Vice President Sales, North American Field Operations, Cadence

Stéphane Sireau

Vice-President, High-Tech Industry, Dassault Systèmes

Ian Steff

President and CEO, mySilicon Compass

Ed Teidemann

Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm

Dominic Viens

Vice President and General Manager Power Test Division, Teradyne

Brandon Wang

Vice President, Corporate Strategy Group, Office of the CEO, Synopsys

Phillip Wong

Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor, ECE, Stanford University

Charles (Charlie) Wuischpard

Vice President Americas, NVIDIA

Richard Gottscho

At-Large Member