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

Changing the World with Chips Fall 2026

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

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
27-Aug A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics – Part 1 Professor David Janes, Purdue
3-Sept A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics - Part 2 Professor David Janes, Purdue
10-Sept How Light is Rewiring the Data Center Jean Trewhella, GlobalFoundries
17-Sept Texas Instruments and The Red Team Problem-Solving Discipline in a Semiconductor-Driven World Brian Dunlap, Texas Instruments
24-Sept Introduction of Heterogeneous Integration and Chiplet William Wooingsun Lee, SK hynix
1-Oct Optical Interconnect for Advancing High Performance Computing Michael Mills, Qnity
8-Oct Advanced Packaging in the AI Era Vin Kedlaya, Intel Corporation
15-Oct Semi Eco-system Overview Don Cordoni, Applied materials
22-Oct An Introduction to Qualcomm and How Some of the World's Most Complex Chips are Developed Qualcomm
29-Oct How AI is Driving the Semiconductor Lithography Equipment Industry Ronald Goossens, ASML
5-Nov   Hitachi
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3-Dec   Professor David Janes, Purdue

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

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
14-Jan A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics - Part 1 Professor David Janes, Purdue
21-Jan A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics - Part 2 Professor David Janes, Purdue
28-Jan Design for AI and AI for Design - from chips to data centers to molecules Cadence
4-Feb Introduction of Heterogeneous Integration and Chiplet SK hynix
11-Feb Controlling Contamination in Semiconductor Manufacturing Entegris
18-Feb How Virtual Twins Help in Chip Design Dassault Systems
4-Mar Symbiotic Relationship Between AI and Semiconductors onsemi
11-Mar Flash Memory: Innovating to keep up with world's storage needs Sandisk
25-Mar Changing Your Life with CHIPS TSMC
1-Apr Connect to the World with Analog Circuits MediaTek
8-Apr The Amazing Longevity of Moore's Law: 65 Years and Going Strong ASML
15-Apr Next Step in Semiconductor at Purdue Professor David Janes, Purdue
22-Apr Differences Between CPU and GPU NVIDIA

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