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UC IS A HUB FOR SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING
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he University of Cincinnati has a storied history of innovation in computer technology, dating back to the 1970s.
The “father of the Intel Pentium processor,” Vinod Dham, is a 1977 UC engineering graduate. UC’s research expertise
spans the spectrum of topics critical to semiconductor production, including novel materials and devices, circuit
and system design, electronic design automation, and test methodologies.
“Computer chips are everywhere in every appliance or gadget: your smart watch, your phone — even your refrigerator,”
said Ranga Vemuri, UC professor of electrical and computer engineering. “Some cars have as many as 50 to 70 processors.”
As this demand for microchips continues to grow and the U.S. bolsters its production and design capabilities, a skilled
high-tech workforce will meet a critical need.
EDUCATING FUTURE
MICROCHIP WORKERS WITH
INTEL INVESTMENT
INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH SECURES HARDWARE,
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
DEVELOPING INNOVATIONS IN
SEMICONDUCTORS
UC is a member of the Midwest Micro-
Supported by a generous gift from Siemens
for training a future semiconductor
The University of Cincinnati is preparing
UC leads the Center for Hardware and
electronics Consortium, a regional hub
PLM, the UC-Siemens Simulation Technology
workforce, as well as a resource for the
future workers for new semiconductor
Embedded Systems Security and Trust
through the national Microelectronics
Center enables students to use the latest
university and surrounding business
manufacturing jobs in Ohio and across the
(CHEST), an industry-university research
Commons program, with the goal to research
technology to solve problems across
community.
country with cutting-edge virtual reality
partnership supported by the National
and develop semiconductor and micro-
engineering, design, and development.
and hands-on training in UC’s Mantei Center
Science Foundation and industry memberships.
electronics technologies for commercial and
Cleanroom.
The national research center’s goal is to
national security uses. Funded through the
In UC’s Advanced Materials Characterization
prevent spying, hacking or cyberattacks
U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, the consortium
Center, students work with tools such as
In partnership with Intel — which is building
of electronics along the supply chain and
brings together more than 60 other
electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry.
semiconductor fabrication facilities in the
production line and to detect vulnerabilities
universities, businesses, and government
state — UC is leading a coalition of 15 Ohio
that could affect hardware and embedded
agencies across the Midwest..
colleges and universities called the Ohio
systems.
Southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and
ADVANCED FACILITIES OFFER
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
“IN THE NEXT DECADE, THE MAJOR
DRIVER OF SEMICONDUCTOR
ELECTRONICS IS GOING TO BE
COMMUNICATION, ARTIFICIAL
UC’s Mantei Center Cleanroom is an 8,000-
INTELLIGENCE, SPACE ELECTRONICS,
square-foot laboratory housing lithography,
AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY.
deposition, etching, and electrical and optical
WE’LL NEED MORE PEOPLE WITH
SEMICONDUCTOR EXPERTISE TO KEEP
Integrated Scalable Manufacturing (OASIS).
UC teaches and conducts research in hardware
characterization tools for micro- and
The rapid certi昀椀cation program covers
security, counterfeit detection, anti-tampering,
nano-fabrication. It serves as one of the core
UP WITH EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES.”
– RASHMI JHA, DIRECTOR OF THE
topics such as cleanroom practices, chemical
and integrated-circuit authentication through
facilities for semiconductors, sensors, micro
safety, and the basics of integrated circuit
CHEST. Led by Marty Emmert, center director
electromechanical systems, and other
fabrication, among others. UC expects to train
and professor of electrical and computer
materials and devices used by multiple
1,000 students by the end of 2025.
engineering, CHEST partners with 昀椀ve other
researchers across campus and outside of
research universities.
UC. It also serves as an educational center
MANTEI CENTER CLEANROOM
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