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RPI and HVCC Launch Semiconductor Workforce Development Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Hudson Valley Community College have welcomed the inaugural class of RPI-HVCC Semiconductor Scholars. Funded by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, the Scholars program is one of many efforts in the Capital Region and around the country to prepare more students to enter the semiconductor industry.
With New Grant, RPI Works To Shrink Microchips, Expand Semiconductor Workforce
The new, three-year $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Daniel Gall, professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will lead collaborators at RPI, Notre Dame University, and Cornell University on a hunt for new materials that can be made even smaller than current copper wires while offering far less electrical resistance. Discovery of such materials may one day lead to smaller, faster, more energy-efficient computer chips, Gall said.
Rensselaer Researchers Learn to Control Electron Spin at Room Temperature To Make Devices More Efficient and Faster
For decades, scientists have been attempting to use electric fields to control the spin of electrons at room temperature, but achieving effective control has been elusive. In research published in Nature Photonics, a research team led by Jian Shi and Ravishankar Sundararaman of Rensselaer and Yuan Ping of the University of California at Santa Cruz took a step forward in solving the dilemma.
Measuring a Tiny Quasiparticle Is a Major Step Forward for Semiconductor Technology
A team of researchers led by Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, has uncovered new information about the mass of individual components that make up a promising quasiparticle, known as an exciton, that could play a critical role in future applications for quantum computing, improved memory storage, and more efficient energy conversion.
Unique Material Could Unlock New Functionality in Semiconductors
If new and promising semiconductor materials are to make it into our phones, computers, and other increasingly capable electronics, researchers must obtain greater control over how those materials function. In an article published in Science Advances, Rensselaer researchers detailed how they designed and synthesized a unique material with controllable capabilities that make it very promising for future electronics.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's new president talks entrepreneurship and more
Martin Schmidt comes to Rensselaer after four decades at MIT — and a body of research that's led to seven startups.
Rensselaer Creates Course Program Focused on Training in Micro and Nanofabrication Cleanroom Technology
Rensselaer has a long history of training the next generation for career preparedness, and with the signing of the $250 billion CHIPS and Science Act, the U.S. need for career preparedness has never been greater. The new BYOND – Build Your Own NanoDevice — curriculum at RPI is an interdisciplinary program that invites students from the School of Engineering and the School of Science to work side by side in the lab and classroom.
Rensselaer Joins Partnership to Revolutionize Microelectronics Research
Researchers at Rensselaer have joined the Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0) led by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Chip Expert Daniel Gall Named Robert W. Hunt Endowed Chaired Professor
Rensselaer's Daniel Gall has been named the Robert W. Hunt Professor of Metallurgical Engineering. An endowed chaired professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.
Micron, National Science Foundation and Schumer Announce New Workforce Development Collaborations
RPI is proud to be part of the Micron Technology Northeast University Semiconductor Network, a partnership to develop the next generation of the U.S. semiconductor workforce.
Yesterday, President Schmidt '81, Ph.D., joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Director of the National Science Foundation - NSF Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Micron executives, and leaders from some of the founding member institutions for the announcement.