[labnetwork] CHIPS Act

[Maria Huffman]

I also agree that Julia’s post is timely.
I have also had some involvement concerning the CHIPS Act (one meeting led by NIST in March) as well as attended various ASA-SEMI workshops : https://www.semi.org/en/workforce-development/ASA

Happy to share thoughts………

Maria


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From: labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu> on behalf of Aju Jugessur <Aju.Jugessur at Colorado.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 2:33 PM
To: Aebersold,Julia W. <julia.aebersold at louisville.edu>, labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [labnetwork] CHIPS Act
Julia,
Thanks for your post.
Please see my responses below:
I think it may be worth having an online discussion about this and in particular how it may or may not help university-based fab. I look forward to hear from others.
Thanks
Aju

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From: labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu> on behalf of "Aebersold,Julia W." <julia.aebersold at louisville.edu>
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 1:11 PM
To: "labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu" <labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
Subject: [labnetwork] CHIPS Act

A quick question for everyone regarding the CHIPS Act that has yet to pass in both the House and Senate.  I believe a lot of us feel this will directly impact our facilities due to workforce development needed to support this initiative and there is also real fear of talent poaching.

Last week at the UGIM conference we started to have initial discussions about the CHIPS ACT, but no formal discussions.  The Labnetwork community and the NNCI network are positioned to be instrumental with this effort (I think), but wanted to ask the following for I'm kind of wondering what is going on.  Another thought is that it's just too early at this time since CHIPS has not been approved by Congress yet.

  1.  Have you been following the CHIPS Act? Yes
  2.  Has anyone from your institution or state began conversations with NIST or industry regarding this effort? Yes, we are working on a couple of initiatives that may be used as leverages to benefit when the opportunity arises.
  3.  Do you feel you have adequate programs and training in place to help cultivate the future demand needed for semiconductor engineers? No
Any other nuggets of info would be appreciated.


Cheers!



Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.

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