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<p class="MsoNormal">Looks like the Senate could potentially taking up the CHIPS Act very soon for a vote.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/senate-looks-to-hold-vote-on-chips-act/#x">https://www.cbsnews.com/video/senate-looks-to-hold-vote-on-chips-act/#x</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Aebersold,Julia W.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 28, 2022 12:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] CHIPS Act - Update<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone. Just a few tidbits to update about the CHIPS Act. The semiconductor industry and the Dept of Commerce are putting pressure on Congress to come to pass the legislation before they recess in August.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2022%2F06%2F28%2Fglobalwafers-intel-tsmc-congress-semiconductor-plants-chips-act-funding%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjulia.aebersold%40louisville.EDU%7C99f76b2395b142e2a09d08da5925167f%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637920313098127159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vYllXlJcqAmjt7UVBletmKZQgKsKhN4Sg2mkQPLO8YY%3D&reserved=0">https://fortune.com/2022/06/28/globalwafers-intel-tsmc-congress-semiconductor-plants-chips-act-funding/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It appears that the American Semiconductor Academy is one of the initiatives driving workforce development and has published a white paper.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Executive Committee of the ASA Planning Team:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. John Dallesasse, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Stephen Goodnick, Arizona State University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof. Kang Wang, University of California, Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semi.org%2Fsites%2Fsemi.org%2Ffiles%2F2022-02%2FASA%2520whitepaper-01feb2022.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cjulia.aebersold%40louisville.EDU%7C99f76b2395b142e2a09d08da5925167f%7Cdd246e4a54344e158ae391ad9797b209%7C0%7C0%7C637920313098127159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6o%2B3vSP%2FbtZUQh4YpU4EaDroRzAijasIyIENV9zTtJ4%3D&reserved=0">https://www.semi.org/sites/semi.org/files/2022-02/ASA%20whitepaper-01feb2022.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Aebersold,Julia W. <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 15, 2022 10:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> CHIPS Act<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Do you feel you have adequate programs and training in place to help cultivate the future demand needed for semiconductor engineers?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">University of Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">2210 South Brook Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Shumaker Research Building, Room 233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Louisville, KY 40292<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">(502) 852-1572<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://louisville.edu/micronano">http://louisville.edu/micronano/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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