UW team uses extreme ultraviolet photolithography to create next-generation integrated circuits

Semiconductor devices are a critical component of the many electronics that power our daily lives. The technological innovations that have driven their widespread success have relied on manufacturing smaller and smaller integrated circuits to build more powerful devices. The next generation of integrated circuit development will require features smaller than 10 nanometers, something that is not currently possible in today’s commercial manufacturing landscape.

Following support from a UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute (MolES) pilot award, UW professors David Bergsman and Aniruddh Vashisth have received a National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing award for a project that aims to address the 10 nanometer challenge in the field of semiconductor manufacturing.

Jungwon Choi — engineering power conversion systems for emerging technologies

We live in a world powered by electricity. But few people stop to think about where that power comes from, let alone how it is transformed to run the devices they use every day. Electrical energy can be generated from fossil fuels or renewable sources, such as the sun, wind, and flowing water. But we cannot plug this raw power directly into electronics. It must first be processed and optimized for specific systems and devices. This is the role of power electronics, a branch of electrical engineering focused on transforming electrical energy from one form to another. A good example of power electronics in everyday life are the power adapters used to charge smartphones and laptops. Each power adapter contains a small power converter that changes alternating electrical current from a wall outlet into a form the device can use.

Event: UPWARDS U.S.-Japan STEM Networking

Wednesday, July 23, 8 p.m. EST, 5 p.m. PST over Zoom. Register here to join the conversation.

Guest speakers Dr. Cindy Yi from Virginia Tech and Dr. Jungwon Choi from UW will speak on their graduate school experience and careers. Attendees will then be given the opportunity to network with students in other universities both in the U.S. and Japan.

Participating universities include Boise State University, Purdue University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Washington and Virginia Tech in the U.S. In Japan, universities include Hiroshima University, Institute of Science Tokyo, Kyushu University, Nagoya University and Tohoku University.

Send inquiries to Sanae Akaba at sanae.adaba@ila.isct.ac.jp

UW leads international group in semiconductor research and workforce development

The University of Washington is at the forefront of an international effort to innovate the semiconductor industry while building a skilled U.S.-based workforce to design and manufacture chip technology.

How UW ECE is ready for the CHIPS and Science Act

The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 makes historic investments in semiconductor research, workforce development, and manufacturing to bolster supply chains and reassert the U.S. as a global leader. Over the next couple of years, billions of dollars will be pouring into this effort, and faculty from universities and colleges around the country will be competing for research and development funding, including many from UW.

UW Gets $10M Award to Train Semiconductor Workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced that the University of Washington will receive $10 million to help train more semiconductor industry workers as part of the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future.

Micron Launches U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future

Eleven-university strong network to grow the next-generation workforce and advance semiconductor-based research in both countries

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc., the largest foreign investor in Japan over the last five years, today announced the launch of the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future.