High school students put all of those skills to work this summer during the Virginia Tech UPWARDS TechTrek High School Summer Camp, which is part of the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for […]
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New Visions Engineering Students Get Hands-On at RIT
Thirteen high school seniors from the New Visions Engineering program at Greater Southern Tier BOCES traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for a day of hands-on learning in the […]
UPWARDS for the Future Students Take Semiconductor Learning Around the World
Select UPWARDS partner institutions across the U.S. and Japan provided students with hands-on experience during a series of summer camps. These opportunities offered semiconductor education, industry engagement, cultural exchange, and […]
US Students Visit Nagoya University for Semiconductor Summer Program
As part of the “UPWARDS for the Future” project, which aims to promote workforce development and research exchange in the semiconductor field between universities in Japan and the United States, […]
Hiroshima University holds “UPWARDS Summer Program: Peace and Semiconductor Innovation 2026”
Hiroshima University held the ”UPWARDS Summer Program 2026” from July 22 to August 2, 2026, as part of “UPWARDS for the Future,” an initiative that promotes human resource development and […]
Inside UPWARDS TechTrek of Virginia Tech: Preparing the Next Generation of Tech Innovators
UPWARDS TechTrek High School Summer Camp is a two-week, project-based program where students learn how AI, circuits, FPGA, robotic cars, and drones work together in modern intelligent systems. Each topic […]
UW introduces virtual reality training for students to help fill crucial semiconductor jobs
A University of Washington course is using virtual reality modules to train students for in-demand semiconductor jobs. Electrical & Computer Engineering Associate Teaching Professor Tai-Chang Chen adopted the Cornell NanoScale Facility (CNF) Virtual Reality (VR) educational platform for his Devices and Circuits 1 (EE 331) […]
UPWARDS and UW Campus Partners Support Young Engineers
The Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF) at the University of Washington (UW) partnered with UPWARDS for the Future during Engineering Discovery Days, hosted by UW’s College of Engineering. This free, two-day […]
Micron Japan Establishes UPWARDS Internship Program — First Internship Held in Hiroshima for Affiliated Students
Kotaro Ozaki, a second year Master course student at Graduate School of Nagoya University, Department of Electronic Engineering, participated in the first UPWARDS internship at Micron’s Hiroshima on 15-24 December […]
Eleven universities discuss next-gen semiconductor talent development at 5th UPWARDS U.S.-Japan Meeting
Science Tokyo hosted the 5th UPWARDS U.S.-Japan Meeting on November 13 and 14, welcoming over 70 guests from 11 Japanese and US universities as well as the two industry leaders […]
Science and engineering take center stage at UPWARDS Summer Camp in the D.C. area
The 22 international students participating in the UPWARDS Summer Camp made the most of their two days with Virginia Tech in the greater Washington, D.C., area, programming drones and robots, […]
Virginia Tech UPWARDS Semiconductor Summer Camp
Workforce development has never been this clean! 😌 International students in the UPWARDS (University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors) Summer Camp explored the world of […]