Associate Professor Kurtis Cantley of Boise State University, a U.S. participant in UPWARDS, a semiconductor human resource development project involving 11 U.S. and Japanese universities including Hiroshima University (HU), visited […]
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UPWARDS Partners gather in Seattle!
UPWARDS 11 University partners gathered at Purdue University for a whirlwind planning and organizing conference. Representatives from U.S. and Japanese Universities, alongside Micron, TEL, and the National Science Foundation, met […]
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. Part […]
Purdue convenes CHIPS summit in D.C. with Sec. Raimondo and Sen. Young, announces sustainability index and facility investment
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Leaders from industry, government and academia convened at a summit Tuesday (April 18) in Washington, D.C. to forge national solutions at scale to address the future […]
Rensselaer Professor Esther Wertz Appointed UPWARDS For the Future Faculty Fellow To Support Semiconductor Education, Workforce Training, and Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Esther Wertz, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, has been appointed Rensselaer’s faculty fellow of UPWARDS for the Future. UPWARDS stands […]
UPWARDS Partners meet for first time!
UPWARDS 11 University partners gathered at Purdue University for a whirlwind planning and organizing conference. Representatives from U.S. and Japanese Universities, alongside Micron, TEL, and the National Science Foundation, met […]
Micron Launches U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future
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 […]