New consortium aims to improve training in microelectronics to meet increased demand
Taiwan-based chip manufacturer TSMC says a shortage of skilled labor will delay the opening of its new facility in Arizona.A push to rejuvenate the U.S. semiconductor industry won’t succeed without including more women and minorities in the workforce. That’s the rationale for a new academic consortium aimed at increasing diversity in microelectronics being launched by the women presidents and engineering deans at six prominent universities., which is holding a summit next week in Washington, D.
It’s also a better way to educate all students. “If we make things better for women to study, say, semiconductor physics, it will also be better for men to study semiconductor physics,” says Joanna Millunchick, dean of engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, whose president, Pam Whitten, is co-chair of the consortium along with Sian Beilock, president of Dartmouth College.
Addressing those problems will require a comprehensive, sustained effort, says Alexis Abramson, Dartmouth’s dean of engineering. “There’s no silver bullet. EDGE’s goal is to improve the entire student experience.”
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