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Beginnings: Semiconductor Training by Experiential Learning, Leadership and Applied Resear — NSF Award to Iowa State University (I

There is a critical need to build and sustain a talent pipeline of skilled workforce in the rapidly emerging areas of semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. Today U.S. produces only 12% of the global supply of semiconductor chips compared to 37% of the global chip supply about 30 years ago. The talen

Award titleBeginnings: Semiconductor Training by Experiential Learning, Leadership and Applied Resear
Award ID2526133
AwardeeIowa State University
CityAMES
StateIA
Amount obligated$997,540
Principal investigatorSantosh Pandey
ProgramExLENT
Start date09/15/2025
AbstractThere is a critical need to build and sustain a talent pipeline of skilled workforce in the rapidly emerging areas of semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. Today U.S. produces only 12% of the global supply of semiconductor chips compared to 37% of the global chip supply about 30 years ago. The talent gap in semiconductors is steadily rising, and industry projections suggest that there will be approximately 67,100 unfilled technical jobs in the U.S. chip industry by 2030. This
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