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SkyWater President and CEO, Thomas Sonderman, to Serve as Panelist at Purdue Workshop for Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Workforce Development
Workshop supports a national initiative sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to address the urgent need for engineering graduates to develop
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nWorkshop supports a national initiative sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to address the urgent need for engineering graduates to develop microelectronics for the DOD\n\n BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, announced that its President and CEO, Thomas Sonderman, is serving as a panelist today at Purdue University’s Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Workforce Development Workshop in West Lafayette, Indiana. Other participants in the panel represent organizations including AMD, Micron, Synopsys and the U.S. Department of Commerce.\n\nHosted by Purdue’s College of Engineering, the workshop will address challenges and opportunities related to workforce development for microelectronics and advanced packaging in the United States. Representatives from industry, academia, state and federal government will address how to scale-up educational programs, online and hands-on training, knowledge and skills for technicians, B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. graduates, special programs for trusted and assured electronics and funding opportunities for comprehensive workforce development programs.\n\nThe workshop supports a national initiative led by Purdue and sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to address the urgent need for engineering graduates to support development of defense technologies, especially in the area of microelectronics. The Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement Microelectronics Workforce Development program (SCALE) is a $19.2 million multi-university public-private-academic partnership aimed at workforce development across engineering universities throughout the nation.\n\nAt Purdue, the SCALE program brings faculty from the Purdue College of Engineering together with faculty from 14 universities as well as representatives from the Department of Defense (DOD), NASA, Department of Energy NNSA labs, and the defense industry to stimulate development of this urgently needed microelectronics workforce focused on national security requirements. SCALE partners are working with students across the nation to build strong relationships with the government and the defense industrial base.\n\nSkyWater has played an active role in presenting to university students in an effort to generate interest in semiconductor manufacturi...