Arizona State University helping prepare people for careers in growing semiconductor industry
With the federal government announcing a multibillion-dollar investment in the Intel company’s computer chip plants and ASU being awarded federal funding to help boost the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, Arizona looks poised to help ignite and benefit from a coming high-tech industry boom. ASU’s Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub is already drawing on the expertise of at least a dozen Fulton Schools faculty members, along with a number of students, to become a force in advanced semiconductor research, development and workforce education. The Hub will help put Arizona on the map as a part of a major manufacturing and electronics ecosystem bolstering U.S. economic interests, says Fulton Schools Professor Seth Tongay.