A recent visit to ASU by two dozen European Union representatives focused in large part on discussion about the university’s involvement in efforts to realize the goals of U.S. CHIPS Act to advance the nation’s semiconductor industry. Calling the Phoenix metro area “ground zero for semiconductors,” Kyle Squires, dean of the Fulton Schools, says he sees Arizona becoming one of the “globally relevant” locations to contribute to boosting semiconductor manufacturing and research. With students from around the country and the world coming to study at ASU, talented engineering graduates are already increasingly finding jobs with major semiconductor manufacturers and with companies in industries powered by semiconductor technology, such as aerospace, defense and energy.