Chips and Science Act: The Path to Regain U.S. Leadership in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Speaker: George White, Sr Director, Strategic Partnerships; Chief Chips Strategy Officer, Office of the VPIR at Georgia Tech.
George White
Sr Director, Strategic Partnerships
Chief Chips Strategy Officer
Office of the VPIR at Georgia Tech.
Monday, March 3
12:00 - 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Location: Callaway/GTMI bldg.,
Room 114
Lunch provided for in-person attendees on a first come first serve basis.
If you can’t join us in-person, Zoom link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/93831187600?pwd=ZEspBdkH5vjWfl5KyHzMYorcNA8FKt.1
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Abstract:
The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act – popularly known as “CHIPS” became effective August 9, 2022. The Act provides funding to various programs to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor production by enhancing the United States workforce, manufacturing and research capacity in the semiconductor industry. The plan for the CHIPS and Science Act has been to administer program funding over a five-year term, for which we are now well underway (~$50B in funding has been allocated under the Act). Georgia Tech has leveraged its competency in semiconductor and advanced packaging technology and has been a primary university partner in competing for R&D and Education and Workforce Development funding in a number of large federal funding program calls. This talk will highlight GT engagement and its role in helping to shape the US future in the semiconductor and advanced packaging technology sector.
About George White:
Dr. George White serves as the Senior Director in the Office of the Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned his BA in Physics from Hampton University and went on to complete his M.S. and Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
With over 25 years of experience in the microelectronics industry, Dr. White has held key positions at IBM, Motorola, and AVX Corporation. He is a recognized expert in electronic packaging and holds more than 30 U.S. and international patents in the field. Additionally, he founded Jacket Micro Devices, a company specializing in designing and manufacturing RF modules using multilayer Liquid Crystalline Polymers for multiband RF applications.
At Georgia Tech, Dr. White plays a vital role in shaping strategies to expand the university’s research enterprise, fostering innovation through collaborations with industry, government, and academia. He currently leads as Georgia Tech’s Chief Chips Coordinating Officer for the CHIPS Act. Dedicated to strengthening research partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), he has been instrumental in establishing the HBCU CHIPS
Network.
Most recently, Dr. White was appointed to the NATCAST Workforce Advisory Board, a national initiative focused on guiding workforce development for the semiconductor and microelectronics industries.