{"657378":{"#nid":"657378","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Packaging Research Center Launches Industry Advisory Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/prc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E3D Systems Packaging Research Center\u003C\/a\u003E (PRC) \u0026ndash; the largest and most comprehensive microsystems packaging research, education, and industry collaboration center in the world \u0026ndash; has formed its first Industry Advisory Board. The board will consist of global leaders in electronics manufacturing and packaging who will work closely with PRC Director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.prc.gatech.edu\/dr-madhavan-swaminathan\/\u0022\u003EMadhavan Swaminathan\u003C\/a\u003E to expand the Center\u0026rsquo;s reach and collaborations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The PRC is in a unique position as semiconductor packaging takes center stage to continue Moore\u0026#39;s law,\u0026rdquo; said Swaminathan, who is also the John Pippin Chair in Microsystems Packaging in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;The members of the advisory board are trail blazers in electronic packaging, and their collective experience and wisdom will help us strategize on future technologies and activities at the PRC. With their help, we expect to increase our reach around the world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInaugural members of the PRC Industry Advisory Board include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.inemi.org\/shekhar\u0022\u003EShekhar Chandrashekhar\u003C\/a\u003E, Chief Executive Officer, iNEMI; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-ketterson-a8b6294\/\u0022\u003EAndrew Ketterson\u003C\/a\u003E, Research Fellow, Qorvo; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ravi-mahajan-86746b1\/\u0022\u003ERavi Mahajan\u003C\/a\u003E, Intel Fellow, Assembly and Test Technology Pathfinding, Intel; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.appliedmaterials.com\/en-sg\/profiles\/omkaram-om-nalamasu-phd-av-bio\u0022\u003EOmkaram Nalamasu\u003C\/a\u003E, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Applied Materials, Inc., and President, Applied Ventures, LLC; Georgia Tech Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/rao-r-tummala\u0022\u003ERao Tummala\u003C\/a\u003E, former PRC Director and Professor Emeritus, and\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tsmc.com\/english\/aboutTSMC\/executives\u0022\u003E Douglas Yu\u003C\/a\u003E, TSMC Distinguished Fellow and Vice President, Pathfinding for System Integration, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe initial mission of the Advisory Board will include the following:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERecommending emerging applications that drive important metrics for packaging.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAssessing current PRC technologies and identifying areas not covered.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESuggesting important relationships that PRC needs to develop and enabling them.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERecommending new emerging opportunities.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe PRC is a graduated National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center focused on advanced packaging and system integration leading to System on Package technologies. The Center conducts research, supports education, and is building the workforce of the future\u0026nbsp;in all aspects of packaging, including design, materials, process, assembly, reliability, thermal management, and systems integration driven by emerging applications. The emerging applications currently include high-performance computing, automotive, healthcare, and broad band wireless. The PRC team consists of 29 faculty from five schools, 11 research\/administrative staff, more than 60 graduate\/undergraduate students, and several visiting engineers. The PRC currently collaborates with 48 industry and government organizations, and 14 universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the PRC at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/prc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eprc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollow PRC on LinkedIn at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gt-prc\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gt-prc\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The board will consist of global leaders in electronics manufacturing and packaging who will work closely with PRC Director Madhavan Swaminathan to expand the Center\u2019s reach and collaborations."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2022-04-18 14:06:07","changed_gmt":"2022-04-21 20:33:03","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657478":{"id":"657478","type":"image","title":"PRC Industry Advisory Board Members","body":null,"created":"1650553799","gmt_created":"2022-04-21 15:09:59","changed":"1650553799","gmt_changed":"2022-04-21 15:09:59","alt":"PRC Industry Advisory Board Members","file":{"fid":"249193","name":"PRC IAB.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PRC%20IAB.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PRC%20IAB.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5078509,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/PRC%20IAB.png?itok=5zxgyXO-"}}},"media_ids":["657478"],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}