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41st Annual Microelectronic Engineering Conference at RIT
April 14, 2023 @ 4:30 am - 4:00 pm
This conference brings together students, faculty, alumni, friends and industry guests interested in Microelectronic Engineering. Key elements of the conference are: technical presentations by seniors on their capstone research and design projects, industry and alumni presentations, recognition of companies who have supported the program, review of program activities and achievements over the past year and industry feedback on student and academic program activities.
The technical session is from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the NTID Student Development Center (building 55) room 1300. The agenda includes invited speakers from Texas Instruments, ONSEMI, Edwards Vacuum, Wolfspeed and RIT in addition to all of the senior project presentations.
An off-campus reception follows at 5 pm at the RIT Inn and Conference Center with dinner starting at 6:30 p.m.
Registration is required (no charge) to determine meal orders.
Speaker(s): Dr. Kai Ni, Matthew Kowalski, Scott Allen, Dr. Hermant Dixit
Agenda:
Technical Program Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration NTID Student Development Center 55-1300
Morning Session AM-1
Session Chair: Dr. Robert Pearson, Associate Professor
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks, Karl Hirschman, Microelectronic Engineering Program Director
8:35 a.m. “Novel High Performance Memory”, Dr. Kai Ni, RIT
9:15 a.m. “IGZO Crystallization Using a Ta Catalyst / Alternative Dielectric Exploration”, Daniel Yu, Senior MicroE ‘23
9:35 a.m. “Gallium Oxide Nanobelt FET”, Hashir Awan, Senior MicroE ‘23
9:55 a.m. “SiC Schottky Diode Processing and Characterization”, Jared Gackenbach, Senior MicroE ‘23
10:15 a.m. BREAK
Morning Session AM-2
Session Chair: Dr. Santosh Kurinec, Professor
10:30 a.m. “Science of the SubFab”, Matthew Kowalski, Technical Program Manager, Edwards Vacuum
11:10 am “Process Development for Fabricating Hi-k SOI FETs”, Ashleigh Hunt, Senior MicroE ‘23
11:30 a.m. “Qualification of Etching Steps in Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Array Manufacturing Process”,
Colleen Foley, Senior MicroE ‘23
11:50 a.m. “RIT Silicon Fin Process Development ”, Olivia Luetge, Senior MicroE ‘23
12:15 p.m. LUNCH
Technical Program Agenda
Afternoon Session PM-1
Session Chair: Michael Jackson, Associate Professor
1:25 p.m. Remarks, Doreen Edwards, Dean KGCOE
1:30 p.m. “ONSEMI – Intelligent Technology. Better Future. ”, Scott Allen, ONSEMI V.P. of Human Resources, University Relations
2:00 p.m. “Revival and Improvement of RIT Turnkey Solar Cell Fabrication Process”, Zach Flowers, Senior MicroE ‘23
2:20 p.m. “External Radiative Efficiency (ERE) Setup”, Eli Rabadi, Senior MicroE ‘23
2:40 p.m. BREAK
Afternoon Session PM-2
Session Chair: Sean Rommel, Professor
3:00 p.m. “Silicon Carbide Technology: Enabling Rapid Growth of EV Infrastructure”,
Dr. Hermant Dixit, Research Scientist, Wolfspeed
3:30 p.m. “PECVD of SiN Waveguides”, Alexander Yovanovich, Senior MicroE ‘23
3:50 p.m. “Graphene in the BEOL for Better Thermal Performance”, Alexander Farichild, Senior MicroE ’23
4:10 p.m. Technical Session Closing Remarks – Dr. Sean Rommel
Dinner Agenda
5:30 p.m. Reception at the RIT Inn and Conference Center
6:30 p.m. Dinner Begins
7:00 p.m. Opening Remarks, Dr. Karl Hirschman, Professor, Director Microelectronic Engineering Programs
Dinner Speaker, Chris Harris, Director of Community Relations, Government and Community Relations, RIT
Dr. Lynn Fuller Scholarship Award Announcement,
Dr. Robert Pearson, Associate Professor
Dr. Renan Turkman Scholarship Award Announcement,
Dr. Robert Pearson, Associate Professor
Microelectronic Engineering – The Year in Review,
Dr. Robert Pearson, Associate Professor
Closing Remarks, Dr. Karl Hirschman, Professor, Director Microelectronic Engineering Programs
Room: 1300, Bldg: CSD/055, Rochester Institute of Technology, One Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York, United States, 14623
