RPI和HVCC启动半导体劳动力发展计划

2024年2月5日

The RPI-HVCC Semiconductor Scholar Program readies students for the chips industry

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and 哈德逊山谷社区学院 have welcomed the inaugural class of RPI-HVCC Semiconductor Scholars. 由2022年芯片和科学法案资助, the Scholars program is one of many efforts in the Capital Region and around the country to prepare more students to enter the semiconductor industry.

The initial cohort of scholars has six first-year students in the Engineering Science AAS degree at HVCC who will explore future careers in the semiconductor industry while working with RPI faculty mentors in RPI’s state-of-the-art labs and facilities. The program provides scholars with financial merit awards for their first two years at HVCC and a summer research internship at RPI. 如果接受RPI, scholars will receive significant financial aid to complete a bachelor’s or combined bachelor’s and master’s degree.

根据… 德勤2022年报告, the global semiconductor industry is expected to surpass one trillion dollars in revenue by 2030. 然而, 这个行业面临着严重的人才短缺, with more than one million additional skilled workers needed over the next six years.

与RPI-HVCC半导体学者计划, RPI and HVCC are working to meet these projected workforce demands by establishing a talent pipeline that will recruit and prepare students from across New York and the country.

“HVCC’s Engineering Science and Technology programs attract talented and diverse students from upstate New York who are passionate about technology and its impact on the society,谢卡·加德说, Ph.D.他是RPI工程学院院长. “The Scholars program attracts and cultivates talent for the growing semiconductor industry in our region. 重要的是, the program also serves as a model that can be scaled up across the country by tapping into talent from community colleges.”

“We are thrilled to partner with RPI to offer this unique opportunity to our Engineering Science students,罗杰·拉姆萨米说, Ph.D.哈德逊山谷社区学院院长. “We have more than 500 students now enrolled in degree and certificate programs leading to employment in the semiconductor industry, and it is our goal to support them in every way possible as they gain essential skills and experience leading to careers. The Semiconductor Scholar Program is a creative partnership that combines the faculty expertise and resources at Hudson Valley with additional financial support and experience at RPI and in the field that will help to fill the talent pipeline in our region and beyond.”

“HVCC’s School of STEM is proud to have a long-standing collaboration with RPI that includes a formal articulation agreement with a direct pathway for our Engineering Science students to complete their four-year degrees and beyond at RPI. The RPI-HVCC Semiconductor Scholar program provides our students with exposure early in their careers to the growing and exciting field of semiconductors,罗德里格斯医生说, Ph.D.HVCC的STEM学院院长.

“This collaboration illustrates RPI’s and HVCC’s shared commitment to growing the semiconductor workforce in the Capital Region,马丁·A说. 施密特81届博士.D.他是RPI的总裁. “This program’s unique strength is that it goes beyond creating a degree pathway and invests in students through mentorship and immersive experiences. 学生s will be able to see themselves working in the semiconductor industry, 这会对他们的职业道路产生重大影响.”

在最近一次访问RPI校园时, 这六位学者——胡志明, 凯蒂·齐格勒, 安德鲁。李, 艾登Fedorowicz, 卢卡斯做饭, 和亨特·韦伯一起参观了微纳米制造洁净室, a 6,1000平方英尺的100级空间, 大学在哪里, 政府, 工业研究人员创造和测试新的芯片, and where the scholars will get hands-on experience during their summer research internship at RPI.

跟随参观, the six scholars attended a reception where they networked with RPI and HVCC engineering faculty and leaders. 招待会期间, each scholar shared his or her career aspirations and interest in semiconductors.

• 明何, 八年前从越南移民到美国的人, 在帮父亲修车的时候就知道他想成为一名工程师. He hopes to apply what he learns about semiconductors to a job in the automotive industry, which depends more and more on chips as electric and autonomous vehicles become more common.
• 凯蒂·齐格勒正在考虑进入生物医学领域. She wants to know more about semiconductors because of their applications in medical diagnosis and treatments.
• 安德鲁。李 hopes to specialize in industrial engineering and work on supply chain issues. 半导体行业对供应链管理有很大的需求, 李说, so he is interested in learning more about the complex processes that go into making chips.
• 艾登Fedorowicz还没有选择职业道路, though he is considering either mechanical or electrical engineering as a focus. Right now, he’s most excited to learn more about semiconductors and engage with RPI faculty.
• 卢卡斯·库克很小的时候就知道自己想成为一名工程师, but it was a high school entrepreneurship and product development program that first got him interested in semiconductors. He sees semiconductors as an important link between all engineering fields.
• 亨特·韦伯希望成为一名电子和计算机工程师, 所以半导体是很自然的选择.

作为这个项目的结果, 学生们期望看到各种各样的结果, including enhanced job opportunities in upstate New York’s semiconductor manufacturing industry and the growing microelectronics sector in the United States, 建立更高水平技能的独特机会, and new ways to contribute to national security and prosperity by helping to build future chips in the United States, 尤其是在纽约州北部地区.

Prospective semiconductor scholars can learn more about the program and apply on the RPI-HVCC半导体学者计划页面.