Spring 2025 Industry Workshop & Advisory Board Meeting
Spring 2025 Industry Workshop & Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting
You are invited to attend the ASAP Center's in-person industry advisory board (IAB) meeting on April 17-18, 2025. Join us to learn more about the Center's latest research in CMOS+X semiconductors and microelectronics research. This is a great opportunity to meet UIUC faculty, students, and top semiconductor industry, national lab, and DoD members. The meeting will also include funded project research updates, a student poster session, and a keynote speaker presentation during dinner.
Register for free with the 'Register' button below, and find the Agenda, Keynote Details, and Travel/Accommodation information as those are finalized.
Accommodations and Travel
Airplane
- The University of Illinois Willard Airport (Airport Code: CMI) serves the Champaign-Urbana area.
- Other Airport Options (the following airports are at least two hours away from Urbana-Champaign and will require you to make additional arrangements (train/bus) to get to campus).
Train
- AMTRAK has service between Union Station in Chicago (CHI) and Illinois Terminal in Champaign (CHM).
Bus/Shuttle
- Peoria Charter (private bus company) serves many different locations including both Chicago airports (O'Hare and Midway), Union Station in Chicago, and a number of Chicago suburbs. Pick up is available from Terminal 2 and Terminal 5 at the O'Hare International Airport with multiple drop-off points on-campus.
- Greyhound (private bus company) has daily service between Chicago and Champaign. Pick up is available from downtown Chicago with drop-off at the Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Illini Union Hotel for guests to reserve a room at the group rate. Please use this link or call 217-333-1241 to book by 12:00 PM CT on March 16th. Use the group booking code: IAB25 .
Other nearby hotel options include:
- Hampton Inn Champaign Urbana
- TownePlace Suites Champaign Urbana/Campustown
Parking is available at each of the recommended hotels. For those who do not wish to walk from their hotel to the event venue, a few parking meter spaces are available in the B-4 Parking Deck at the corner of University Ave/Mathews Ave. in Urbana (see image below). These are available on a first come, first serve basis. Additional parking information is available here.
The Spring IAB Meeting will be held on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus. The meeting will be held in the Nick Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Room 1000, located at 208 N Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801.
Agenda -
*All times in CT
Meeting Location: HMNTL 1000
| Day 1 | April 17, 2025 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Welcome Remarks Minjoo (Larry) Lawrence Lee, Director of the Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory |
| 9:10 - 10:00 AM | ASAP Year in Review Shaloo Rakheja, ASAP Center Director Qing Cao, ASAP Associate Director |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | BREAK |
| 10:10 - 12:15 PM | Project Presentations Illinois Faculty |
| 12:15 - 1:15 PM | LUNCH - HMNTL Atrium |
| 1:20 - 3:50 PM |
Project Presentations Continued |
| 3:50 - 4:00 PM | BREAK |
| 4:00 - 4:20 PM | General Project Discussions with Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Open to All |
| 4:20 - 4:55 PM | ASAP Student Panel - Questions about ASAP Research from IAB Open to All |
| 4:55 - 5:00 PM | Review of Evening and Day 2 Activities Shaloo Rakheja, ASAP Center Director |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM HMNTL 3rd Floor Atrium |
Technical Forum and Networking Student Poster Session |
| 6:00 PM HMNTL 1st Floor Atrium |
Dinner Begins Buffet dinner - self serving and seating |
| 6:30 PM | Keynote Presentation TBD, TBD |
| 7:15 PM | Day 1 Adjourns |
| Day 2 | April 18, 2025 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Arrival & Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:05 AM | Day 2 Kickoff Laurel Passantino, Grainger College of Engineering Acting Associate Dean for Research |
| 9:05 - 9:30 AM | Education and Workforce Development Shaloo Rakheja, ASAP Center Director |
| 9:30 - 9:40 AM | START Supplement Progress Report Nikita Duggar, Graduate Student in PI Lynford Goddard's Group |
| 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Center Level Project Feedback Discussion ASAP Center Directors and IAB - Open to All |
| 10:00 - 10:20 AM | ASAP IP & Patents Discussion Open to All |
| 10:20 - 10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:30 - 11:30 AM | Closed IAB Meeting (NSF and IAB Only - HMNTL 1000) Parallel Faculty Meeting - Strategic Planning for Year 3 & Beyond (Center Director, Associate Director, and ASAP Researchers - HMNTL Atrium) |
| 11:30 - 11:55 AM | IAB Discussion and Wrap-Up Open to All |
| 11:55 - 12:00 PM | Summary and Closing Remarks Shaloo Rakheja, ASAP Center Director |
| 12:00 - 12:15 PM | Group Photographs |
| 12:15 PM | Adjourn, Lunch, & Depart |
Contact
Please contact Shaloo Rakheja (rakheja@illinois.edu), Qing Cao (qingcao2@illinois.edu), or Mallory Gorman (magorma2@illinois.edu) for questions or concerns related to the event, or about becoming a member.