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.
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 10:10 - 10:35 AM, Hyunseok Kim, Minjoo Larry Lee 10:35 - 11:00 AM, Axel Hoffmann 11:00 - 11:25 AM, Joseph Lyding 11:25 - 11:50 AM, Wenjuan Zhu, Shaloo Rakheja 11:50 - 12:15 PM, Jose Schutt-Aine, Shaloo Rakheja, Saugata Ghose |
| 12:15 - 1:15 PM | LUNCH - HMNTL Atrium |
| 1:20 - 3:50 PM |
Project Presentations Continued |
| 3:50 - 4:00 PM | BREAK |
| 4:00 - 4:25 PM | General Project Discussions with Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Open to All |
| 4:25 - 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 Dr. Paul Sharps, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 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 Wilbur Wright College Students, Students 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 | Scaling Up ASAP: Planning for the Future of Industry Relevant Semiconductor Research 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 |
KEYNOTE DETAILS
Dr. Paul Sharps
Sandia National Laboratories
"Microelectronics at Sandia National Labs” –
A brief overview will be provided of the work that Sandia has done and is doing in microelectronics. Sandia’s Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program will be presented with an emphasis on the Nanodevices to Microsystems Research Foundation. An overview of Sandia’s Microsystems, Engineering, Science, and Applications (MESA) and Center for Integrated Nanotechnology (CINT) facilities will also be presented.
Dr. Sharps graduated with a PhD in Materials Science from Stanford University in 1990. For the next 28 years he worked at the Research Triangle Institute and then Emcore/Solaero in high performance solar cells, largely for space applications. For the past seven years he has been at Sandia National Labs, managing the Advanced Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials department.
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.
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.