The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced 34 semifinalists for the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) competition, spanning nearly all key technology areas and societal and economic challenges highlighted in the “CHIPS and Science Act.”
One of the semifinalist teams is led by BRIDG, a Florida-based, not-for-profit, public-private partnership focused on developing and commercializing advanced technologies. Also on the project is a UF team, led by Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon, along with Dr. Navid Asadi, Dr. Christophe Bobda, Dr. Gloria Kim, Dr. Farimah Farahmandi, Dr. Baibhab Chatterjee, Dr. Philip Feng, Dr. Mark Tehranipoor, Dr. Hyo Kang, and Dr. Brent Gila. The project, “NeoCity Semiconductor Technology Accelerator,” is the only project in the semifinals from the microelectronics and semiconductors category, and was chosen from amongst the initial crop of 188 concept outlines.