Canceled due to Hurricane Milton: Taste of Tech Seminar: Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) Past, Present, Future | Building America’s First Foundry for Displays and Hybrid Electronics

Taste of Tech Seminar Series

10/11/24

Lunch will be provided during the seminar

Time

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)

Talk 1: Mark Law is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His current research interests are in integrated circuit devices, reliability, and superconducting circuits. Dr. Law was named an IEEE Fellow in 1998 for his contributions to integrated circuit process modeling and simulation. He has won several national and international awards based on this work including a 1992 NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow, 1993 SRC Technical Excellence Award, the 2006 SRC Aristotle Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Advising, the 2010 IEEE EDS J.J. Ebers Award, the 2013 SIA University Research Award, and the 2013 SEMI North America award. At UF, he has been named the College of Engineering Teacher of the Year in 1996-97 and a UF Research Fellow in 1998. In 2019, he was named to the UF Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars. In 2020, he was named the Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor in the College of Engineering. Dr. Law has written over 200 papers on process and device modeling and has advised more than 25 Ph.D. students. He has been involved in nearly $30 million of research funding during his career.

Presentation Title: Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) Past, Present, Future
Abstract: Using computer simulation to model and design semiconductor devices has been with us since the 1960’s so there is a long history of contributions and developments. I will review some of that history and discuss the state of the art today.  The CHIPS Act has revitalized semiconductor research in this country, and I will discuss future challenges and opportunities.

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Talk 2: Max Lemaitre is a technology entrepreneur and an expert in carbon physics and nanotechnology. He received a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he published research on soft-lithography patterning and carbon nanotube growth. He completed a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2013, where he co-founded Delta R Detection, a national-award-winning start-up aimed at commercializing an explosive detection technology. His subsequent work on source-gated, vertical field-effect transistors helped unravel the novel operating mechanisms behind Mattrix Technologies’ CN-VFETs and VOLETs. Having contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications and patents on the subject, he co-founded Mattrix Technologies to bring improved manufacturing solutions to the OLED display industry.

Presentation Title: Building America’s First Foundry for Displays and Hybrid Electronics
Abstract: We interface with our digital world through displays. But after decades of neglect, the USA has NO domestic manufacturer of flat-panel displays and is thus reliant on foreign manufacturers – a situation that is unacceptable for our national security and competitiveness. Current display manufacturing processes are too inefficient and expensive to onshore. Mattrix has developed a process that dramatically reduces the cost and simplifies the production of advanced OLED displays, enabling these critical semiconductor devices to be profitably made in the USA.

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