Michael Alles

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Research Professor of ECE / ISDE Director, Vanderbilt University Institute for Space and Defense Electronics

Talk Title

Multiplication by Mentorship – An Approach to Workforce Development

Description of Talk

This talk describes an approach to workforce development applied to radiation-hardened microelectronics in the DoD-funded Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement (SCALE) program and (RHM). The MbM approach brings together faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students from multiple institutions across the country to develop shared resources and common training materials. Faculty bandwidth limitations and conflicting metrics are addressed by the mentoring structure, including mutually leveraged technical research and workforce development funding.

Biography

Dr. Michael Alles serves at the Vanderbilt SCALE PI, leading the Rad-Hard Technical vertical. Dr. Alles received his Ph.D. (12/92), M.S. (8/90), and B.S. (5/87) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Alles is a Research Professor of Electrical Engineering, and the Acting Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (ISDE). His research focuses on the application of advanced and emerging semiconductor technologies in radiation environments, and modeling and simulation of radiation effects in semiconductor devices and circuits. He is a member of IEEE EDS and NPSS, and has over 250 publications and 2 patents.