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Purdue University announced Sept. 16 the SCALE (Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement) microelectronics workforce development program will extend five years and expand with additional Department of Defense funding of $10.8 million, and a ceiling of $99 million.
Global economics and lack of factory workers are among the factors complicating efforts to bring chip manufacturing back to the United States.
A future workforce capable of providing the secure microelectronics that will be needed by the U.S. government and industry are essential to the nation’s economy and security, and a program headed by Purdue University aims to make sure that happens.
Federal agents have begun questioning U.S. technology companies on how their computer chips ended up in Russian military equipment recovered in Ukraine.
Microelectronics, including microchips, are part of a new collaboration between Purdue and Ivy Tech Community College to prepare a next-generation workforce for the industry.