43rd Annual Microelectronic Engineering Conference at RIT

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This conference brings together students, faculty, alumni, friends and industry guests interested in Microelectronic Engineering. Key elements of the conference are: technical presentations by seniors on their capstone research and design projects, industry and alumni presentations, recognition of companies who have supported the program, review of program activities and achievements over the past year and industry feedback on student and academic program activities.

The event begins on Monday evening with a reception and dinner at the RIT Inn & Conference Center.  The reception starts at 5:30pm, with dinner at 6:30pm and speakers to follow. 

Off-campus map - RIT Inn & Conference Center

The technical session is on Tuesday from 8am - 4pm in the Center for Integrated Manufacturing (CIMS, SLA/078). 

Campus map - CIMS Conference Center

Registration is required (no charge) to determine meal orders.  

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Monday April 14, 2025

5:30 p.m. Reception at the RIT Inn and Conference Center

 

Dinner Agenda

6:30 p.m. Dinner Begins

7:00 p.m. Program Begins

Welcome by Dr. Karl Hirschman, Micron Professor, Microelectronic Engineering Program Director

“Microelectronic Engineering – The Year in Review”, Dr. Robert Pearson, Past Director of the Microelectronic Engineering Program

 

Awards:

Dr. Renan Turkman Scholarship Award Announcement

Dr. Lynn Fuller Scholarship Award Announcement

 

Closing Remarks: Dr. Karl Hirschman

 

 

Tuesday April 15, 2025

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration CIMS

 

Technical Program Agenda

 

Morning Session AM-1 

Session Chair:  Dr. Robert Pearson, Associate Professor

8:30 a.m.        Welcome:  Karl Hirschman, Microelectronic Engineering Program Director

8:35 a.m.        Opening Remarks:  Ferat Sahin, Department Head, Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, RIT

8:40 a.m.        “Plasma Science and Engineering for Semiconductor Processing“, David Coumou (RIT BSEE ’92, MSEE ‘01), Managing Director,
                       Core R&D at Applied Materials (AMAT) 

9:10 a.m.        S-1 “Reactive Sputtering of Aluminum Scandium Nitride”,  Ryan Allen, Senior MicroE ‘25 

9:30 am          S-2 “Titanium Nitride Process Development for Gate Electrode in Thin Film Transistors”, Kyle Legg, Senior MicroE ‘25    

 

9:50 a.m.        BREAK and Posters

 

Morning Session AM-2

Session Chair:  Dr. Karl Hirschman, Micron Professor

10:20 a.m.     "The Role of “Digital” in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Applications", Carlos Fonseca (RIT MicroE BS ’99),
                      Senior Director, Technology at Tokyo Electron (TEL)

10:50 a.m.     S-3 “Silicon Carbide Device and Process Design at RIT”, Abby Mizgala, Senior MicroE ‘25

11:10 a.m.     S-4 “Simplifying Micro-Transfer Printing (µTP): Single-Step Coupon Release Via Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching (MacEtch)”,
                     Steven Johnston, Senior MicroE ‘25 

11:30 a.m.     “Curricula, Course, Labs and Software for Maximum Manufacturing Experience“, Robert Pearson, Associate Professor,
                     Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, RIT

 

12:00 p.m.     LUNCH

 

Afternoon Session PM-1

Session Chair: Sean Rommel, Professor

1:00 p.m.         “The VLSI Design Experience”, Mark Indovina (RIT BSEE ’82, MSEE ’87), Senior Lecturer, RIT Electrical and
                        Microelectronic Engineering  

1:30 p.m.         S-5 " Investigation of Carry-Select Adder Low Power Architectures”,  Adheesh Ankolekar, Senior MicroE ‘25  

1:50 p.m.         S-6 "Cadence Layout and Simulation of an 8-bit 16-Instruction RISC”,  Josh Alpert, Senior MicroE ‘25 

 

2:10 p.m.         BREAK and Posters

 

Afternoon Session PM-2

Session Chair: Michael Jackson, Associate Professor

2:50 p.m.        “Overview of the “UPWARDS for the Future” Program,  Parsian K. Mohseni, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and
                       Microelectronic Engineering  

3:00 p.m.        "Real Cost of Compute:  From Edge to Quantum", Daniel Morvay (RIT MicroE BS ’91), Principal Research Scientist, AI & Big Data
                       Leader at Tokyo Electron (TEL)

3:30 p.m.        "Improving the Performance Variation for Graphene-Based Field-Effect Transistor”, Andrew Spencer, Senior MicroE ‘25

3:50 p.m.        Technical Session Closing Remarks - Dr. Karl Hirschman

 

4PM Conference Adjourn – see you in 2026!

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