ASU has hired Jason Conrad as chief operations officer to help ramp up work on the Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub’s goal — to reduce the time it takes to transform lab ideas into practical solutions in the microelectronics industry.

The U.S. Department of State awarded a $13.8 million cooperative agreement to ASU under the ITSI Fund to bolster the assembly, testing and packaging capabilities in ITSI partner countries.

ASU President Michael Crow and other members of a national advisory council on innovation and entrepreneurship recently presented a 10-action plan to the White House on U.S. leadership in advanced technology.

Some of the top defense technology officials in the U.S. recently visited ASU to hear about the progress of the new Southwest Accelerated Prototyping Hub, led by the university.

To broaden participation in engineering and science in higher education and prepare a diverse workforce for semiconductor industry careers, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU is leading a 12-month, approximately $150,000 project, funded by Intel.

ASU’s Nidhin Kurian Kalarickal collaborated with Agnitron Technology to develop a damage-free etching method for gallium oxide, a semiconductor material.