Northeast Consortia for Advanced Integrated Silicon Technologies

东北先进集成硅技术联盟

• 批准号: 2301184
• 负责人: Abraham Michelen
• 金额: $ 279.01万
• 依托单位: SUNY Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2301184&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Northeast; Consortia; Advanced; Integrated; Silicon

The expansion of data networks and centers, safer autonomous driving vehicles, and more efficient food production cannot be sustainably met by electronic microchip technology alone. However, combining electrical devices with integrated photonics provides a more energy efficient way to increase the speed and capacity of data networks, reduce costs and meet an increasingly diverse range of needs across various industries. This transition is critically reliant on the incorporation of silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for ultra-fast, low-loss optical data transmission. Silicon (Si) PIC fabrication has moved quickly from the laboratory to high-volume manufacturing. However, the U.S. skilled technical workforce (STW) is not currently positioned to support this expansion and risks losing domestic manufacturing capability and U.S. global leadership in this key technology area. This project aims to respond to this need and will establish the Northeast Consortium for Advanced Integrated Silicon Technologies (NCAIST) with a mission of educating the STW for advanced silicon-manufacturing with an emphasis on Si-based PIC technologies and electronic-photonic integrated circuits (EPICs).Working closely with AIM Photonics, a U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII), NCAIST will coordinate and accelerate the transition of technician education content and teaching methodologies from key AIM-affiliated U.S. universities to community and technical colleges in the northeast U.S. This will include hands-on training of students and teachers from community and technical colleges in Si-PIC and EPIC fabrication, testing and packaging, incorporation of PIC/EPIC technician education content directly into existing for-credit courses and degree programs, and introduction of career pathways and PIC- education content to regional high school teachers. NCAIST is comprised of a network of 16 community colleges and technical colleges, and 4 universities across NY, MA, and PA with a common goal of rapidly developing and disseminating technician education content in PIC/EPIC technologies. In addition to working with AIM Photonics, NCAIST works with the NEATEC, NACK, LASER TEC and MNT-EC ATE centers to enable dissemination of content across the U.S. NCAIST will: (1) Develop and disseminate of Si PIC education kits incorporating custom-designed, packaged PIC/EPICs and full lab-ready packages for sustainable and economical incorporation in existing technician education courses and programs; (2) Co-develop with consortium community colleges PIC/EPIC learning modules; (3) Introduce virtual reality-based training modules for PIC testing and packaging equipment for online and in-lab education; and (4) Evaluate the efficacy of short-term training to prepare students for direct transition to PIC/EPIC manufacturers with immediate workforce needs, and the sustainability of industry mentorships/internships as a future pathway for students entering the workforce. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

仅通过电子微芯片技术，数据网络和中心的扩展，更安全的自动驾驶车辆以及更有效的粮食生产无法可持续地满足。但是，将电气设备与集成光子学结合起来，为提高数据网络的速度和能力，降低成本并满足各个行业的需求范围越来越多。该过渡至关重要的是将硅光子整合电路（图片）掺入用于超快速，低损坏的光学数据传输。硅（SI）PIC制造已从实验室迅速转移到大批量制造。但是，美国熟练的技术劳动力队（STW）目前尚未确定这一扩展，并有可能在该关键技术领域失去国内制造能力和美国全球领导能力。该项目旨在满足这一需求，并将建立向高级综合硅技术（NCAIST）建立东北联盟，其使命是教育STW，以重点介绍基于SI的PIC技术和电子光子型集成电路（ EPICS）与AIM Photonics（美国制造创新研究所（MII））紧密合作，NCAIST将协调和加速技术人员教育内容和教学方法论从关键AIM隶属的美国大学到美国东北部的社区和技术学院包括对Si-Pic和Epic制造中社区和技术学院的学生和老师的动手培训，测试和包装，将PIC/Epic Technician教育内容直接纳入现有的学分课程和学位课程，并引入职业途径以及向区域高中教师的PIC教育内容。 NCAIST由一个由16所社区大学和技术学院组成的网络，以及纽约州，马萨诸塞州和PA的4所大学，其共同目标是快速开发和传播PIC/Epic技术的技术人员教育内容。除了与AIM Photonics合作外，NCAIST还与NEATEC，NACK，LASER TEC和MNT-EC ATE CENTER合作，以使整个美国的内容传播，（1）开发和传播SI PIC Education套件，并纳入了合并定制设计的SI PIC教育套件，包装的PIC/EPICS以及现有技术人员教育课程和计划中的可持续和经济成立的全面实验室就绪套餐； （2）与财团社区学院合作开发图片/史诗般的学习模块； （3）为在线和实验室教育中引入用于图片测试和包装设备的虚拟现实培训模块； （4）评估短期培训的疗效，使学生直接过渡到具有直接劳动力需求的PIC/EPIC制造商，以及行业指导/实习的可持续性，作为进入劳动力的学生的未来途径。该项目由高级技术教育计划提供资金，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和知识分子的优点和评估来支持的更广泛的影响审查标准。