{"id":4179,"date":"2024-02-19T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:15:27","slug":"purdue-dassault-systemes-partnership-strives-to-improve-accelerate-and-transform-semiconductor-workforce-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q1\/purdue-dassault-systemes-partnership-strives-to-improve-accelerate-and-transform-semiconductor-workforce-development","title":{"rendered":"Purdue-Dassault Syst\u00e8mes partnership strives to improve, accelerate and transform semiconductor workforce development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Purdue is working to revolutionize workforce development for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry, with its latest collaboration focused on delivering virtual twin capabilities to augment and accelerate semiconductor training, research and sustainability, as well as the development of new skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest step in educational excellence is marked by a new Purdue partnership with multinational software giant Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, a leader in providing virtual twin experiences for global industries. A memorandum of understanding was signed Friday (Feb. 16) with the company as part of a campus visit and tour by Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, who met with representatives of Birck Nanotechnology Center, where students learn the latest semiconductor technology in preparation for joining the workforce amid high demand for skilled industry workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-quick-links-static \">\n        <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header\"><span>Additional Information<\/span><\/h2>\n        \n        <\/div>\n\n       <ul class=\"quick-links-content\">\n                                        <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2024\/Q1\/reelement-technologies-uses-purdue-tech-in-rare-earth-elements-production-critical-to-semiconductor-manufacturing-other-new-age-technologies.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Purdue technology to help narrow the international gap in essential rare earth elements                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q4\/european-technology-leader-imec-opens-innovation-hub-at-purdue.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    European technology leader imec opens innovation hub at Purdue                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q4\/new-institute-accelerates-future-of-microelectronic-system-integration-advanced-packaging.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    New institute accelerates future of microelectronic system integration, advanced packaging                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Alyssa Wilcox, Purdue\u2019s senior vice president for partnerships and chief of staff to the president, signed the agreement with Dassault Syst\u00e8mes and was joined by Arvind Raman, the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration reflects Purdue\u2019s goal to innovate and improve development opportunities for students,\u201d Wilcox said. \u201cOur continuing role in both workforce and research innovation underscores Purdue\u2019s leadership in creating vital partnerships in semiconductors.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWithin the semiconductor industry, tomorrow\u2019s workforce will require cutting-edge skills, empowered by science-based virtual twins,\u201d said Stephane Sireau, vice president, high-tech industry, at Dassault Syst\u00e8mes and member of the Purdue Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board. \u201cWe are proud to strengthen our existing engagement within Purdue\u2019s growing semiconductor innovation ecosystem to ensure students receive the best learning opportunities in advanced semiconductor manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/dassault-signingLO.jpg\" alt=\"Bill DeVries, Alyssa Wilcox, and Arvind Raman.\" class=\"wp-image-4181\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/dassault-signingLO.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/dassault-signingLO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/dassault-signingLO-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bill DeVries, vice president for industry transformation and customer success at Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, and Alyssa Wilcox, Purdue\u2019s senior vice president for partnerships and chief of staff to the president, sign a new MOU partnership for semiconductor workforce development. They are joined at the table by Arvind Raman, the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering. (Purdue University photo\/John Underwood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Through its partnership with Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, Purdue will leverage modern digital manufacturing practices toward the development of students\u2019 technological skills, educational content and training courses. These practices will instill the power of virtual twin, simulation and augmented reality developments to accelerate semiconductor design and the future of high-tech components and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement also will facilitate a network of academia and industry partners to create new opportunities for skills development and technological expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on long-standing collaborations, the MOU-signified partnership with Dassault Syst\u00e8mes aligns with Purdue\u2019s commitment to academic excellence and positions the university at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies, further underscoring its position as the heart of the Silicon Heartland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move is the latest in an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/semiconductors\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ever-expanding list of global partnerships and initiatives that Purdue has forged<\/a>&nbsp;to build the collaborative network that will define the future of semiconductor, nanoelectronics and digital technologies research and development at Purdue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue\u2019s growing semiconductor innovation ecosystem is one of four key pillars of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/computes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue Computes<\/a>, a comprehensive initiative across computing departments, physical AI, semiconductors, and quantum science and engineering to enable unparalleled excellence at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/semiconductors\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">national leader<\/a>&nbsp;in microelectronics materials, devices, chip design, tool development, manufacturing, packaging and sustainability, spanning the semiconductor ecosystem in software and hardware with long-standing faculty excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strategic initiatives in semiconductors, such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2022\/Q2\/purdue-launches-nations-first-comprehensive-semiconductor-degrees-program.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first comprehensive Semiconductor Degrees Program,<\/a>&nbsp;announced by Purdue in 2022, are intended to prepare a next-generation workforce for industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Purdue University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University is a public research institution demonstrating excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and with two colleges in the top four in the United States, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across modalities and locations, including nearly 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 13 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap \u2014 including its first comprehensive urban campus in Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and Purdue Computes \u2014 at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Dassault Syst\u00e8mes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, the 3DEXPERIENCE\u00ae Company, is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, our customers can redefine the creation, production and life-cycle-management processes of their offer and thus have a meaningful impact to make the world more sustainable. The beauty of the Experience Economy is that it is a human-centered economy for the benefit of all \u2014 consumers, patients and citizens. Dassault Syst\u00e8mes brings value to more than 300,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3ds.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.3ds.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue is working to revolutionize workforce development for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry, with its latest collaboration focused on delivering virtual twin capabilities to augment and accelerate semiconductor training, research and sustainability, as well as the development of new skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"department":[150,31,112],"source":[29],"purdue_today_topic":[72],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-4179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-discovery-park","department-engineering","department-microelectronics","source-purdue-news","purdue_today_topic-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4183,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions\/4183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"purdue_today_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/purdue_today_topic?post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}