Next Generation Microelectronics Research Center (NGeM)
Next Generation Microelectronics Research Center (NGeM)
Building our professional semiconductor manufacturing workforce nationwide, the Next Generation Microelectronics Research Center (NGeM) provides world-class undergraduate and graduate education programs and research across the field of microelectronics.
University of Idaho College of Engineering students and faculty engage in industry-sponsored research projects funded by Micron, the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Defense, among others.
Our graduates go on to careers that revitalize domestic memory chip manufacturing and mediate supply chain issues in the U.S.
Training and certificate programs offer integrated expertise in microelectronic device design, fabrication and packaging, cybersecurity, plant safety and related technologies. Those technologies include semiconductor physics, electrochemistry, corrosion and their applications for semiconductor industry.
The center provides an interdisciplinary workspace for STEM education across all disciplines in engineering and science.
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University of Idaho’s College of Engineering works with industry leaders nationwide to strengthen our professional semiconductor manufacturing workforce.
Our students and faculty engage in industry-sponsored research projects funded by Micron, the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Defense, among others.
Semiconductor scholarships
Full-tuition scholarships for students pursuing our college’s semiconductor design and fabrication certificate programs and expanded microelectronics curriculum.