Featured Speaker: Dr. David J. Hemker
David earned his BSChE from UW-Madison in ’84, followed by his MSChe in ’85 and PhD in ’80 from Stanford University. He serves as the senior vice president and chief technology officer (retired) at Lam Research Corporation and was recently honored by the College of Engineering “as a chemical engineer and technology leader whose numerous innovations have advanced semiconductor processing and thin-film applications.”
Abstract:
Semiconductors play an integral part in nearly every technological advancement today. This is made possible by the ability of the semiconductor manufacturing industry to relentlessly increase the integrated circuit’s functionality while simultaneously decreasing the cost per function.
Join Dr. David J. Hemker for a special presentation on the innovations that got us to where we are today, as well as some of the technical challenges that need to be overcome in order to keep this trend going.