Conference: Mid-scale RI-EW: Nano Systems Innovation (NanoSI)

美国尖端的压电式和异质结集成制造设施与大学拥有的基础设施之间的巨大差距限制了系统层面的实验科学研究和未来全国劳动力发展的教育能力。拟议的纳米系统创新(NanoSI)中型RI-EW研讨会将深入研究基础设施需求，以实现独特的国家压电和异质集成纳米系统基础设施。研讨会将集中规划基础设施，使大学的本地研究和原型能力与先进的半导体制造活动更好地结合起来。这次会议将使征求社区提供的投入成为可能，以发展独特的国家基础设施和满足当前和未来需求所需的能力。拟议的研讨会将使全国范围内的社区参与并就必要的基础设施进行广泛讨论，以满足学术界、政府和行业所有利益攸关方一致的需求。除了教师、行业和政府实验室的与会者外，研讨会团队还将有意瞄准学生和博士后参加。会议将特别包括受邀的讲座和小组讨论拟议基础设施的教育需求，例如解决未来集成纳米系统和先进半导体制造所需技能的新课程。会议将就纳米技术早期推广的经验教训进行应邀演讲，以探索将推广计划扩展到高中生的有效途径。除了专门的学生/博士后参与人员外，会议将确保在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体(例如，代表性不足的少数民族、妇女和残疾人)的参与和参与。该计划将包括女性工程(WIE)分组会议，旨在为未来多样化劳动力的发展提供见解。考虑到对最先进制造设施的高影响力科学研究需求以及满足这种需求的标准研究拨款的限制，东北大学将组织一次全社区范围的NanoSI研讨会，探索通过独特的基础设施缩小差距的途径。研讨会的重点将是确定新出现的对适应性基础设施的需求，这些基础设施可以满足国家在先进的异质集成到后通信和更多摩尔设备方面的研究优先事项。NanoSI虚拟研讨会将汇集学术界、工业界和政府各领域的专家和领导人组成的多样化的多学科小组，以制定支持先进的压电式和异质集成纳米系统制造的广泛愿景。聚集的思想领袖和实地专家演讲者将就基础设施发展的各个方面提出想法，使社区能够满足当前和未来的国家需求。讨论小组的重点将是彻底确定基础设施所有方面的优先事项。建议的NanoSI基础设施的广泛社区参与的成果将使东北团队能够建立一个具体的计划，并为未来提交给NSF的文件提供全面的社区支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The significant gap between cutting-edge piezoelectric and hetero-integrated fabrication facilities and university-owned infrastructures in the United States limits experimental scientific research at the system level and educational capabilities for future workforce development nationwide. The proposed Nano Systems Innovation (NanoSI) Mid-scale RI-EW workshop will conduct a deep dive into infrastructure requirements to enable a unique national infrastructure for piezoelectric and hetero-integrated nanosystems. The workshop will concentrate on planning for infrastructure that can better align local research and prototyping capabilities of the universities with advanced semiconductor manufacturing activities. This meeting will enable the solicitation of community-rendered inputs to develop a unique national infrastructure and the required capabilities to address current and future needs. The proposed workshop will enable nationwide community engagement and broad discussion on the required infrastructure to address the aligned needs of all stakeholders in academia, government, and industry. In addition to faculty, industry and government laboratory attendees, the workshop team will intentionally target students and postdocs for attendance. The conference will specifically include invited talks and panels to discuss educational needs of the proposed infrastructure, such as new courses to address required skills in the future of manufacturing of integrated nanosystems and advanced semiconductors. The conference will have an invited talk on lessons learned from early-stage outreach in nanotechnology to explore effective pathways for extension of outreach programs to high school students. The conference, in addition to dedicated student/postdoc engagement personnel, will ensure the engagement and participation of groups underrepresented in science and engineering (e.g., underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities). The program will include a Women in Engineering (WIE) breakout session anticipated to provide insights toward development of a diverse future workforce.Considering high-impact scientific research needs for state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and the limits of standard research grants to address such needs, Northeastern University will organize a community-wide NanoSI workshop to explore a pathway to close the gap through a unique infrastructure. The workshop will focus on identifying the emerging needs for adaptable infrastructure that can address national research priorities in advanced hetero integration to post-COMS and more than Moore devices. The NanoSI virtual workshop will gather a diverse, multidisciplinary group of experts and leaders across academia, industry, and government to develop a broad vision to support advanced piezoelectric and hetero-integrated nanosystems manufacturing. The gathered thought leaders and field expert speakers will present ideas on all aspects of infrastructure development that will enable the community to address current and future national needs. The discussion panels will focus on thoroughly defining the priorities for all aspects of the infrastructure. The outputs of this broad community engagement on the proposed NanoSI infrastructure will allow the Northeastern team to build a concrete plan with comprehensive community support for future submissions to NSF.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.