WVXU: Intel partners with Ohio colleges to develop workforce
Chip-maker will need skilled workers when it opens its fabrication plants in 2025
WVXU highlighted the University of Cincinnati's role in preparing skilled workers for new jobs Intel Corp. is bringing to Ohio when it opens the first of its new microchip factories in 2025.
UC is part of a consortium of 15 Ohio colleges and universities called the Ohio Southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable Manufacturing getting workers ready for new high-tech careers in the Buckeye State. It's just one of several similar networks across the Midwest that Intel is sponsoring to prepare a pool of skilled workers for new high-tech jobs.
Intel is investing $100 million in local and national higher-ed programs over the next decade to prepare new workers for jobs in semiconductor manufacturing.
UC College of Engineering and Applied Science Associate Dean of Research Gautam Pillay said the university created a rapid certification course composed of five online classes of four hours each that examine topics such as integrated circuit manufacturing and manufacturing safety.
UC doctoral student Nathan Hernandez completed the certification, which inspired him to take some related computer engineering courses.
“I felt it was a really good groundwork to get your foot in,” he said.
Featured image at top: A University of Cincinnati student works in the Mantei Center Clean Room. Photo/Corrie Mayer/CEAS Marketing
Related Stories
Advocates working to get ‘PICS’ named a public health crisis
July 26, 2024
Spectrum News and WVXU highlighted the research partnership of the University of Cincinnati's Rachael Nolan and community advocate Chazidy Robinson who are working to raise awareness and recognition of post-incarceration syndrome.
UC’s commercialization navigator pilots tech transfer at 1819 Innovation Hub
July 25, 2024
Housed within the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, the Technology Transfer team is vital to safeguarding and managing the intellectual property generated by UC’s researchers. Its mission is to translate UC's cutting-edge innovations into viable technologies by evaluating patentability and commercial viability, ensuring compliance and legal protection, recruiting and maintaining external partners, marketing technologies, negotiating license deals and identifying funding opportunities. This multifaceted approach ensures that groundbreaking discoveries from UC are positioned to reach the market, delivering substantial benefits that impact society.
Some Ohio counties have multiple congressional districts
July 25, 2024
UC Professor David Niven talks to the Ohio Capital Journal about Ohio's sometimes confusing congressional districts.
Miss Ohio makes history as first Latina to win state title
July 25, 2024
UC College of Arts and Sciences student Stephanie Finoti tells Spectrum News that as reigning Miss Ohio, she hopes to inspire other girls to pursue their dreams.
Job of Ohio Democratic delegates just got more interesting
July 24, 2024
UC Professor David Niven talks to USA Today about the role delegates serve at national political conventions.
UC hosts camp for children, teens who stutter
July 24, 2024
Children and teens who stutter have learned skills to help them communicate effectively, advocate for themselves and develop confidence about their communication abilities during a weeklong camp at the University of Cincinnati, Fox 19 reported.
Health effects of secondhand marijuana smoke
July 24, 2024
Local 12 featured the University of Cincinnati's LaTrice Montgomery in a story on the relatively unknown effects of secondhand marijuana smoke.
Don't like your voice? There's an app for that.
July 24, 2024
WVXU's Cincinnati Edition talks to UC College of Engineering and Applied Science Associate Professor Vesna Novak about her new voice-coaching app.
Global tech outage reinforces importance of cybersecurity
July 23, 2024
A global tech outage affecting Windows-based computers halted operations for businesses, individuals and institutions, offering a reminder of the importance of cybersecurity, WLWT reported. The Ohio Cyber Range Institute (OCRI), which is housed at the University of Cincinnati, is preparing Ohio to respond if a cyberattack were to happen.
UC program provides pathway to earn a degree in education
July 23, 2024
News outlets featured UC student Zyair Anderson, who is majoring in education. Anderson is a participant in the School of Education BIPOC teacher pathway program.