Workshop Details

The Workshop on Semiconductor Manufacturing in the Space Domain brings together stakeholders from the semiconductor industry, commercial space station entities, U.S. government agencies, and academic communities to roadmap semiconductor manufacturing in low-Earth orbit (LEO) for the new space economy. This workshop aims to identify the benefits and challenges of semiconductor manufacturing in microgravity through a variety of formats such as oral presentations, poster sessions, and panel discussions. The multidisciplinary blend of subject matter experts provides a unique forum to bridge the gaps necessary to advance semiconductor commercial endeavors in LEO.

This workshop will culminate in a published position paper in which all participants will contribute as co-authors. Space is limited, so please register now

Agenda

This agenda was constructed to enable real-time data collection for the position paper that will be published. For this reason, "debrief" periods will be a part of each session where attendees will contribute to a living document.

08:30- 09:30

Registration & Refreshments

09:30- 10:40

Opening Remarks

Debbie Senesky, Stanford University

Ajay Malshe, Purdue University

Facilitation Activity

10:40- 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00- 12:15

Session 1 | History of in-space semiconductor work.

Rose Hernandez, ISS National Laboratory

Erik Kulu, Factories in Space

Facilitation Activity

12:15- 13:00

Lunch, sponsored by NASA

13:00- 14:20

Session 2 | What is happening now?

Lynn Harper, NASA + Jessica Frick, Stanford University

Ram Prasad Gandhiraman, Space Foundry

Facilitation Activity

14:20- 14:40

Coffee Break

14:40- 16:00

Session 3 | Demystifying semiconductor device fabrication.

John Chen, Silfex

Michael Heuken, AIXTRON

Mitchell Hsing, Inchfab

Facilitation Activity

08:30- 09:30

Registration & Refreshments

09:30- 12:00

Session 4 | How do we spend money to make money (in Space)?

Todd Younkin, Semiconductor Research Corporation

Coffee Break

Curtis Hill, NASA

Ioana Cozmuta, G-Space

Facilitation Activity

12:00- 13:00

Lunch, sponsored by Orbital Reef

13:00- 14:20

Session 5 | Leveraging Space for Semiconductor Workforce Development

Dave Williams, The Ohio State University

Panel w/Graduate Students

Facilitation Activity

14:20- 14:40

Coffee Break

14:40- 16:00

Session 6 | Q&A with the future LEO destinations.

Tara Ruttley, Orbital Reef

Ellen Bock, Northrop Grumman

Rachel Clemens, Axiom Space

Michael Holguin, Starlab

Rachel Ormsby, Redwire Space

Alain Berinstain, Space Tango

Facilitation Activity

Location

The workshop will be held in the Mackenzie Room 3rd Floor, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, 475 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA.

Visitor parking passes must be pre-purchased online. Visitor parking can be found in Via Ortega Garage (Parking Zone #7202) or Roble Field Garage (Parking Zone #7210). 

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Sponsors

Organizers

• Prof. Debbie Senesky | Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Stanford University
• Jessica Frick, Ph.D. | Research Engineer | Stanford University
• Jasmine Cox | Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering | Stanford University
• Gary Rodrigue, MBA | Principal | ALLBRIGHT Consulting
• Prof. Roger Howe | William E. Ayer Professor of Electrical Engineering | Stanford University

Please contact the organizers by email with any questions or sponsorship inquiries.