About the Center
The Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies brings together researchers across campus to work collaboratively on cutting-edge research in microelectronics while training the next generation of leaders and engineers for the semiconductor industry.
There has been unprecedented federal investment in microelectronics in recent years. The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022 provides roughly $280 billion in funding to support semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.
The Center enables multi-disciplinary collaborations between researchers to address the increasing energy needs of modern computing, develop widegap semiconductors for application in electric vehicles and renewable energy grids and advance the implementation for advanced photovoltaic (solar) technologies to enable New York state's clean-energy goals.
Our mission
The Center's goal is to help position the University at Buffalo at the epicenter of Western New York's federal tech hub in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. This initiative, titled the "NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub" aims to transform the tri-city region into a global hub for workforce training, innovation and manufacturing of semiconductor technology.
Faculty members within our center drive microelectronics and semiconductor research initiatives and develop the new semiconductor workforce and educational opportunities.