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Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics Technical Vertical
Online Presentations | 07 Oct 2024 | Contributor(s):: Michael Alles
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SCALE Internship Experiences at Sandia National Laboratory
Online Presentations | 20 Sep 2024 | Contributor(s):: Hannah Marie Dattilo, Chloe Alexandra Champagne
Hannah Dattilo and Chloe Champagne discuss there summer internship experiences at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico.
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SCALE Semiconductor and Integrated Photonics Reliability at imec
Online Presentations | 19 Sep 2024 | Contributor(s):: Solomon Musibau
In this presentation, the fundamental principles of reliability physics are presented, and we explained how these concepts are applied in the field of semiconductor and integrated photonic reliability research performed at imec and KU Leuven. The talk focused on the relevance of reliability in...
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Scaling Up: Preparing a Career-Ready Defense Microelectronics Engineering Workforce Through Needs Assessments
Presentation Materials | 19 Sep 2024 | Contributor(s):: Jennifer S. Linvill, Emeline Anne Hecht
Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement (SCALE) is the nation’s preeminent program for developing a next-generation microelectronics engineering workforce. It focuses on developing a scalable and sustainable workforce development program for microelectronics engineering...
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Workforce Needs Assessment: A Framework of Best Practices
Presentation Materials | 19 Sep 2024 | Contributor(s):: Jennifer S. Linvill, Emeline Anne Hecht, Kerrie Douglas, Peter Bermel
The Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement (SCALE) program provides a workforce development program aimed to actively grow a clearable and knowledgeable microelectronics engineering workforce that is scalable and sustainable. This research project assessed the workforce and technical needs of...
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Aluminum Shielding
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
Problem 1: Students use data to write a program that calculates the aluminum thickness from shielding densities.Problem 2: Students use the UDF from Problem 1 to create plots of TID against aluminum thickness in four different scales.
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Microchip Selection
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
Students are given a list of microchips and their properties of Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Linear Energy Transfer (LET). The task is to create a script that will take user input of the minimum TID the microchip must survive and the minimum LET threshold the microchip must have and...
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Sun Radiation Intensity
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Jill Anne Folkerts, Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
Given constants and a radiation intensity, students write a script that will calculate the distance from the earth and define an orbital.
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Mission Radiation Dose Predictor
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
In this problem, students will be creating a user defined function that searches through historical mission data, RadDose_DataSet.csv, to find the similar missions within a range.Write a script that does the following:Imports and assigns the columns to unique variablesManually...
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Radiation Dose based on Altitude of Mission
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
Using the data file RadDose_DataSet.csv, students write a script that:Creates a figure for altitude versus mean radiation doseContains a 2x2 subplot grid that follows these expectations: Linear X, Linear...
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Stopping Power
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
Students explore passive shielding to protect astronauts and electronics on Mars.Students will create a script that:Imports data and assigns meaningful variables to columnsCreates a vector of stopping percentages between 80% and 99%Uses provided equations to calculate the...
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MATLAB Microelectronic Coding Problem - Total Ionizing Dose Problem Set
Teaching Materials | 31 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Jill Anne Folkerts, Aileen Ryan, Adrian Nat Gentry, Amanda Johnston, Tamara J. Moore, Allen Garner, Peter Bermel
Students research shielding density provided by a variety of materials to protect CubeSats. The shields must protect the satellite from the harsh environment yet remain small and light.For this problem students will need to write a main and sub-function.The sub-function must be able...
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NUCL 200: Introduction to Nuclear Engiineering
Courses | 27 Aug 2024 | Contributor(s):: Allen Garner
This course is designed to acquaint students with the field of nuclear engineering and design. Concepts of fission, fusion, radioactivity, and neutron physics are introduced.
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SCALE Radiation Testing of System-On-Chip (SoC) Devices
Online Presentations | 29 Jul 2024 | Contributor(s):: Mike Wirthlin
This presentation introduces system on chip (SoC) architectures and discusses the challenges of testing these architectures in radiation environments. The importance of run time SoC data extraction, preserving memory integrity, and testing multiple components simultaneously is discussed. ...
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SCALE Heavy-Ion SET and SEL Response of a Wide-Band Operational Amplifier Fabricated in the SkyWater S90LN 90 nm
Online Presentations | 29 Jul 2024 | Contributor(s):: Jake Carpenter
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Introduction to the Natural Space Radiation Environment
Online Presentations | 26 Jun 2024 | Contributor(s):: Brian David Sierawski
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Accelerating Radiation Damage Simulation Through Machine Learning
Online Presentations | 21 May 2024 | Contributor(s):: Vinay Gupta, Shrienidhi Gopalakrishnan, Brian Hyun-jong Lee, Alejandro Strachan
This study explores the challenge of material degradation from radiation exposure, a phenomenon that significantly impacts fields ranging from materials science to nuclear engineering and space exploration. As of today, the primary solution of conventional simulation techniques are...
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SCALE RH Machine-learning Based Optimization of Materials for Microelectronics
Online Presentations | 16 May 2024 | Contributor(s):: Shrienidhi Gopalakrishnan, Vinay Gupta, Alejandro Strachan, Brian Hyun-jong Lee
The purpose of this research is to explore the topic of radiation damage and its effect on material degradation. The effects of radiation damage can be seen in many places, from nuclear systems to space. Current simulation techniques are both expensive and difficult to use. This project aims to...
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Technology Characterization and Radiation-Enabled Modeling
Online Presentations | 03 Apr 2024 | Contributor(s):: Jeffrey S. Kauppila
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SCALE From Electronics Testing to Radiation Testing: A Discussion
Online Presentations | 22 Mar 2024 | Contributor(s):: Michael Alles, Steven Bibyk, Will Ebel, Andrew L. Sternberg
A discussion on teaching electronics testing in the lab.