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The interim dean of Washington State University’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Indian-origin Partha Pande has been named to Washington state’s CHIPS and Science Act working group, according to a WSU Insider report.
“The CHIPS and Science Act is an historic investment in science and technology across the country that will spur innovation in semiconductor technology while building our engineering and computer science workforce,” said Pande. “I’m excited to serve on this working group and to provide my expertise for the state of Washington in this important endeavor.”
Pande, who is the professor and Boeing Centennial Chair in Computer Engineering, is one of 11 members in the group, which was announced by the Washington State Commerce Department.
These members are considered leaders in the state’s semiconductor industry, the report added. The semiconductor sector currently generates $4.5 billion in economic impact statewide. According to the Department of Commerce, the industry also accounts for the employment of nearly 8,600 people in Washington, .
“Earlier this year, Gov. Jay Inslee issued a directive to establish the public-private working group to coordinate a comprehensive, statewide approach to securing grant opportunities enabled by the federal bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act,” the WSU Insider report read.
Pande, who conducts research in Network-on-Chip (NoC) technology, has been with WSU since 2005. The NoC technology is becoming the state-of-the art communications method for manycore chips.
Pande’s work could improve energy efficiency of data centers and other enterprises that require high-performance computers.
Pande, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), was also named to the Washington Academy of Sciences in 2024.
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