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U of A Takes Big Leadership Steps in Semiconductor Production

In August, the university initiated the construction of the national Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility, known as MUSiC. This semiconductor research and fabrication facility, equipped for both silicon and silicon carbide chip production, will...

$36 million chip prototype facility set to open 2025

Ground has been broken for a pioneering semiconductor facility at the University of Arkansas, as revealed in a news release on Monday (Aug. 21). This $36 million chip prototype fabrication facility is anticipated to be finished by January 2025:...

U of A Breaks Gound on One-of-a-Kind Semiconductor Facility

The University of Arkansas Chancellor Charles Robinson, alongside other university officials, including University of Arkansas System President Don Bobbitt, members of the U of A System Board of Trustees, as well as researchers and industry leaders, gathered at the...

U of A Initiates Construction of Innovative SiC Research Facility

The University of Arkansas has initiated the construction of a national silicon carbide (SiC) research and fabrication center with funding amounting to $18 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and supplemental support from the Army Research Laboratory....

Mantooth Named to Arkansas Future Mobility Council

To "take a step into the future of mobility," which will "impact the options in transportation and supply chain deliveries for generations to come", Governor Asa Hutchinson created by executive order the Arkansas Future Mobility Council and named Dr. Alan Mantooth to...

NCREPT Highlighted in the American Energy Society’s “Universities in the Spotlight”

NCREPT is highlighted in the American Energy Society's "Universities in the Spotlight" issue. https://energytoday.energysociety.org/#Arkansas

Mantooth Presents MUSiC to the Arkansas Legislative Council

Dr. Alan Mantooth presented the new Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility (MUSiC) to the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council. You can learn more about this exciting facility by clicking on the link below, his...