Preliminary program summer school 2025

Monday, 15 September 2025

14:45–20:00 Intro to Microelectronics: TU Dresden
14:45–15:15 Registration & Welcome
15:15–15:45 Opening & Organizational Matters
Stefan Mannsfeld (Chair of Organic Devices, TUD)
16:00–17:00 Process Integration – Smart is Beautiful
Thomas Mikolajick (Chair of Nanoelectronics, TUD)
17:00–17:45 Keynote: Evolution of Semiconductor Technology
Kaushik Kumar (Technologist, Tokyo Electron Europe)
18:00–20:00 Get connected – Networking for Scientists
Stephanie Rohac (Kommunikation bewegt)
incl. drinks & snacks for dinner
  Info table by Tokyo Electron Europe (TEL) during all breaks and get-together
  Venue:
Technische Universität Dresden
Barkhausen Building
Helmholtzstr. 18
01069 Dresden
Room BAR 106
No bus transfer provided on Monday!

Tuesday 16 September to Thursday 18 September, 2025

Tuesday, 16 September 2025 08:00–17:00 Site Visit GlobalFoundries
Wednesday, 17 September 2025 08:00–17:00 Site Visit XFAB and Bosch
Thursday, 18 September 2025 08:00–15:00 Site Visit Infineon
  16:00–17:00 Guided walking tour through Dresden (optional)
  18:30–22:00 Networking Dinner & Panel discussion "Career Paths in Microelectronics"

Site visit details will be published as soon as possible.

Friday, 19 September 2025

09:30–13:30 Technology and Career Tipps: TU Dresden
09:30–10:00 Trustworthy Digital Architectures From a Chip Design Perspective
Michael Raitza (Research Group Leader, Scalable Computing Hardware, Barkhausen Institute)
10:00–10:30 Novel Atomic Layer Process
Martin Knaut (Semiconductor and Microsystems Technology, IHM, TUD)
10:30–11:00 Entering Industry after Your PhD
Susanne Appel (X-FAB)
11:00–11:30 Career Tipps followed by CV Check
Birgit Brand (TU Dresden)
11:45–12:45 Window Tour Clean Room at Institute of Semiconductors and Microelectronics (optional and in groups)
from 12:00 Lunch in TUD-Canteen (individual in groups)
  Venue:
Technische Universität Dresden
Barkhausen Building
Helmholtzstr. 18
01069 Dresden
Room BAR 106
No bus transfer provided on Friday!

Status as of 24 June 2025, subject to change