UCLA Samueli Announces 10 Inaugural Semiconductor Hub Fellows

The Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has named 10 first-year doctoral students to its inaugural fellowship cohort, supporting research ranging from semiconductor materials and chip architecture to photonics and artificial intelligence.

Launched in May, the $125 million Semiconductor Hub brings together UCLA researchers and industry founding partners Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta and Synopsys to advance semiconductor technologies and workforce development.

The fellows will work closely with faculty and industry advisors. They will spend the first three years of their doctoral programs conducting fundamental research, the fourth year interning at one of the founding member companies and the fifth year completing their doctoral dissertations at UCLA.

“Our inaugural fellows are pursuing breakthrough research across the semiconductor ecosystem, from connectivity and computing to sensing and intelligent systems,” said Semiconductor Hub executive director and electrical and computer engineering adjunct professor Abhijeet Chakraborty. “By combining doctoral research with real-world challenges at our industry partners’ companies, the fellowship program will prepare the next generation of engineers to shape the future of semiconductor technology.”

Following is a list of the inaugural Semiconductor Hub Fellows, including their research interests and faculty advisors: