Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act – Is my laboratory ready to run semiconductor applications?

The US Government initiative – also known as the CHIPS Act – is creating novel opportunities for companies in the semiconductor supply chain. As a result of this initiative companies like Intel, TSMC, Micron, Qualcomm and others have announced aggressive plans to expand operations in the US. To maintain uninterrupted operations, they will need cleanroom supplies, gowns, tools, and equipment. A critical requirement will be ultrapure chemicals like solvents, photoresists, acids, bases and water. These identified needs offer great opportunity for existing laboratories to respond by upgrading or expanding their trace metal capabilities and for new laboratories to enter these specialized and highly lucrative markets. Is your lab ready?

In this webinar we will discuss the possible impact of the CHIPS ACT in a state near you and outline the steps necessary to ready your lab to supply and support these emerging needs.

Presenter: Mark Kelinske (Application Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Mark Kelinske is an Applications Chemist with Agilent Technologies, specializing in advanced ICP-MS and ICP-MS/MS techniques. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Prior to Agilent, Mark was a senior research scientist and research group manager with Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, AL, where he focused on low-level analytical chemistry, method development, and research program management.

Presenter: Abe Gutierrez (Product Specialist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Abe is an Agilent Product Specialist with nearly 30 years’ experience with ICP-MS. Abe started as an applications chemist in the semiconductor industry and moved to Agilent/HP in 1996. Abe is a technical resource supporting the Agilent sales organization.

Presenter: Emmett Soffey (ICP-MS Product Specialist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Emmett Soffey is an ICP-MS Product Specialist and has been with HP/Agilent for 30 years. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University. Prior to Agilent he worked at Brookhaven National Labs studying acid rain in the Adirondack Mountains of northern NY and then went on to work at a number of commercial analytical labs operating GC and GC/MS. Emmett has been part of the Agilent ICP-MS team since 1995. He has worked on the development of new software tools, discrete sampling devices and the GC-ICP-MS interface. In his spare time Emmett spends time hiking in the beautiful Cascade Mountains of Washington State.