CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Mike Barsky and Dr. Ben Heying, General Manager of Microelectronics Products and Services, Northrop Grumman Space System and Director of Microelectronics, Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center

Talk Title: NG NGMC and MPW StoreFront Overviews

Abstract: NGMC: The Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) provides microelectronics and advanced packaging for government, defense industrial base and commercial customers. It’s three foundries located in Baltimore, MD, Redondo Beach, CA and Apopka, FL, offer a variety of processes and capabilities, including silicon and compound semiconductors fabrication, wafer post-processing (Bump, Dice, Test), 2D, 2.5D & 3D advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration. The technologies developed and produced in these three foundries address needs in integrated multifunction sensing, wireless technology, advanced materials, space and rad hard technologies, and directed Energy. MPS: Microelectronics Products and Services (MPS) is the storefront for external access to the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center.   The Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center is comprised of the compound semiconductor facility in Redondo Beach, CA., the silicon and compound semiconductor facility in Baltimore, MD., and the wafer post processing facility in Apopka, FL..  MPS and the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center is open access and offers standard product integrated circuits, wafer foundry runs, design services, test services, assembly services, and wafer bumping and dicing services.  In addition, all three facilities have Accreditation of Trust to allow Trusted wafer runs for competition sensitive or restricted products.   MPS operates using commercial terms and conditions with standardized and industry competitive pricing, and we serve both commercial industry and the Defense Industrial Base.

Biography: Dr. Mike Barsky, Director, General Manager of Microelectronics Products and Services, Northrop Grumman Space System Mike Barsky is the director and general manager of Microelectronics Products and Services Operating Unit, which provides external access to the Northrop Grumman Corporation microelectronics foundry at Space Park. Barsky is responsible for the commercial storefront and business deals with clients in the commercial and aerospace industries. With 29 years at Northrop Grumman, Barsky has held leadership positions across program and functional management. Prior to his current role, Barsky was the manager of the semiconductor wafer fabrication facility at Space Park. He has also held roles in the technical development of semiconductor devices as well as program-level roles for electronic subsystems. Barsky holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, and a doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Ben Heying, Director of Microelectronics, Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center Ben Heying is responsible for Managing the Microelectronics Foundry in Redondo Beach, CA that manufactures and develops advanced III-V semiconductors for Northrop Grumman’s Space, DoD, and Commercial systems. Ben has 24 years of experience in Microelectronics and has served in various roles within TRW and Northrop Grumman, from leading research and development to functional and program management. Before becoming the Director of Microelectronics, he was an NG Fellow responsible for partnering with NG’s customers to transitioning Microelectronics technologies from R&D to flight production. Ben holds a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science from NC State University (1994) and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1999). He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara developing GaN epitaxial growth techniques using Molecular Beam Epitaxy before joining TRW in 2001.

Host: Dr. Steve Crago

More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5362/ng-ngmc-and-mpw-storefront-overviews/

Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon

WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Amy Kasmir

Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5362/ng-ngmc-and-mpw-storefront-overviews/