Schuhmann Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering
Purdue University
Washington, DC, United States
Dr. Carol Handwerker is currently Head of Technology Strategy in the CHIPS Program Office at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The CHIPS Program Office is providing $39B in incentives for investment in manufacturing facilities and equipment in the United States and works closely with the CHIPS Research and Development Office that is investing $11B in developing a robust domestic R&D semiconductor ecosystem.
While serving in the CHIPS Program Office, Handwerker is on leave from Purdue University where she is the Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Joining Purdue in 2005, she has led multiple R&D programs in sustainable electronics in collaboration with major industrial partners, including the Purdue-Tuskegee NSF IGERT Program on Global Traineeships for Sustainable Electronics, three iNEMI projects on Metals Recycling from End-of-Life Electronics and Value Recovery from Used Electronics, and the DOE Critical Materials Institute's Focus Area in Recovery, Remanufacturing and Recycling, In addition to these R&D programs, she has supported industry roadmapping in sustainable electronics, including co-leading development of the iNEMI Roadmap for Sustainable Electronics, serving on the Executive Committee of the NIST-funded SRC Roadmap for Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies (SRCMAPT), also chairing the SRCMAPT Roadmap in Workforce Development and serving as a team member for the Roadmap for Sustainability and Energy Efficiency, and serving on the iNEMI Environmental Leadership Steering Committee.
Before joining Purdue University, she was at NIST for 21 years, rising from an NRC Postdoctral Research Fellow to Chief of the NIST Metallurgy Division and co-lead of NIST Advanced Packaging Program, where she and her NIST team were awarded the Department of Commerce Gold Medal for her leadership in the global transition to Pb-free electronics.
Handwerker is a fellow of the American association for the Advancement of Science, the Materials Research Society, the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), ASM International, the American Ceramics Society, and iNEMI.
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Session Keynote: Valure Recovery from Used Electronics: A Lesson in Grit
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
3:05pm – 3:25pm PDT