Vanderbilt was thrilled to host the 2025 SCALE PI Symposium!
SCalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement
The SCalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement (SCALE) network was launched in 2020 to rapidly address these challenges. As the leading U.S. program for semiconductor workforce development in the defense sector, SCALE is tackling these issues head-on.
Led by Purdue University, funded by the Department of War, and managed by NSWC Crane, SCALE is revolutionizing the training of highly-skilled U.S. microelectronics engineers, hardware designers, and manufacturing experts, ensuring U.S. leadership in this vital field. SCALE has created an effective public-private academic partnership of universities and defense industry and government partners.
SCALE offers unique courses, mentoring, internships, targeted research opportunity matching, scholarships, and job placement assistance for graduate and undergraduate students. These opportunities focus on five microelectronics specialty areas. Vanderbilt is the technical lead for the Radiation Hardening vertical, with 20+ Universities in the Radiation Hardening vertical alone.
