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Over 200 school students have attended workshops to learn more about semiconductors and be inspired to follow a career in electronics. It was a joint effort from two industry organisations: the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult and the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF). The students were from Wales and visited Welsh universities to learn about the many opportunities of studying ...

Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2023, we highlight Richard Newman, a student at Royal Holloway, University of London, and an RF & Microwave Engineering Intern at the ...

Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2023, we highlight Claudia Ferreira who is a Materials Engineer at the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult. Achievements Claudia’s manager at CSA ...

The latest addition to the UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult’s network of Space Enterprise Labs has opened at the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult in Newport, South Wales. Services at the Space Enterprise Lab (SEL) will include support for virtual meetings, business sprints, user engagement sessions, virtual whiteboards and built-in video conferencing. They will be available for use by everyone within ...

Winner Nathan Dickson – BT Highly commended: Claudia Ferreira from Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult and Toby Lane – Ignys   Nathan completed his apprenticeship last year, during which he showed academic excellence while also being the driving factor behind the automation revolution in BT’s Network Integration Test team. Within one year, he pitched, planned, developed and delivered the beta ...

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Sharon Kudenko, an MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering student at the University of Bristol who has been working ...

The North East Advanced Material Electronics (NEAME) cluster has been formerly launched by companies in the UK’s North East, with “a mission to highlight and promote the region as a centre of excellence for advanced compound semiconductor technology design and manufacture”, according to NEAME. The cluster led by CEOs and other senior people within the North East’s electronics industry, and ...

The Translational Research Hub (TRH), designed to foster collaboration between industry and scientists, has officially opened at Cardif University. It is the home of the Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) and Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI), and was funded by UK and Welsh governments – including £17.3m through UKRPIF, £12m from Welsh Government, £13.1m in European funding administered by WEFO and ...

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Simon Betts, a MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at Cardiff University. Achievement Simon scored strongly on many ...

As part of Wales Week London, compound semiconductor cluster CSconnected held an event at the IET in London, promoting its strategy to build a collaborative supply chain from chip design to end products in a single geographic region. Hosted by Maggie Philbin OBE, the event saw three representatives from CSconnected discuss the cluster’s aims and achievements before an extensive Q&A ...