We deeply regret the death of Emilio Lora-Tamayo, friend and colleague of the IMB-CNM-CSIC, to which he was linked since its beginnings. He was also President of CSIC and Professor of Electronics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. May he rest in peace.
The event was chaired by the Minister of Enterprise and Labor, Roger Torrent i Ramió; the Minister of Economy and Finance, Natàlia Mas Guix, and the Minister of Research and Universities, Joaquim Nadal i Farreras. This initiative is promoted by the Semiconductor and Chip Alliance of Catalonia, which is formed by several departments of the Generalitat, companies and research and innovation agents; of which Luis Fonseca, as director of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona, is a member.
Joaquim Nadal, Minister of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia, meets with the management of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) and visits the scientific facilities located at the UAB. The center deploys cutting-edge research in micro and nano systems applied to advanced technologies, health and environment, energy or mobility, among others.
Through an initiative of the IMB-CNM Equality Committee, three of the institute's meeting rooms have been renamed after research and technical personnel of relevance in its history: Tere Osés, Isabel Montero and Juan Fernández. All of them are pioneers in the design of digital circuits, the manufacture of integrated circuits and the development of power systems in Spain.
With the strategic collaboration of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) of CSIC, the new interuniversity master's degree in Semiconductor Engineering and Microelectronic Design is born, coordinated by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), with the UB, UAB and URV.
CSIC appoints Palacios, professor and lecturer at MIT, and Bergaud, researcher at the French LAAS-CNRS, as new members to supervise and advise on the scientific activity of the Institute of Microelectronics in Barcelona; replacing Elvira Fortunato, current Portuguese Minister of Science, and Florin Udrea, from the University of Cambridge.
The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC) receives this seal for the processes involved in the design, development and production of microelectronic devices in the Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room. This certification puts it on a par with other European laboratories, such as the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Portugal or the Technical University of Denmark.
The Semiconductor Alliance of Catalonia, with the participation of IMB-CNM, celebrates the act of constitution of the initiative, formed by several departments of the Government of Catalonia, companies and research and innovation agents, which will work together with the aim of consolidating Catalonia as one of the reference poles of the semiconductor industry in Europe.
