REP LIEU CELEBRATES UCLA SELECTION FOR MICROCHIP INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT GRANT

LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the announcement that the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been tentatively selected to receive grant funding for their analog and digital chip design program. The anticipated funding will establish a Center for Education of Microchip Designers (CEMiD) to support undergraduate and graduate engineering students at universities across the country.

The Department of Commerce's CHIPS for America's workforce development program and this funding were made possible through the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which Congressman Lieu supported when it passed the House.

"I am pleased to congratulate UCLA on this well-deserved funding and anticipated establishment of CEMiD to continue our nation's leadership in semiconductor development," said Congressman Lieu. "Thanks to President Biden and Democrats' passage of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, we've seen historic investment in microchip research, development and manufacturing that has strengthened our workforce. UCLA's CEMid program will bolster our microchip industry by training the next generation of semiconductor researchers and developers, and will support the professors and engineers who train them. I look forward to seeing all that our brilliant UCLA students and faculty can do with this exciting funding!"

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