NSTXL Events: Advancing Government and Industry Engagement

Spotlight: Microelectronics
Commons Road Shows
January 29-February 16
In January of 2024, representatives from
the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering
(OUSD(R&E)), NSWC Crane, and NSTXL
were joined by Dr. Dev Shenoy, Executive
Director
of
the
Microelectronics
Commons and Principal Director for
Microelectronics, for a three-week
tour across the country to visit all eight
Commons Hubs. During each visit,
leaders were given tours of key facilities,
where Hub Leads had the opportunity to
present an overview of their work for the
Commons program.
September 17-19
In September, DoD and White House
senior officials traveled on a road show
across the nation, visiting three Hub
locations. The White House prioritized
these in-person visits following the
DoD announcement of $271 million in
awards across 34 projects to the eight
Microelectronics Commons Hubs.
Officials included Tarun Chhabra,
Deputy Assistant to the President and
Coordinator for Technology & National
Security; Maynard Holliday, PTDO
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical
Technologies; Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Former
Chief Science and Technology Advisor
and Director of the White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy; and
Amos Hochstein, Senior Advisor to the
President for Energy and Investment.
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