The Silicon Catalyst University Program connects the world’s leading universities with the Silicon Catalyst Semiconductor Startup Ecosystem.

The Program pairs our alumni, advisors, ambassadors and industry partners with research professors and their students considering building a company. The result is a clear path for transforming research into startups ready to change the world. 

“This is an incredibly exciting time to be in the semiconductor industry, as the opportunities for applying the academically sourced innovations to real-world problems have exploded. Key application areas ripe for improvement include everything from cost-effective medical point-of-care, to smart farming, safe cities and 5G communications. Silicon Catalyst is honored to have these prestigious academic institutions participate in our launch event,” stated Laura Swan, Silicon Catalyst Partner and University Program Manager (laura@sicatalyst.com)

For universities, Silicon Catalyst will provide speakers, moderators and panel experts, judges for pitch competitions, mentoring, internships via our portfolio companies, teach special subject classes, and serious entrepreneurial advice and help on starting a semiconductor company.  

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Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies spun out from universities

 

Revolutionizing the world of gas sensing by developing a new generation of IoT compatible gas sensors


 

Silicon-dominant anodes. Enabling high capacity and fast charging Li-ion batteries


 

Solutions that sense and image objects in contact at high resolution using GHz ultrasound


 

Circular-DNA Technologies for 21st-century Medicine and Life Sciences


 

Accelerators for server-class AI inference on the edge.


 

High-density volatile embedded memories on standard CMOS


 

Zero-power sensors with uninterrupted operation and unprecedented accuracy


 

Enabling the next phase of Moore’s Law through optical connectivity


 

Silicon Photonics on MEMS with the low cost structure of Microelectronics


 

Multi-scale biochemical phenotyping in limited sample volume


 

Analog In-memory Computing for AI


 

Embedded SRAM using 1T & 2T cells in standard foundry flow


 

Ultra-low energy, ultra-low power wireless communications


 

High-performance AMS designs for consumer medical imaging, 5G and LiDAR


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Hi performance compute for AI


Our University Ambassadors

Rick BahrAdjunct Professor with Stanford University, BS, MS EE MIT

Rick Bahr

Adjunct Professor with Stanford University,
BS, MS EE MIT

Richard CurtinCornell University BS, MS EE

Richard Curtin

Cornell University BS, MS EE

Mary Ann MaherCalifornia Institute of Technology PhD Computer Science

Mary Ann Maher

California Institute of Technology
PhD Computer Science


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“I have been an advisor for Silicon Catalyst for several years, providing advice to several of our portfolio companies. I helped both Mentium and Trameto complete their tape-outs. I also helped shape and write our ‘Starting an IC Company’ course and along with Pete Rodriguez and Raul Camposano, presenting the course for the Stanford EE380.

  • Mark Ross, B.S. and M.S. in EE from Stanford


Stuart EvansDistinguished Service Professor, Director of CMU-Emirates iLab CMU

Stuart Evans

Distinguished Service Professor,
Director of CMU-Emirates iLab CMU

Oskar MencerMember of Academia Europaea PhD, Stanford Computer Systems

Oskar Mencer

Member of Academia Europaea
PhD, Stanford Computer Systems

John EastCEO (retired) Actel BS EE, MBA University California, Berkeley

John East

CEO (retired) Actel
BS EE, MBA University California, Berkeley


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“Along with evaluating several of our applicants, I also moderated the “Where’s the Edge? Opportunities in the Future of Computing from the Core to the Moon and Beyond” panel discussion a joint panel with Cornell University Praxis Centere, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, and Silicon Catalyst Angels and Cornell Alumni Angel investor group, Red Bear Angels.”

  • Rick Bahr, Adjunct Professor with Stanford University, BS and MS in EE from MIT


Craig EnsleyUCSD BS, Economics, MS applied physics Stanford MBA

Craig Ensley

UCSD
BS, Economics, MS applied physics
Stanford MBA

Keith LoboUniversity of Wisconsin, MBA

Keith Lobo

University of Wisconsin, MBA

Todd CutlerGeorgia Tech BSEE Stanford MS EE

Todd Cutler

Georgia Tech BSEE
Stanford MS EE


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“We presented the Silicon Catalyst Overview to professors from the Electrical Engineering Department at Imperial College London, to a reaction of both excitement and appreciation. I’m looking forward to bringing the news to more universities across the UK, Europe and Asia. At Maxeler Technologies we’ve long recognized their crucial role in research, and the companion challenges of bringing revolutionary technologies to market.”

  • Oskar Mencer, PhD, Stanford Computer Systems


Paul ColestockPhD candidate

Paul Colestock

PhD candidate

John MadokPhD Material Science UCLA, MS Material Science Berkeley, BS Cal Poly

John Madok

PhD Material Science UCLA,
MS Material Science Berkeley,
BS Cal Poly

Atiye BaymanPhD Solid State Physics UCSB

Atiye Bayman

PhD Solid State Physics
UCSB


Moshe ZalcbergBEE Electronics

Moshe Zalcberg

BEE Electronics

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Danny BiranVice President, International Division of the Israel Innovation Authority MBA

Danny Biran

Vice President, International Division of the Israel Innovation Authority
MBA

 

Pete RodriguezMS EE Cal Poly BS ChemE Cal Tech

Pete Rodriguez

MS EE Cal Poly
BS ChemE Cal Tech

Julie WilleyBS EE SJSU

Julie Willey

BS EE SJSU

John MadokPhD Material Science UCLA MS Material Science Berkeley BS Cal Poly

John Madok

PhD Material Science UCLA
MS Material Science Berkeley
BS Cal Poly


Paul Vroomen

UCSC Phd., Eindhoven University of Tech
University of Witwatersrand

Professor Vojin G. Oklobdzija

UCLA
 PhD Computer Science

George Apostol

MIT

Electrical Engineering


Todd Cope

Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical Engineering, SCU -MBA

Tom Eby

Princeton, Electrical and Computer Engineering

James Lougheed

University of Southern Queensland Electrical and Electronic Engineering, MBA


Kevin Revere

 Texas A & M University, Environmental Design

Michael Shebanow

UCB, PhD Computer Science, Architecture B.S. EE, semiconductors

Lance Glasser

MIT, PhD. Electrical Engineering, CS


Sean Redmond

King’s College London MSc
Henley Business School
University of Brighton /BSc Electronic Engineering

Stephen DiFranco

Montclair State University

Stephen Durant

Cornell JD, Law
Notre Dame B.S. Electrical Engineering


Richard Choi

Kettering B.S. Industrial Admin
Cornell MBA

Mary Carey

University of San Diego B.S. Accounting
INSEAD M.S.