Annual Meeting

David Henshall is Vice President of Business Development and Government Relations at Semiconductor Research Corporation. Dave’s primary role involves creating and growing partnerships with government and industry to expand their semiconductor research portfolio. This not only provides a larger pipeline of technologies but also ensures a steady flow of graduating students into the industry. These technologies drive SRC member profits and market share. Dave doesn’t just lead; he inspires, empowers, and delivers results that redefine what’s possible.

Henshall was a federal employee for six years working at both DARPA and ARPA-E where he co-created the DARPA MTO Transition Accelerator and served as the Deputy Director of Commercialization to support the transition of federally funded technologies towards manufacturing. Prior to government, Henshall spent 20 years in industry working in the field of wide bandgap semiconductors to support the LED, RF, and power electronics industries. While in industry he led an operations organization of 200 employees, created and managed a profitable business supplying engineered substrates to Micron Technologies, and performed research that helped make LED lighting ubiquitous.

He received his B.S. and M.S. in Ceramic Engineering and Science from Alfred University, has authored and co-authored over 20 research papers, and holds one patent.

When not working, Dave enjoys spending time with his family, volunteering, and learning about power tools while refurbishing his house.

Robert Geer is a Professor of Nanoscale Science in SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE).  Professor Geer is the Executive Director of the NSF-funded Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC) based at NYCREATES’ 300mm Si wafer prototyping facility. Professor Geer also serves as the Director of Education and Workforce Development for AIM Photonics, a Manufacturing-USA institute. Professor Geer’s team develops and promotes advanced education and training program development for the U.S. semiconductor, integrated photonics, and nanotechnology manufacturing industries. He has led the development of a range of workforce training programs for the semiconductor industry including technician training programs for several chip manufacturers and toolmakers.  Professor Geer’s education-development team has also recently founded a DoD SkillBridge training program, the VET Semiconductor Training and Experience Program (VET S.T.E.P.) to provide skills to transitioning U.S. military personnel for semiconductor manufacturing. In addition, Prof. Geer has led a wide range of research programs at SUNY Poly which include design, development and fabrication of novel 3D integrated circuits, investigation of variability and manufacturability of integrated photonics devices and structures, reliability of resistive RAM, development of graphene for next-generation interconnects, Si-based nanowire materials for energy applications and integrated circuits, and development of nanoscale metrology tools for measurement and characterization of nanodevice structures. His research has been supported by: NSF, GlobalFoundries, IBM, AMD, ONR, the New York State Office of Academic Research and Technology, International Sematech, AFOSR, DARPA, and the SRC. Professor Geer has presented over 75 papers at technical conferences and has published more than 100 articles, book chapters, or proceedings on nanoscale materials, devices, and nanoscale characterization.