Aliso Viejo-based semiconductor maker Microsemi Corp. has given $1 million to Chapman University to support a center set to open in 2018 as part of the Orange-based school’s new Schmid College of Science and Technology.
The center will include labs—one for electronics and one for software engineering—with the Microsemi name.
Labs will provide research space, facilities, equipment, and teaching, the company and school said in a statement.
Areas of study are expected to include “application of computational techniques to problems in the natural sciences [and an] interdisciplinary perspective” such as to problems in the environment.
Microsemi Chief Executive James Peterson said the money will help “shape the young talent that will provide the future workforce for corporations like Microsemi.”
Chapman President James Doti said the new center at the college “is a key priority in Chapman’s continued growth in the sciences [and allows] students and faculty to access cutting-edge labs for future research.”
Schmid Dean Andrew Lyon cited a “shared dedication” to “[science, technology, engineering and math] education and to the preparation of students for the modern workforce.”
