Samsung Semiconductor Technology Program
Samsung Austin Semiconductor / SAMSUNG is funding SSTP in order to:
• Enhance the instruction in semiconductor engineering at Illinois
• Recruit outstanding students to ultimately become employees
Eligibility requirements for the SSTP scholarships:
• Undergraduate major in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Science & Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or Physics
• Expected date of graduation: May 2027 plus or minus six months
• Technical GPA at least 3.0
• Committed to complete the GCOE Minor in Semiconductor Engineering
(Note: The GCOE Minor in Semiconductor Engineering is open to any student who completes the course requirements for the minor. Being awarded a scholarship is not required.)
For questions about the semiconductor minor, please email semiconductorminor@illinois.edu
For questions about the Samsung Semiconductor Technology Program, please email ashleynm@illinois.edu|
Samsung Contacts:
Eric Hartsfield (coordinator for the UIUC program): e.hartsfield@samsung.com
Nada Faqih (recruiting): nada.faqih@samsung.com
Clasp | Samsung Talent Advance Program
Click here to learn more about the Samsung Talent Advance Program, offering tuition repayment for students interested in pursuing employment at Samsung Austin Semiconductor.
*Please note that only US citizens and permanent residents are eligible for the program.
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Nicholas Russell Landrum, Linus Sohwae Ringstad, Aaron Hackett, Po-Ting (Eric) Shih, Jack Gerrity, Yaseen Tolba, Max Allen, Jiya Shekhar, Warren Wellington, Solana, Mia Mikolajczak, Zhonghua Yang, Jacob Chisholm, Jac Copeland, Ethan Chen, Ryan Yang, Cameron Cote, Hee Hwang, Krisha Sampat, Jason Li, Maxwell Beach, David Mun, Jacob Torry, Ryan Eido Liem, Brandon Karaca, Xingyu Zhu, Corey Yu, Khuselbayar Bolor-Erdene, Deiv Pinkesh Kotecha, Henry Lin, Dhruv Dilbaghi, Mahir Kaan Koseli, Evan McGowan, Suleymaan Ahmad, Harini Nippani, David Zhang, Andrew Jung, Batu Yesilyurt, Gage Gathman, Adam Tsouchlos, Nicholas Kubiak, Albert Liu, Tuna Tuncer, Yening Liu, Guyan Wang, Rithwik Rayani, Robert Zhu, Nippun Sabharwal, Stephanie Onyinyechi Eze, Sean Jasin, Fisch Liao, Ivan Lin, Justin Pan, Mike Conroy |
| 2023-2024 | Akshat Mehrotra, Allen Zhang, Andrew Lum, Anthony Hyatt, Buffett Lee, Cesar Gaona, Christian Papachristodoulou, Chun-Chia Tsai, Cristian Herard, Dante Vasudevan, George Granskog, Hayden Gantt, Heejin Ryu, Jack Schnepel, Jaelynn-Darshawn Abdullah, Jay Kwon, Jessica Sun, Konark Dhingreja, Lewei Tang, Liam Crandall, Mahir Koseli, Mark Cheng, Matilde Figueroa-Carrillo, Matthew Wang, Muhammad Saleem Awan, Nandika Vuyyuri, Omkar Kulkarni, Parithimaal Karmehan, Phuvit Thirasuntrakul, Pinak Tripathi, Punn Chotiprasidhi, Rohan Samudrala, Ryan Bushell, Sudheep Iyer, Victor Yu, Yibai Wang, Yunhang Tao |