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E.T.C. (Epitaxial Technology Center) ltd is a company from the L.P.E. group, Milan (Italy), operating in the field of machineries and equipment for solid state technology and production processes control.
The company is now focusing on epitaxial technologies, in particular machines and processes to produce slices of new semiconductor materials. From 2001 the company has focused its investments on Silicon Carbide technology, starting research activities on SiC growth on Silicon Carbide substrates, reaching great results thanks to the collaborations with CNR and University of Catania.
E.T.C. is rapidly becoming a leader in the field of Silicon Carbide technologies and a global supplier for semiconductors companies (from reactors to slices).
The target market are semiconductors companies, which it supplies with components for epitaxial reactors (vertical and horizontal), such as electronic racks for process control, medium frequency generators parts and Gas Metering (gas panel for fluid alimentation) systems.
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The Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM) is one of the Institutes of the Italian National Council of Research (CNR) founded in 2001 as a consequence of the re-organization process of the CNR scientific network.
The Institute has been founded in order to create a national scientific structure covering the highly competitive fields of microelectronics, sensors, and microsystems. These fields are experiencing a continuous expansion and it is necessary to maintain a high level of innovation.
The research activity, carried out by 69 researchers with expertise in physics, chemistry, and electronic engineering, covers all the path from the understanding of basic phenomena to the design and realization of innovative devices. The staff of the Institute consists also of 37 technical professionals and 13 administrators.
The Institute maintains strong collaborations with other Research Laboratories, with the University, with the Microelectronics Industry, and with those Manufacturers interested in applications of sensors and microsystems. The IMM is involved in numerous national and international scientific projects in collaboration with Industry (e.g., STMicroelectronics, Alenia, Philips, Olivetti, etc.) and with other important European laboratories (e.g., CEA LETI, IMEC, Fraunhofer Institutes, etc.).
The research activity is organized along four different main research lines:
- materials, processes and devices for microelectronics;
- sensors and microsystems;
- optoelectronics and photovoltaics;
- development of advanced characterization techniques for material and process analyses.
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H2CU was set up in 2004 by the most important Italian universities and CNR Institutes, and is coordinated within the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. The center is responsible for developing and supporting international academic initiatives through affiliations and exchange agreements with major American institutes and research centers such as:
- MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge/Boston;
- Pace University, New York;
- Columbia University, New York;
- Polytechnic University, New York.
The main activities of the Center can be grouped as follows:
- ITALY AND USA DEGREES: the program allows selected students at Italian universities to complete the final year requirements of the Italian second level degree (the 5th year) while simultaneously completing courses for the MS degree in a specific American university. The program involves students who have successfully completed all requirements and examinations of the fourth year at the participating Italian universities.
- SHORT PERIOD IN USA: students are allowed to join a specific, short-term program carried out by an American university (language course, internship, master). Candidates must be accepted by the foreign institution, according to its acceptance requirements.
- JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAMS: according to the identification of a research project shared by both the Italian and American institutions involved, undergraduate and Ph.D. students as well as researchers are given the chance to work in a US campus, in a high-quality international academic environment.
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Nu.m.i.d.i.a. ltd (NUmerical Methods Implementation for Design of Industrial Applications) was born 1998 as academical spin-off from the University “Tor Vergata” of Rome, offering services to the Italian and European automotive market.
Its core business is designing support services, in particular advanced calculation methodologies (fluid, thermic, structural, etc.) for the development of high complexity products.
The company especially serves the automotive industry (automotive firms, components suppliers, research centers, etc.): its more frequent applications are, then, fluid-dynamic verification and optimization of combustion engines, study and optimization of particular engine components (combustible injectors, catalytic converters, etc.), thermo-fluid dynamic calculations for vehicles (external aerodynamics, conditioning, etc.), etc.
From 2003 NUMIDIA has been operating in Catania, focusing on the Grid computing thematic, in collaboration with the INFN and the University of Catania, that opens new scenarios on the exiting instruments which require very high calculation power.