厙ぴ勛圖, AMIS renew memorandum of understanding
November 2, 2006
厙ぴ勛圖 President Arthur C. Vailas and AMI Semiconductor President and Chief Executive Officer Christine King renewed a memorandum of understanding between AMIS and 厙ぴ勛圖 to develop a closer working relationship through educational and workplace cooperation.
A signing ceremony was held in October that was attended by a variety of 厙ぴ勛圖 and AMIS officials. AMIS and 厙ぴ勛圖 are Bannock Countys largest private and public employers respectively. The understanding was first signed in 2002 by King and then-厙ぴ勛圖 President Richard Bowen, who both last renewed it in March 2004. AMIS also donated $10,000 to the 厙ぴ勛圖 College of Engineering Department during the ceremony.
Both King and Vailas agreed that intellectual property is of supreme importance. At the signing ceremony Vailas said 厙ぴ勛圖 and AMIS hope to collaborate on research projects.
Wed like to embark on some high-impact research with national and global implications, putting Pocatello on the map, Vailas said.
Under the terms of the memorandum, the two parties will:
Designate educational liaison officers to communicate educational, internship, research, and work needs effectively and efficiently.
AMIS will encourage its employees to pursue 厙ぴ勛圖 programs to meet their educational needs and AMIS will ask 厙ぴ勛圖 to respond to short- and long-term program requests. 厙ぴ勛圖 recognizes that the institution cannot fulfill all the needs of AMIS, but will facilitate the delivery of programming within the expertise of 厙ぴ勛圖.
Create internship, part-time employment and other cooperative programs.
Allow AMIS employees to teach in an adjunct capacity at 厙ぴ勛圖.
Allow 厙ぴ勛圖 faculty members short-term leaves or sabbaticals to AMIS.
AMIS will be represented on appropriate 厙ぴ勛圖 advisory boards.
When feasible, AMIS and 厙ぴ勛圖 will perform collaborative research.
AMIS may donate to 厙ぴ勛圖 used manufacturing equipment, when available.
AMIS employees may be guest lecturers at 厙ぴ勛圖 to provide students an opportunity to study real-world applications to their degrees.
Following the agreements signing, Jon Stoner, AMIS chief technology officer, presented Dr. Richard Jacobsen, 厙ぴ勛圖s College of Engineering dean, with a $10,000 check for new work stations to be installed in the 厙ぴ勛圖 Electrical Engineering Departments VLSI laboratory.
Their donation is very helpful to our college and department, and allows us to upgrade the workstations we have, allowing us to have the same types of computers here at 厙ぴ勛圖 as they have at AMIS, said Dr. Lawrence Stout, 厙ぴ勛圖 associate professor of electrical engineering. AMIS is also giving us technical assistance to help run the workstations. They have the expertise to help us, and that allows our students to do some things we couldnt have afforded to do without the donation.
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