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Dr. Ravi Mahajan, Fellow, Intel

In this interview, undergraduates of the Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo will be interviewing Dr. Ravi Mahajan who is currently an intel fellow responsible for assembly and packaging technology pathfinding for future silicon nodes. Dr. Ravi is an eminent scientist who holds more than 40 patents. He is the Richard Chu ITHERM Award Recipient in 2020 (https://www.ieee-itherm.net/itherm/co.... He was born in Mumbai, India and he recalls that he had a childhood filled with tremendous fun with his two brothers. He mentions that in his school life he had both emphases on education and focus on making sure that working hard with high discipline. He earned his Bachelors degree from the University of Bombay, Masters from the University of Houston, and Ph.D. from Lehigh University all in Mechanical Engineering. He mentions that he had great advisors during both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. and after his studies, he had joined Intel in 1992. He says that his views on science have evolved over time. As an undergraduate student, he had thought that science is a way of logically constructing and finding facts. But because of some academic experiences he had at the University of Houston, he realized that science is a way of structured finding facts and then combining the facts to create a theory to fit in or try to fit them in an existing theory and then evolve that theory with time. He says, “You can take the discipline of the eastern system with the opportunity for innovation from the western system and grow.” He says that it took time for him to get used to cultural differences after he migrated to the USA. Also, he mentions that he loves careers in both academia and industry. Even now although he is having a career in industry, he gets a chance to work closely with academics. He gives a detailed explanation of EMIB technology which is a microelectronics packaging technology. While explaining the basic concept of EMIB he mentions that although Silicon is the best platform for technologies that can be homogenously integrated, there are some technologies that need to be optimized on different silicons which have to utilize package making it the next best platform. He further elaborates how he got the basis for the idea for EMIB and how that got evolved from silicon kind of bridge to embedded silicon kind of bridge. “I had the idea. I worked with a few people and proved it out in reality and it has blossomed into a fairly significant technology that allows you to do interconnects and allows you to do mix and match like lego blocks.” Dr. Mahajan also explains the concept of photomechanics which is the use of optical techniques to understand or to measure certain things like displacement or movement. He had received several awards and he mentions that reason for his success is that he joined Intel at a time where he had many opportunities and leaders who trusted him giving the opportunity to move ahead. He mentions that to become innovative the first step is to describe the problem carefully. Then you can come up with a number of ideas once the question is clear. “Defining the problem to me is half the battle already.” He is also interested in several areas like materials evolution, and uses of materials, modeling technologies, system definitions, wearable electronics, etc. He mentions that the role of a packaging engineer is to deliver interconnect technologies that are capable of offering high bandwidth, low power, and still they are in the 1st or 2nd generation which can be projected up to 6 to 7 generations in the future. He also discusses the importance of learning the philosophy of science to get involved in scientific innovation. Also in the future, scientists may have to come up with innovative cooling methods, have to develop innovative smart ways of delivering power at low cost and systems are going to evolve. When talking about opportunities in the future, he gives a long list including diverse areas and he states that there is a chance to do a lot. According to him, his personal proudest moment was at high school when he received his 1st award in the presence of his parents. And also he was very proud on the day he was told that he was an Intel fellow. “Becoming an Intel fellow is an honor.” He mentions that it is always nice to see technologies that you work on actually come to operation. Finally, he mentions that to become innovative and successful it is important to communicate very effectively. “Look at the clarity of communication, look at bridges being able to network with people.” “Listen to different viewpoints. Don’t jump into solving a problem because you think you know.” Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo acknowledges the AHEAD ELTA-ELSE Department grant for the support given for this interviewing activity. Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed are solely of the speakers and the Department of Chemistry does not endorse or deny them.