Inside Facility 2.5 - Reshaping Semiconductor Facilities for the AI Era

Bob has been involved in water since 1970. From treatment to measurement to system design to engineering management over that period. Since 1986 when Bob joined Intel as the owner of RODI for the corporation he was responsible for coordinating all the manufacturing sites performance and the design of new factory systems. Over the next 10 years he took more ownership of advanced technology development and selection and key supplier management, (when it went from RODI to UPW). For the last 9 years at Intel Bob was the engineering manager for all future fab design and the supplier management teams for UHP fluids and waste treatment. Bob joined SolarWorld in 2008 first as the facility engineering manager then the facility manager. SolarWorld is the largest fully integrated solar panel manufacturing facility in the US making over 1 gigawatt of solar generating capacity per year. SolarWorld has UPW, wastewater treatment, water reclaim and large scale energy conservation systems using free cooling. Bob has been the Micro-Electronics Technical Market Manager for GF since Jan 2015. In that role Bob has been engaged in product quality, product development and market technical support. He has also been fully engaged in the SEMI UPW work groups.

Mr. Dale has been assisting global Semiconductor and Microelectronics customers to deliver increased quality, reliability and cost performance in their UPW and WW Reclaim and Treatment Systems since 1982. Mr. Dale has participated in design, construction and operation of UPW systems at hundreds of customer sites which cumulatively produce 241 million gallons per day of UPW makeup flow supporting many of the world's largest HVM sites. Mr. Dale is a contributing member of the SEMI Liquid Chemicals Standards Committee and participates in IRDS/SEMI interface meetings. He holds several water purification patents and is a published author and a presenter covering multiple water purification topics.

John Rydzewski is Vice President and Private Sector Sustainability/Resilience Lead for Carollo Engineers. He has 30 years of experience with the design, construction, and operations of water and wastewater treatment systems for the semiconductor and textile industries. In addition to high tech, John spent seven years as the Director of Water Programs at Nike World Headquarters where he built and led Nike’s global water sustainability team that set corporate policy and achieved public sustainability commitments. John received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and is a licensed professional engineer.