NeaPolis Innovation working on academic research

Massimo Iaculo, Firmware Engineer in MPG Nand Storage Media Division, Naples, Italy

For four years, Massimo Iaculo, Firmware Engineer in MPG Nand & Storage Media Division, has been working closely with universities in and around Naples to build know-how, and share it internally.

This initiative has since become a huge program, developed with all the departments on the Naples site. Called NeaPolis Innovation, it has formalized ST’s collaboration with local universities.

“We have found a win-win way of working together:

• For students and professors, this initiative is a great opportunity to work on concrete projects proposed by us each year. They get competencies and the chance to test them in the working world.
• Working on academic research is also great for us strategically, as it promotes innovation, which is crucial for increasing our creativity in a high tech sector and helping us prepare for the future. By working on these projects, we can experiment and explore solutions.

Also, the results are reviewed on a yearly basis, and because we are choosing the projects, we can focus on key issues for us. It’s a very useful and rich experience.”

NeaPolis Innovation is a core team of five universities: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Università degli Studi del Sannio, and Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope - all working closely with STMicroelectronics.

At the moment, about 20 students are working with the Naples site on various projects. These are all within five focus areas defined within NeaPolis Innovation:

• packaging and modeling
• mechatronics
• system level and reconfigurable system design
• telecoms for automotive
• post-silicon technology.