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SANJAY MEHROTRA AROH BARJATYA

Micron CEO to receive honorary Scientist leads team to decode

doctorate total solar eclipse effects

he Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has named Sanjay Mehro- roh Barjatya, an Indian-origin scientist, who is a professor of engineering
tra, president and CEO of Micron Technology, as one of the of honorary physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, is leading
Tdegree recipients. He will be honored at the commencement ceremony, Aa scientific mission set to coincide with the total solar eclipse on April 8.
scheduled to be held on May 10. A total solar eclipse on April 8 is set to cross North America, passing
Sanjay Mehrotra is president and chief executive officer at Micron over Mexico, across the United States from Texas to Maine, and continuing
Technology. He is leading Micron during an exciting period for the compa- over Canada’s Atlantic coast.
ny, where changes in computing architecture and artificial intelligence (AI) During a total solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and the
technologies are driving new opportunities for memory and storage and Earth, fully blocking the face of the Sun. As a result, the sky will become dark,
transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. as if it were dawn or dusk.
Mehrotra joined Micron in 2017 after a distinguished career at SanDisk NASA said that led by Barjatya, the Atmospheric Perturbations around
Corp. where he led the company from start-up in 1988 until its sale in 2016. Eclipse Path (APEP) mission will deploy three Black Brant IX sounding
In addition to being a SanDisk co-founder, Sanjay served as its president rockets from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility launch range in Virginia to ex-
and CEO from 2011 to 2016, overseeing its growth to an industry-leading amine the effects of the Sun’s sudden disappearance on the ionosphere, a
Fortune 500 company. region of Earth’s upper atmosphere. By studying the disturbances created
when the Moon eclipses the Sun, scientists aim to better understand the dy-
Sanjay has more than 40 years of experience in the semicon- namics of Earth’s upper atmosphere and its potential impact on communica-
tion systems, the US space agency noted.
ductor memory industry, holding engineering and leadership po- As a Professor of Engineering Physics and Director of Space and At-
sitions at Integrated Device Technology, SEEQ Technology and mospheric Instrumentation Lab at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universi-
ty (ERAU), Barjatya has have more than 16 years of experience in space
Intel Corp. He holds more than 70 patents, several of which are systems engineering and aerospace instrumentation research. He has led
foundational to enabling high-capacity flash memory, now a ubiq- and developed innovative projects involving sounding rockets, CubeSats,
high-altitude balloons, embedded electronics, and space situational aware-
uitous element of modern computing. He has published numer- ness, collaborating with NASA, AFRL, and other federal agencies and in-
ous articles in the areas of nonvolatile memory design and flash dustry partners.
memory systems.
SUMIT NAGAL
After immigrating from India at the age of 18, Mehrotra earned both
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer sci- Tennis player enters Monte Carlo
ence from the University of California, Berkeley. He later enrolled at Stan-
ford University’s Graduate School of Business Executive Education program. Masters singles main draw
He currently serves on the board of directors of CDW Corporation and
the Semiconductor Industry Association. He also serves on the Engineer- umit Nagal became the first Indian to enter the Monte Carlo Masters
ing Advisory Board at the University of California, Berkeley. Mehrotra is singles main draw in 42 years. He superceded Facundo Diaz Acosta of
passionate about promoting STEM education and has supported programs
that inspire youth to discover science, technology, engineering, math and SArgentina in a in the final qualifying round on Sunday. It was in 1982 that
the legendary Ramesh Krishnan had made it to the main draw of the tourna-
computer science. He champions opportunities that focus on helping under- ment in 1982.
served youth explore STEM advancement. Nagal, ranked 95th in the world, defeated his world number 55 rival 7-5
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private research university in
Rochester, New York. 2-6 6-2 in a gruelling match that lasted two hours and 25 minutes.
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