Erica Fuchs
Kavčić-Moura Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Director, Critical Technology Initiative
Erica R.H. Fuchs is Director of the Critical Technology Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University and a Kavčić-Moura Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. She is also faculty at Carnegie Mellon by courtesy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, and a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Fuchs’ research focuses on the development, commercialization, and global manufacturing of emerging technologies, and national policy in that context.
As Director of the Critical Technology Initiative at Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Fuchs is bringing together interdisciplinary expertise across five schools to pioneer how advanced analytics can ensure we smartly invest in and enact policies to achieve competitiveness in technologies critical to national security, economic competitiveness, and the well-being of all citizens. As part of this effort, Dr. Fuchs catalyzed and served as founding director of the National Network for Critical Technology Assessment, which mobilized academic thought-leaders from more than 13 Tier I research universities across the country to develop a vision for critical technology assessment, including current capabilities (and demonstrations thereof), gaps, and the investment needed to realize that vision. Their year-long work culminated in the report Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment. She was previously the founding Faculty Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Manufacturing Futures Initiative – an initiative across six schools, which today is an endowed institute.
Dr. Fuchs currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Natcast, the non-profit that oversees the National Semiconductor Technology Center; on M.I.T. Corporation’s Visiting Committee for M.I.T.’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society; and on the Advisory Editorial Board for Research Policy. Dr. Fuchs has testified in Congressional hearings in both the House and Senate and had her work covered, among others, by Axios, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, and the New York Times. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering Systems (2006), her Master's in Technology Policy (2003), and her Bachelor's in Materials Science and Engineering (1999), all from M.I.T., and spent 1999-2000 as a fellow at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Beijing, China. Dr. Fuchs grew up and attended K-12 in the Reading Public School District in Reading, PA. In her free time, she enjoys running, skiing, trekking, yoga, and spending time with her husband and two children.
Publications
Global Manufacturing and the Technical Frontier
- Cheng, A., Fuchs, E., Karplus, V., Michalek, J. Electric vehicle battery chemistry affects supply chain disruption vulnerabilities. 2024. Accepted. Nature Communications.
- Cotterman, T., Combemale, C., Whitefoot, K, Fuchs, E. The transition to electrified vehicles: Evaluating the labor demand of manufacturing conventional versus battery electric vehicle powertrains. 2024. Accepted. Energy Policy. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/
papers.cfm?abstract_id=4128130 - Reolfi, R., Fuchs, E., and Karplus, V.. Anticipating the impacts of light-duty vehicle electrification on the U.S. automotive service workforce. Environmental Research Letters. Volume 18. Number 3. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/
acbb93 - Combemale, C., Whitefoot, K., Fuchs, E. 2021. Not all Technologies are Equal: How the Separability of Tasks Mediates the Effect of Technological Change on Skill Demand. Industrial and Corporate Change. Accepted. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3291686. Industry Studies Best Paper Award. Freeman & Nelson Award.
- Fuchs, E., Combemale, C., Orr, A., Whitefoot, K. 2019. The Weighty Manufacturing Sector: Challenges Transforming from Raw Materials to Physical Products in the Innovation Economy. Beyond 140 Characters: The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth. Edited Volume. Eds Scott Stern, Aaron Chatterji, and Josh Lerner. National Bureau of Economic Research. https://www.nber.org/chapters/c14373
- Yang, C., Nugent, R., and Fuchs, E. 2016. Gains from Other’s Losses: Technology Trajectories and the Global Division of Firms. Research Policy. 54(3): 724-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.12.005
- Fuchs, E. 2014. Global Manufacturing and the Future of Technology. Science. 345(6196): 519-520.
- Fuchs, E., Field, F., Roth, R., and Kirchain, R. 2011. Plastic Cars in China? The Signifiance of Production Location over Markets for Technology Competitiveness in the United States versus the People’s Republic of China. International Journal of Production Economics. 132(2011): 79-92.
- Fuchs, E., and Kirchain, R. 2010. Design for Location?: The Impact of Manufacturing Off-Shore on Technology Competitiveness in the Optoelectronics Industry. Management Science, 56(12): 2323-2349.
- Veloso, Francisco and Fuchs, E. 2002. The Future of the Asian Auto Industry: Regional Integration, Alternative Designs, and Chinese Leadership. International Journal of Vehicle Design. 35(1): 111-136.
Manufacturing Variety
(See also papers on additive manufacturing in Role of Government and Accelerating Commercialization)
- Laureijs, R., Fuchs, E. Whitefoot, K. 2019. Is More Less: Benefits and Costs of High Variety Production in Non-Assembled Production Environments. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. doi:10.111.5/1.4041943
- Engelman, C., Epple, D., Argote, L., and Fuchs, E. 2016. Learning by Doing in a Multi-Product Manufacturing Environment: Product Variety, Customizations, and Overlapping Product Generations. NBER Working paper No 19674. http://www.nber.org/papers/w19674 Management Science. 63(2):405-423. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2352
Role of Government at the Technical Frontier
- Hoffman, E. Karplus, V., and Fuchs, E. 2024. Complete and Accurate? The Role of Profit Orientation in the Production of Public Health Data. Accepted. Business & Society.
- Kalathil, N., Morgan, G., Fuchs, E. 2023. Short-term economic dynamism as a policy tool to address supply shortages during crises. Industrial and Corporate Change. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad028
- Amaral, A., Mendoca, J., Morgan, G., Fuchs, E. 2023. National core competencies and dynamic capabilities in times of crisis: Regulation of ventilators and new market entrants in Portugal and Spain, Research Policy. Vol. 53 No. 104715.
- Bonnin-Roca, J., Vaishnav, P., Mendoca, J., Morgan, G., Fuchs, E. 2020. Technology Forgiveness: Why emerging Technologies differ in their resilience to institutional stability. Technology Forecasting and Social Change. Accepted. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3077276#
- Helveston, J., Karplus, V., Wang, Y., and Fuchs, E. 2019. Institutional Complementarities: The (Unlikely) Origins of Experimentation in China’s Plus-In Electric Vehicle Industry. Research Policy. Vol 48. Issue 1. February 2019, 206-222 Industry Studies Association Best Paper Award. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2817052
- Azoulay, P, Goldstein, A., Kearney, M., Fuchs, E. 2018. Funding Breakthrough Research: Promises and Challenges of the “ARPA Model.” National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Innovation Policy and the Economy Series. Editors Scott Stern and Josh Lerner. MIT Press. Volume 19.
- Khan, H., Hounshell, D. and Fuchs, E. 2018. Science Policy for the End of Moore’s Law. Nature Electronics. Vol. 1. January 2018, 14-21. (Accepted Nov 15, 2017)
- Bonnin-Roca, J., Vaishnav, P., Mendoca, J., Morgan, G., Fuchs, E. 2017. When Risks Cannot be Seen: Fostering the (safe) introduction of Metal Additive Manufacturing in Commercial Aviation. Research Policy. vol. 46, issue 7, 1215-1233 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.05.010
- Ventura, S., Nugent, R., and Fuchs, E. 2015. Seeing the Non-Stars: (Some) Sources of Bias in Past Disambiguation Approaches and a New Public Tools Leveraging Labeled Records. Research Policy. Special Issue on Data. 44(9): 1672-1701. (Disambiguation challenges in the United States Patent and Trademark Office Database) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.010
- Helveston, J., Liu, Y., Feit, E., Fuchs, E., Klampfl, E., and Michalek, J. 2015. Will subsidies drive electric vehicle adoption in China and the U.S.? Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 73: March 2015 pp. 96-112.
- Woolley, A. and Fuchs, E. 2011. Collective Intelligence in the Organization of Science, Invited Paper. Special Issue on New Directions in Organization Science. Organization Science. 22(5): 1359-1367.
- Fuchs, E. 2010. Rethinking the Role of the State in Technology Development: DARPA and the Case for Embedded Network Governance, Lead article. Research Policy, 39(2010): 1133-1147.
Accelerating Commercialization at the Technical Frontier
(see also Design for Location and Plastic Cars in China under Global Manufacturing)
- Funk, P., Vaishnav, P., White, B., Davis, A., Fuchs, E. 2020. Individual inconsistency and aggregate rationality: Overcoming inconsistencies in expert judgment at the technical frontier. Technology Forecasting and Social Change. 155: 119984
- Bonnin-Roca, J., Vaishnav, P., Mendoca, J., Fuchs, E. 2019. Technology cost drivers for a potential transition to decentralized manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing.
- Sakti, A., Azevedo, I., Fuchs, E., Michalek, J., Gallagher, K., and Whitacre, J. 2017. Consistency and robustness of forecasting for emerging technologies: The case of Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Energy Policy. Vol 106, July 2017, p. 415-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.063
- Laureijs, R., Bonnin-Roca, J., Prabha Narra, S., Montgomery, C., Beuth, J., Fuchs, E. 2017. Metal Additive Manufacturing: Cost Competitive Beyond Low Volumes. ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 139(8), 081010 (May 10, 2017) (9 pages) doi: 10.1115/1.4035420
- Sakti, A., Michalek, J., Fuchs, E., and Whitacre, J. 2014. A techno-economic analysis and optimization of Li-ion batteries for personal vehicle electrification. Journal of Power Sources. 273: January 2015 pp. 966-980. 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.09.072
- Fuchs, E., Kirchain, R., and Liu, S. 2011. The Future of Silicon Photonics – Not So Fast?: Insights from 100G Ethernet LAN Transceivers. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 29(15): 2319-2326.
- Fuchs, E., Field, F., Roth, R., and Kirchain, R. 2008. Strategic Materials Selection in the Automotive Body: Economic Opportunities for Polymer Composite Design. Composite Science and Technology. 68(9): 1989-2002.
- Fuchs, E., Bruce, E., Ram, R., and Kirchain, R. 2006. Process-Based Cost Modeling of Photonics Manufacture: The Cost-Competitiveness of Monolithic Integration of a 1550nm DFB Laser and an Electro-Absorptive Modulator on an InP Platform. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 24(8): 3175-3186.
Other
- Fuchs, E. and Johnsson, P. 2000. Inclusion Characteristics in Bearing Steel and During Ingot Casting. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 19(5): 333-344
Working papers
Global Manufacturing and the Technical Frontier
- L., Combemale, C., Fuchs, E., Whitefoot, K. 2021. How It’s Made: A General Theory of the Labor Implications of Technological Change https://tinyurl.com/2ym46rrc
Manufacturing Variety
- Laureijs, R., Syversen, C., Fuchs, E., and Whitefoot, K. Mix and Match: Exploring Person-Product Match Effects in High Variety Manufacturing.
- Treado, C. and Fuchs, E. Manufacturing Variety: Scale Economies in a Low-Volume High Mix Environment. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2619490
Role of Government in the Technical Frontier
- Cheng, A., Fuchs, E., Michalek, J. Power Play: Evaluating the Effect of Inflation Reduction Act Subsidies on Electric Vehicle Battery Technology Choices and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities. Submitted to Nature Energy.
- Khan, H., Hounshell, D. and Fuchs, E. 2017. Scaling Moore’s Wall: A Public Private Partnership in Search of a Technological Revolution. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2497218 Revise and Resubmit. Research Policy.
Accelerating Commercialization at the Technical Frontier
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Testimonies
- Fuchs, Erica R.H., Testimony. Hearing on Building a Resilient Economy: Shoring up Supply. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. March 22, 2022. Written Testimony | Oral Remarks | Video
- Fuchs, Erica R.H., Testimony. Hearing on Building Regional Innovation Economies. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Research and Technology. June 9, 2021. Written Testimony | Oral Remarks
- Fuchs, Erica R.H., Testimony. Hearing on Trade, Manufacturing, and Critical Supply Chains: Lessons from COVID-19. House Ways & Means Committee. Subcommittee on trade. July 23, 2020. Written Testimony | Oral Remarks | Video Recording of Full Hearing
- Fuchs, E., Karplus, V., Kalathil, N., Morgan, G. 2020. Inadequate Data on Manufacturers of Critical Medical Supplies Weakens U.S. Capabilities for Pandemic Response. Testimony. U.S. International Trade Commission. Investigation No. 332-580. COVID-19 Related Goods: The U.S. Industry, Market, Trade, and Supply Chain Challenges. September 23, 2020. Prehearing Brief | Oral Remarks | Technical Report
Policy briefs
- Berger, A., Khan, H., Schrank, A., Fuchs, E. A new policy toolbox for semiconductor supply chains. Issues in Science and Technology. Policy Brief.
- Fuchs, E. Building the Analytic Capacity to Support Critical Technology Strategy. Policy Proposal. The Hamilton Project. Brookings Institute. September 2022. Policy Proposal | Event Video
- Blanton, S.; Fuchs, E. (Corresponding); Hovy, E.; Mai, K. (Corresponding); Pileggi, L.; Zhang, P. October 21, 2021. Innovation and Chip Redesign to Address Semiconductor Shortages in the Automotive Industry. Carnegie Mellon University Policy Brief created for the White House National Economic Council. Policy Brief
- Fuchs, E. and Karplus, V. 2021. A New Approach to Coordinate U.S. Critical Supply Chains in Crisis. Policy Brief. Insights derived from: “Lessons from COVID medical supply chains for critical technologies: Real-time situational data infrastructure and adaptive manufacturing ecosystems.” Chatham House Rule Workshop. Carnegie Mellon University. September 10, 2021. Policy Brief
- Fuchs, E.R.H. What is a National Technology Strategy and Why the U.S. Needs One. Issues in Science and Technology. Next 75 Years of Science Policy Series. September 9, 2021. Policy Brief
- Fuchs, E.R.H. While missions are important, even more important are new institutions that will cut a path across them. Forum. Industrial Policy’s Comeback. Boston Review | MIT Press. September 15, 2021. Shorter Version
- Fuchs, E., Karplus, V., Kalathil, N., Morgan, G. 2020. To respond to the pandemic, the government needs better data on domestic companies that make critical medical supplies. Issues in Science and Technology. December 18, 2020. https://issues.org/pandemic-response-government-needs-better-data-critical-medical-supplies/
- Fuchs, P., Xue, L., Zheng, P., Gallagher, K., Cowhey, P., Fuchs, E. 2017. Why China Needs Data Sharing to Address It’s Air Quality Challenge. National Science Review. nwx059, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwx059
- Bonnin-Roca, J., Vaishnav, P., Fuchs, E., and Morgan, G. 2016. Additive Manufacturing: Policy Needed. Nature Materials. 15, 815–818. doi:10.1038/nmat4658
- Fuchs, E. 2009. Cloning DARPA Successfully. Issues in Science and Technology. Volume XXVI. Number 1. Fall 2009.
National Academies and other peer-reviewed reports
- NNCTA [National Network For Critical Technology Assessment]. 2023. Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment. A report by the National Network for Critical Technology Assessment. Lead E. Fuchs; Editor-at-large & review moderator A. Jaffe. Senior advisor W. Bonvillian. Editor C. Fletcher.
- (Committee Member.) 2017. An Assessment of ARPA-E. Science Technology and Economic Policy (STEP) Board. National Academy of Sciences.
- (Committee Member.) 2013. Optics and Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation. Board of Manufacturing and Engineering Design, National Materials Advisory Board, National Academy of Sciences.
Technology Development: Government and Location
Education
2006 Ph.D., Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 M.Sc., Technology Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
US industrial policy may strengthen EV battery supply chain
The Inflation Reduction Act offers incentives for diversifying the EV battery supply chain and reducing US dependence on China, but the potential impact of loopholes remains to be seen.
CMU Engineering
Anticipating and reducing EV battery supply disruptions
A recent study analyzes the relationship between EV battery chemistry and supply chain vulnerability for four critical minerals across particular countries that are key contributors to production.
Issues in Science and Technology
Fuchs featured in a podcast done by Issues in Science and Technology
EPP’s Erica Fuchs was featured in a podcast by Issues in Science and Technology. She and Lisa Margonelli talk about Fuchs’ pilot project that she has been working on for the past year—the National Network for Critical Technology Assessment.
Science|Business
US draws up plans for new national body to monitor R&D strengths and weaknesses
NNCTA’s Erica Fuchs discusses new national body that will help government assess new technologies in Science|Business. “Does government today have in its hands the data and analytic capacity to form its national technology strategy? The answer is no, it does not,” Fuchs says. “In the end, it’s going to be a question for Congress, and what they appropriate. I would argue that we have no time to waste.”
Federal News Network
A call for disruptive change in how the government assesses technology
NNCTA’s Erica Fuchs was interviewed by the Federal News Network on the National Network for Critical Technology Assessment. Fuchs is part of a team of experts pushing for the government to change the way technology is assessed and what challenges face the U.S.
CMU Engineering
Moonshot grant launches faculty to new heights
The National Network for Critical Technology Assessment (NNCTA), directed by Erica Fuchs, shares their findings in their report, Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment.
CNN Business
Fuchs talks about autoworkers’ roles in the electric car industry
EPP’s Erica Fuchs talks to CNN Business about the autoworkers’ roles in the electric car industry. “Making the powertrain of electric vehicles—the batteries, electric motors and power management systems—requires more total labor, not less, than that involved in making engines and transmissions,” she says.
CMU Engineering
Fuchs Appointed to NSTC Board
Erica R.H. Fuchs, Kavčić-Moura Professor in Engineering and Public Policy, has been appointed to the inaugural board of trustees that will oversee the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC).
Axios
CMU’s take on autoworkers in the electric car industry in Axios
As the auto industry begins making the switch over to electric vehicles (EVs), a popular contention is that it takes fewer workers to manufacture EVs. However, researchers at CMU have found that it actually takes more labor hours as battery cell production is a complex and time-consuming process.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Fuchs elected to the Board of the National Semiconductor Technology Center
EPP’s Erica Fuchs was elected to the board of trustees that will oversee a nonprofit entity that is expected to run the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC).
Engineering and Public Policy
Professor Erica Fuchs to join president’s advisory committee
Professor Erica Fuchs has been nominated by President Biden to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
Engineering and Public Policy
Understanding America’s greatest vulnerabilities
Professor Erica Fuchs was featured in The New York Times in an article that focuses on the one-year pilot project for a proposed National Network for Critical Technology Assessment, which Fuchs leads.
Brookings Institution
Fuchs speaks on industrial policy at a Hamilton Project event
EPP’s Erica Fuchs spoke at a Hamilton Project event at the Brookings Institution. As a panelist, she discussed the importance of a modern industrial policy that ideally focuses on the service and tech sectors.
CMU Engineering
Engineering faculty featured in events at GCEAF
Many faculty from across the College of Engineering will be featured at events during this year’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
Engineering and Public Policy
Fuchs gives testimony before Senate Banking Committee
As Congress heads to conference on the Innovation Act, Erica Fuchs testified on the need for cross-mission critical technology analytics to build a resilient economy.
US Senate
Fuchs to testify before Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
EPP’s Erica Fuchs will testify Tuesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. ET before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in a hearing titled “Building a Resilient Economy: Shoring Up Supply.”
Telegraph
Fuchs quoted on Moore’s Law
EPP’s Erica Fuchs was quoted in Telegraph on Moore’s Law and how the technological innovation crisis threatens global economy.
Engineering and Public Policy
Universities Should Set the Standard in COVID-19 Data Reporting
In a new paper in Issues, Engineering and Public Policy Ph.D. student Elina Hoffman, Associate Professor Valerie Karplus, and Professor Erica Fuchs argue that university reporting of COVID-19 testing data has been insufficient.
Engineering and Public Policy
Amaral's paper considered Highly Commended by The University of Cambridge
Engineering and Public Policy Doctoral Student Afonso Amaral's recent piece, National core competencies and dynamic capabilities in times of crisis - Regulation of ventilators and new market entrants in Portugal versus Spain, has been considered Highly Commended by the 2021 Babbage Industrial Innovation Policy Awards by the Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy department at the University of Cambridge.
CMU Engineering
Team builds tools, innovations to support federal investment
With major investments in infrastructure and innovation pending, a multi-disciplinary initiative lead by EPP’s Erica Fuchs is building the tools and innovations to inform government decisions.
Engineering and Public Policy
What a national technology strategy Is—and why the United States needs one
In a new piece in Issues in Science and Technology, Engineering and Public Policy Professor Erica Fuchs maps out what is a National Technology Strategy, and why the U.S. needs one.
The Register
Fuchs quoted on the death of Moore’s Law
EPP’s Erica Fuchs was quoted in The Register on whether or not the famed “Moore’s Law” is achievable anymore. The law has predicted advances in computer technology over the past 50 years, but difficulty in manufacturing might spell its end.
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Fuchs gives testimony to House Science Space and Technology Committee
EPP’s Erica Fuchs joined the House on June 9, to give her testimony on building regional innovation economies.
Engineering and Public Policy
Industry, academic, and government leaders convene virtually at CMU to draw lessons from COVID medical supply chains for critical technology strategy in future crises
On May 4, 2021, leaders from industry, academia, and government gathered virtually in a Chatham House Rule workshop to deliberate on lessons from COVID medical supply chains for critical technologies. This workshop was organized and led by Carnegie Mellon University’s Professor Erica Fuchs and Associate Professor Valerie Karplus, both of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP), with opening remarks from Dean William Sanders.
MIT Technology Review
Fuchs quoted on Moore’s Law
EPP’s Erica Fuchs was quoted in MIT Technology Review on Moore’s Law. “Maybe in 10 years or 30 years—no one really knows when—you’re going to need a device with that additional computation power,” she says.
CMU Engineering
Could 3D printing lead to distributed manufacturing?
In a recent paper published in Additive Manufacturing, a team of CMU researchers investigated how AM could contribute to distributed manufacturing.
3D Printing Media Network
3D Printing Media Network covers NASA funding in Next Manufacturing Center
3D Printing Media Network covered the recent news that CMU has been selected by NASA to lead a research team dedicated to examining new ways to build and power aircraft of the future, through NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.
CMU Engineering
NASA invests in 3D printing for aviation
CMU has been selected by NASA to lead a research team dedicated to examining new ways to build and power aircraft of the future, through NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.
Bloomberg
Fuchs discusses automation and manufacturing
EPP’s Erica Fuchs says that automation allows manufacturers to move to mass customization and “parts consolidation," which means making products that have fewer but more complex parts. This shift requires experimentation and offers "a chance for the U.S. to lead," Fuchs says.
Science
Fuchs quoted in Science on creating non-silicon computer chips
EPP’s Erica Fuchs was quoted in a Science article about DARPA's funding initiatives to create computer chips based on materials other than silicone.
Newsweek
CMU study indicates Moore's Law might be coming to an end
A recent study by EPP’s Hassan Khan, David Hounshell, and Erica Fuchs indicates that Moore’s Law might finally end because the technology can no longer get any smaller.
CMU Engineering
Moore’s Law is ending. What’s next?
In a recent paper published in Nature Electronics, Carnegie Mellon researchers argue that future advancement in microprocessors faces new and unprecedented challenges.
Fuchs to attend WEF’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions
EPP’s Erica Fuchs will attend the Annual Meeting of the New Champions sponsored by the World Economic Forum from June 27 - 29 in Dalian, People's Republic of China.
Khosla, Fuchs, and Whitacre on National Academies committee that launches report on ARPA-E
Former College of Engineering Dean Pradeep Khosla chaired the committee, of which Professors Erica Fuchs (EPP), and Jay Whitacre (EPP/MSE) were members, that launched the National Academies report analyzing the effectiveness of ARPA-E.
Fuchs serves on WEF council
EPP’s Erica Fuchs is serving on the World Economic Forum’s Future of Advanced Materials Global Agenda Council.
National Academies invites Fuchs to Innovation Policy Forum
On Tuesday, May 23, EPP’s Erica Fuchs will speak at an Innovation Policy Forum hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.