UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93) will be honored guest speaker for the 2025 UW ECE Graduation Ceremony, which will take place in the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Wednesday, June 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tran is Vice President of Global Frontend Procurement at Micron Technology.
The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to welcome UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93) as honored guest speaker for our 2025 Graduation Ceremony. Tran is Vice President of Global Frontend Procurement at Micron Technology, a worldwide leader in the semiconductor industry that specializes in computer memory and storage solutions. She recently transitioned from her prior role as vice president of DRAM Process Integration, where she led a global team in the United States and Asia to drive DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) technology development and transfer into high-volume manufacturing fabrication facilities. Tran has over 30 years of semiconductor experience working in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including leading roles at two semiconductor fabrication facility startups. This year’s Graduation Ceremony will take place in the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Wednesday, June 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. The event will be presided over by UW ECE Professor and Chair Eric Klavins.
“We are looking forward to having Thy as our honored guest speaker at Graduation this year,” Klavins said. “She has had a long and successful career in the semiconductor industry and is an international leader in her field. She understands the value of resilience and persistence first-hand, and I know there is much she can share with our graduates at this event.”
Tran joined Micron in 2008 and led several DRAM module development programs, including advanced capacitor, metallization, and through-silicon-via, or TSV, integration before taking on the DRAM Process Integration leadership role for several product generations. Her technical contribution has been integral to Micron’s DRAM Technology Development Roadmap and played a significant role in helping Micron achieve DRAM technology leadership. Prior to Micron, Tran worked on logic and SRAM (static random-access memory) technologies at Motorola and SRAM at WaferTech, now known as TSMC Washington. She also worked at Siemens (which later spun off Infineon and Qimonda), where she held several leadership roles in DRAM technology development transfer, and manufacturing.
In addition to receiving her bachelor’s degree from UW ECE, Tran is a recent alumna of the Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Executive Program and the McKinsey Executive Leadership Program. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, known as IEEE, and a member of the Society of Women Engineers. She also serves as a strategic advisory board member for UW ECE as well as for the International Semiconductor Executive Summit and Mercado Global. She is a recipient of Global Semiconductor Alliance’s 2023 Rising Women of Influence award.