Dr. Wayne A. Churaman 

Microelectronics Commons CTEA Lead for Secure Edge/Internet of Things DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, supporting OUSD(R&E)

Dr. Churaman began his career in 2005 as a DoD Contractor supporting the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD before converting to a DoD civilian in 2008. In 2023, Dr. Churaman was selected as the Microelectronics Commons Technical Execution Area (CTEA) Lead for Secure Edge/Internet of Things (IoT). As CTEA, Dr. Churaman supports the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Research and Engineering (R&E) and is responsible for providing technical oversight and programmatic management of Commons Hub activities and funding within the Secure Edge/IoT portfolio, which represents significant investment as part of the $2B in funding for Microelectronics Commons under the CHIPS Act.

Dr. Churaman is responsible for the development of technical execution plans, as well as developing and maintaining technical roadmaps in coordination with the Microelectronic Commons Board of Service Executives (BSE) and engaging with stakeholders to ensure technology readiness level (TRL)/manufacturing readiness level (MRL) maturation for the projects aligned with his technical execution area.

From 2018 to 2023, Dr. Churaman served as the Team Lead for the Protective Technologies Team within the Electromagnetic Effects Branch at DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, where he directed numerous programs in secure packaging and novel security solutions for microelectronics. He currently serves on both the Technical Planning Committee and the Steering Committee for the Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology (GOMACTech) Conference, the longest running and largest US Government-centric microelectronics and semiconductor conference. Dr. Churaman will serve as the Technical Program Chair for GOMACTech 2025.

Dr. Churaman received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park in 2010 and 2019 respectively, where his research focused on the development of a novel micro-actuator for enhanced locomotion of an autonomous robotic platform. His work has resulted in over 24 career journal papers and proceedings and 509 citations in the highly specialized field of physical hardware security for microelectronics.