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The IEEE CPMT Society Honors
2005 Award Winners

• Awards presented at 55th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. USA
• Demonstrates excellence in technology and dedication to the Society

Piscataway, N.J. – The IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual awards, given for distinguished performance in technical fields and dedication to the Society.

“These awards acknowledge tremendous contributions in many diverse topic areas that advance technology,” said N. Rao Bonda, CPMT Society awards chair. “Their contributions lead to innovative solutions that enhance life around the globe.”

The 2005 award winners are:

Prof. James Morris (Portland State University, Portland, Ore., USA) – The David Feldman Outstanding Contribution Award – for his exceptional service to IEEE and CPMT Society in various leadership roles and for his pioneering work in electrically conductive adhesives. An IEEE Fellow, Morris has served in many CPMT Society leadership positions over the years. He has served on over 30 conferences, served as an associate editor in adhesives of the IEEE Transactions on Component and Packaging Technologies and continues to present as a distinguished lecturer in the area of electronics packaging.

Prof. I. Charles Ume (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., USA) – Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award – for his contributions to thermomechanical reliability in electronic packaging. His inventions are helping to improve the quality and reliability of packaged microelectronic and electronic packaging products and pulp and paper products. His Shadow Moire based system is now the defacto standard tool for measuring the flatness of PCBs, BCBAs, chips or chip packages and is saving industry millions of dollars each year by preventing product rejects, recalls and reworks. Prof. Ume has published over 16 refereed archival journal and conference papers and authored parts or all of 11 books. He has three U.S. patents, with another five pending. He is an IEEE Fellow and the associate publisher of the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies.

Dr. Robert C. Pfahl, Jr. (International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), Herdon, Va., USA) – Electronics Manufacturing Technology Award – for developing new manufacturing processes, reducing the environmental impact of electronic manufacturing processes and fostering collaboration within the manufacturing technology community. Dr. Pfahl holds nine U.S. patents: five for condensation/vapor phase soldering, three for environmentally preferred electronics cleaning processes and one for forming solder-bumps. As Director of Motorola’s General Systems Sectors Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, he developed and introduced advanced manufacturing technology and advanced electronics packaging into production. Dr. Pfahl led and edited the first National Electronics Manufacturing Technology Roadmaps in 1994, and in 1996 helped champion the formation of the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) and brought it to successful operation. With the transition of NEMI to iNEMI, he is now guiding the expansion of these efforts internationally.

Prof. Tseung-Yuen Tseng (Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan) – Exceptional Technical Achievement Award – for his contributions to the applied technology and basic science in electronic ceramics, in particular to ceramic capacitors. His technical contributions have been well documented by more than 200 technical journal papers, conference papers, several patents and book chapters. He invented the first base metal Z5U dielectric formulation adopted by the Philip Company and brought it into large-scale commercial use. The new nickel electroded multiplayer capacitors based on his dielectric formulations are far superior to the conventional precious-metal-electroded capacitors.

Ms. Lara J. Martin (Motorola, Plantation, Fla., USA) – Outstanding Young Engineer Award for her contributions to electronic product development, manufacturing and reliability and for supporting CPMT Society activities and conferences. In the past five years, Lara has contributed publications to a dozen industry journals and conferences, as well as PC Fab magazine. At Motorola, Lara has made significant contributions to development and implementation of a new product reliability system based on next generation statistics. In 2003, Lara was inducted into the Motorola Science Advisory Board and was elected to the Georgia Institute of Technology Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni the following year. She continues to work collaboratively with Georgia Tech. Lara holds two patents with another pending.

The awards (with one exception) were presented at the 55th Electronics Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., during the CPMT Society luncheon. The exception, the Electronics Manufacturing Technology Award, will be presented at the International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, 11-13 July 2005, held in conjunction with SEMICON West 2005 in San Francisco, California., USA.

About the CPMT Society
IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Society is the leading international forum for scientists and engineers engaged in the research, design and development of revolutionary advances in microsystems packaging and manufacture. Visit www.cpmt.org for more information.