Awards Committee

Joachim N. Burghartz is an IEEE Fellow, an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, recipient of the 2014 EDS J.J. Ebers Award, and has been an ExCom member of the IEEE Electron Devices Society. He received his MS degree from RWTH Aachen in 1982 and his PhD degree in 1987 from the University of Stuttgart, both in Germany. From 1987 thru 1998 he was with the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was engaged in early development of SiGe HBT technology and later in research on integrated passive components, particularly inductors, for application to monolithic RF circuits. From 1998 until 2005 he was with TU Delft in the Netherlands as a full professor and from 2001 as the Scientific Director of the Delft research institute DIMES. In fall 2005 he moved to Stuttgart, Germany, to head the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS). In addition, he is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart as a full professor. More recently, he also became CEO of the IMS Mikro-Nano Produkte GmbH. Dr. Burghartz has published about 350 reviewed articles and holds more than 30 patents. Distinguished Lecture Titles -Hybrid Systems in Foil -Ultra-thin chip technology -GaN technologies for power and RF

Lecture Topics:

-Ultra-Thin Chips – A New Paradigm in Silicon Technology
-Hybrid Systems-in-Foil - Combining the Merits of Thin Chips and of Large-Area Electronics
-GaN-on-Si Technology for Power, RF & Specials
-Marvels of Microelectronic Engineering

Simon Deleonibus, retired from CEA-LETI on Jan 1st 2016 as Chief Scientist after 30 years of Research on Micro Nanoelectronics Devices Architectures including More Moore More than Moore and Beyond Moore domains emerging devices and architectures: MOSFET scaling technology(bulk, SOI and GeOI), Nanowires FETs ,Tunnel FETs, SET, Non Volatile memories ( Floating gate, RRAM -PCRAM,OxRAM ,CBRAM), Digital,Neuromorphic and Quantum Computing, Sequential/Monolithic and Packaging 3D integration, Interconnect, Field isolation, III-V Power devices, Photovoltaics, MEMS and NEMS, Passive devices, test and modeling/simulation,... and necessary Process steps(lithography - optical and multi ebeams-, etching, thin film deposition and thermal treatments, wafer bonding, physical characterizations,...). 

Before joining CEA-LETI, he was with Thomson Semiconductors(1981-1986), where he developed and transferred to production advanced microelectronics technologies, devices and products (microprocessors, video processors, DSP, DAC and ADC, NVM...). 

He gained his PhD in Applied Physics from Paris University(1982) on Photovoltaics.  He is Visiting Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo, Japan) since 2014 , National Chiao Tung University(Hsinchu, Taiwan) since 2015 and at Chinese Academy of Science(Beijing, PRC) since 2016 . He is distinguished CEA Research Director(since 2002), IEEE Distinguished Lecturer(since 2004), Fellow of the IEEE (since 2006), Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (since 2015). He was awarded the titles of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite(2004) and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques(2011), the 2005 Grand Prix de l’Académie des Technologies. Member of the ITRS since1998, the European Research Council Panel(2007), the Nanosciences Foundation Board of Trustees( 2007). 

He was Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. on Elect. Dev.(2008-2014) and Member of the IEEE Electron Devices Society Board of Governors(01/2009-12/2014) and reelected(2016-2018) ; Chair of IEEE EDS Region 8 SRC (2015-2016) ; Secretary of IEEE Electron Devices Society (2016-2017).

Ru Huang (M’98–SM’06) received the B.S. (highest honors) and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 1991 and 1994, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 1997. In 1997, she joined the faculty of Peking University, where she is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Microelectronics. Since 2000, she has been the leader of several State Key Research Projects of China in device research and IC fabrication technology research, including major state basic research projects, 863 national projects, the key project from National Natural Science Foundation, as well as several collaborative projects with Samsung, Intel and Fujitsu Corporations. Her research interests include nano-scaled CMOS devices, nonvolatile memory devices and new devices for RF and harsh environment applications. She holds 21 granted patents, and has authored/co-authored 4 books and over 180 papers, including many conference invited papers. Dr. Huang is the winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and many other awards in China, including the National Youth Science Award, Science and Technology Progress Award from Ministry of Information Industry and Ministry of Education. She serves as a member of IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) AdCom and the associate chief editor of Science in China. She was the Technical Program Co-Chair of the 7th and 9th International Conference on Solid State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT 2004 and 2008), a Far East Committee Member of the 2004 International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), and committee members of many other international conferences and symposiums.

Lecture Topics:

MK Radhakrishnan (M’82, SM’94, LSM’18) is the Founder Director of NanoRel LLP -Technical Consultants providing analysis-based solutions to micro and nano electronic industries for improving reliability of devices. As a researcher in the area of semiconductor device failure physics for more than 35 years, he worked with industries (ST Microelectronic and Philips), research institutions (Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore and Indian Space Research Organization) and in academia with National University of Singapore.  As a technical consultant he works with many MNCs and also provides training on device failure analysis & reliability to various Industries, Universities and Research Centres. 

Lecture Topics: 

- Circa 70 – Semiconductor Device Progression and Challenges towards Nanoera.

- Interface Physics and Analysis Challenges in Silicon Nanodevices

- Are the Progressions towards the “Benefit of Humanity”? -  A Failure Analyst’s View

Lecture Topics:

- Terahertz Plasmonic devices

- Silicon THz and sub-THz Electronics for imaging, sensing, testing, and communication

- Wide Band Gap Technology: State-of-the-Art and Problems to Solve

- Physics of III-N-based Field Effect Transistors

- Beyond Sunlight: Smart LED Lighting

- Physics of III-N Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices

- Counter Intuitive Physics of Ballistic Transport in the State-of-the-Art Electronic Devices

- State-of-the-Art Silicon VLSI: Industrial Face of Nanotechnology

Lecture Topics:

- Analog/Mixed-Signal/RF IC and Enabling Technologies 
- High Performance VLSI Interconnect

Joachim N. Burghartz is an IEEE Fellow, an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, recipient of the 2014 EDS J.J. Ebers Award, and has been an ExCom member of the IEEE Electron Devices Society. He received his MS degree from RWTH Aachen in 1982 and his PhD degree in 1987 from the University of Stuttgart, both in Germany. From 1987 thru 1998 he was with the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was engaged in early development of SiGe HBT technology and later in research on integrated passive components, particularly inductors, for application to monolithic RF circuits. From 1998 until 2005 he was with TU Delft in the Netherlands as a full professor and from 2001 as the Scientific Director of the Delft research institute DIMES. In fall 2005 he moved to Stuttgart, Germany, to head the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS). In addition, he is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart as a full professor. More recently, he also became CEO of the IMS Mikro-Nano Produkte GmbH. Dr. Burghartz has published about 350 reviewed articles and holds more than 30 patents. Distinguished Lecture Titles -Hybrid Systems in Foil -Ultra-thin chip technology -GaN technologies for power and RF

Lecture Topics:

-Ultra-Thin Chips – A New Paradigm in Silicon Technology
-Hybrid Systems-in-Foil - Combining the Merits of Thin Chips and of Large-Area Electronics
-GaN-on-Si Technology for Power, RF & Specials
-Marvels of Microelectronic Engineering

Cor Claeys is Professor at the KU Leuven (Belgium) since 1990. He was with imec, Leuven, Belgium from 1984 till 2016. His main interests are semiconductor technology, device physics, low frequency noise phenomena, radiation effects and defect engineering. He co-edited books on “Low Temperature Electronics” and “Germanium-Based Technologies: From Materials to Devices” and wrote monographs on “Radiation Effects in Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Devices”, “Fundamental and Technological Aspects of Extended Defects in Germanium” and “Random Telegraph Signals in Semiconductor Devices” and “Metals in Silicon- and Germanium-Based Technologies: Origin, Characterization, Control and Electrical Impact”. He (co)authored 14 book chapters, over 1100 conference presentations and more than 1300 technical papers. He is editor/co-editor of 60 Conference Proceedings. Prof. Claeys is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society and of IEEE. He was Founder of the IEEE Electron Devices Benelux Chapter, Chair of the IEEE Benelux Section, elected Board of Governors Member and EDS Vice President for Chapters and Regions. He was EDS President in 2008-2009 and Division Director on the IEEE Board of Directors in 2012-2013. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and received the IEEE EDS Distinguished Service Award. Within the Electrochemical Society, he was Chair of the Electronics & Photonics Division (2001-2003) . In 2004, he received the Electronics & Photonics Division Award. 

Lecture Topics:
* Low Frequency Noise in state of the art and emerging semiconductor technologies 
* Radiation Hardness of State-of-the-art Si and Ge-Based CMOS Technologies 
* Are Extended Defects a Show Stopper for Future III-V CMOS Technologies?
* Trends and Challenges in Micro- and Nanoelectronics for the Next Decade

Lecture Topics: 

-Smart Sensors and Smart Homes for Ubiquitous-Healthcare – AI is a Key Enabler
-Smart Sensors for Environmental Applications
-Smart Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring
-Low-cost Compact Integrated Bioimagers for Healthcare Applications
-Integrating Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics in Bioimagers for Healthcare Applications
-Smart Sensors for Ubiquitous-Healthcare

Dr. Edmundo A. Gutiérrez-D. got his PhD in 1993 from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium with the thesis entitled “Electrical performance of submicron CMOS technologies from 300 K to 4.2 K”. From 1989 to 1993, while working for his PhD, served as a research assistant at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) in Leuven, Belgium. In 1996 was guest Professor at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. In 1996 spent two months as an invited lecturer at the Sao Paulo University, Brazil. In 2000 acted as Design Manager of the Motorola Mexico Center for Semiconductor Technology. In 2002 was invited lecturer at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. In 2005 joined the Intel Mexico Research Center as technical Director. Currently he holds a Professor position at the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE), in Puebla, Mexico. Prof. Gutiérrez-D. is an IEEE senior member since 2008. Professor Gutiérrez-D. has published over 100 scientific publications and conferences in the field of semiconductor device physics, has supervised 5 M.Sc. and 10 Ph.D. thesis, and is author of the book “Low Temperature Electronics, Physics, Devices, Circuits and Applications” published by Academic Press in 2000. Prof. Gutiérrez-D. is member of the Mexico National System of Researchers and technical reviewer for the Mexico National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT).

Lecture Topics:

-Semiconductor device physics, characterization, and modeling

-Cryogenic electron devices physics, sensors, and systems

-Electro-thermal modeling and thermo-magnetics effects

-Degradation and reliability of advanced FET technologies

MK Radhakrishnan (M’82, SM’94, LSM’18) is the Founder Director of NanoRel LLP -Technical Consultants providing analysis-based solutions to micro and nano electronic industries for improving reliability of devices. As a researcher in the area of semiconductor device failure physics for more than 35 years, he worked with industries (ST Microelectronic and Philips), research institutions (Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore and Indian Space Research Organization) and in academia with National University of Singapore.  As a technical consultant he works with many MNCs and also provides training on device failure analysis & reliability to various Industries, Universities and Research Centres. 

Lecture Topics: 

- Circa 70 – Semiconductor Device Progression and Challenges towards Nanoera.

- Interface Physics and Analysis Challenges in Silicon Nanodevices

- Are the Progressions towards the “Benefit of Humanity”? -  A Failure Analyst’s View

Professional Membership: Life Fellow of IEEE

Biography: Kurt Petersen received his BS degree cum laude in EE from UC Berkeley in 1970. In 1975, he received a PhD in EE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Petersen established a micromachining research group at IBM from 1975 to 1982, during which he wrote the review paper “Silicon as a Mechanical Material,” published in the IEEE Proceedings (May 1982). This paper is still the most frequently referenced work in the field of micromachining and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Since 1982, Dr. Petersen has co-founded six successful companies in MEMS technology, Transensory Devices Inc. in 1982, NovaSensor in 1985 (now owned by GE), Cepheid in 1996 (now a public company on NASDAQ: CPHD), SiTime in 2004 (still private), Profusa in 2008 (still private), and Verreon in 2009 (acquired by Qualcomm). In 2011, Dr. Petersen joined the Band of Angels in Silicon Valley. The Band is an angel investment group which mentors and invests in early stage, high-tech, start-up companies. Today, he spends most of his time helping and mentoring such companies. Dr. Petersen has published over 100 papers, and has been granted over 35 patents in the field of MEMS. In 2001 he was awarded the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal for his contributions to MEMS. Dr. Petersen is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to “the commercialization of MEMS technology”.