SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, SEMI honored Ms.
Kazuko Ikeda with the Karel Urbanek Award, which recognizes industry
technologists for their outstanding contributions to the development of
standards for the semiconductor and related industries. SEMI also presented
six industry executives with SEMI North American Standards Awards. The SEMI
Standards awards were announced at a reception held on the second day of
SEMICON West 2007.
The Karel Urbanek Memorial Award, the highest Standards honor bestowed
by SEMI, is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions
to the SEMI International Standards program and to the development of
semiconductor, FPD and related industry standards. It is named in honor of
the late Karel Urbanek, co-founder of Tencor Instruments, a former member
of the SEMI Board of Directors and a dedicated leader of the SEMI
International Standards program.
"We are pleased to recognize the great efforts put forth by Ikeda-san
for her tenacity in helping to coordinate JEITA and SEMI standards
activities," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "Her work
has been instrumental in enabling SEMI to become a truly global
organization for the worldwide semiconductor industry."
Ms. Ikeda successfully led the Japan Silicon Wafer Committee for 11
years from 1995 to 2006, during which she took strong leadership of
developing 300mm wafer specifications and other related standards. In
addition, she served on the Japan Regional Standards Committee (JRSC),
contributing her extensive knowledge of silicon applications for various
devices, including discrete, bipolar and MOS.
Urbanek Award recipients are selected by the International Standards
Committee, the governing board for the SEMI International Standards
Program. Nominations for the other standards awards are made by the SEMI
North America Standards staff and standards committee leaders, with the
winners selected by a vote of the standards program members.
In addition to the Karel Urbanek Award, SEMI bestowed SEMI Standards
Awards in multiple categories to six other recipients. Categories and
recipients include:
-- The Merit Award -- presented to a standards volunteer for making a
major contribution to the semiconductor industry through the SEMI
Standards program -- George Celler, SOITEC USA
-- The Technical Editor Appreciation Award -- given in recognition the
yeoman service done by individual standards volunteers -- Dave Walsh,
Standards Technology Group
-- The Leadership Award -- given to an individual for providing
outstanding leadership in guiding the SEMI Standards Program -- Frank
Flowers, FMC
-- The Corporate Device Member Award -- presented to an individual who is
acting officially or unofficially as corporate representative from a
device manufacturer for outstanding contributions to the development of
SEMI Standards -- Harvey Wohlwend, ISMI
-- The Honor Award -- presented to an individual who has demonstrated
long-standing dedication to the advancement of SEMI Standards -- Rob
Henry, Thermo Fisher Electron and Stephen Sumner, Entegris.
The SEMI Standards Program, established in 1973, covers all aspects of
semiconductor process equipment and materials, from wafer manufacturing to
test, assembly and packaging, in addition to the manufacture of flat panel
displays and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). About 1,500 volunteers
worldwide participate in the program, which is made up of 17 global
technical committees. Visit http://www.semi.org/standards for further
details about SEMI Standards.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (California), Seoul, Shanghai,
Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit
http://www.semi.org.
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