• Transactions "Best Paper" Awards
• Conference "Best Paper" Awards
• Granduate Fellowship in Electronics Packaging
• David Feldman Outstanding Contribution Award
• Exceptional Technical Achievement Award
• CPMT Electronics Manufacturing Technology Award
• CPMT Outstanding Sustained Technical Contributions Award
• CPMT Outstanding Young Engineer Award

MAJOR AWARDS OF THE CPMT SOCIETY

The Awards Chair is now soliciting nominations for this year's Outstanding Contribution Award, Outstanding Sustained Technical Contributions Award, Exceptional Technical Achievement Award, Electronic Manufacturing Technology Award, and Outstanding Young Engineer Award -- contact Kitty at the email address above!

BEST TRANSACTIONS PAPER AWARDS:

Purpose:

To recognize the best paper published annually in each to the CPMT Transactions.

Award:

One for each Transactions: US$2000 and Certificate.

Basis for judging:

Originality of concept, skill in analysis, importance and timeliness of the subject, organization and lucidity of presentation.

Overview of Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

The Best Paper is selected in the spring of each year from among those published in the previous year.

     RECIPIENTS OF THE "IEEE Transactions on Components & Packaging 
	Technologies Best Paper" Award:

     Year                Recipient(s)              
     1999    "Low-Frequency Noise in Thick-Film Resistors Due to Two-Step 
	     Tunneling process in Insulator Layer of Element MIM Cell
             Milan M. Jevtic(1), Zravko Stanimirovic(2), and Ivanka Mrak(2) - 
             (1)Institute of Physics, (2)Telecommunications and Electronics 
             Institute, Belgrade Yugoslavia

     2000    "Development of Virtual  Reliability Methodology for
	     Area-Array Devices Used in Implantable and Automotive
             Applications", Suresh Sitaraman, Rajiv Raghunathan 
             and Carlton Hanna - Georgia Institute of Technology

     2002    "Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of an
              Antiferroelectric Ceramic Capacitor of Power Electronics,"  
              by Colin Kydd Campbell, Jacobus van Wyk and Rengang Chen, 
              Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 

The Best Paper is selected in the spring of each year from among those published in the previous year.

     RECIPIENTS OF THE "IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging Best Paper" Award:

     Year                Recipient(s)              
     1998    "VCSEL Electrical Packaging Analysis and Design 
              Guidelines for Multi-GHz Applications",
                    Stephen Hall, Wayne Walters, Larry Mattson, 
                    Gregg Fokken, Barry Gilbert - Mayo Clinic

The Best Paper is selected in the spring of each year from among those published in the previous year.

[More detail on past Best Papers awards will be added ...]

Purpose:

To recognize the best papers presented at the Electronic Components and Technology Conference

Awards:

US$1500 and Certificate for each of Best Session and Best Poster Paper
US$1000 and Certificate for two or more Outstanding Papers

Basis for judging:

Originality, importance and timeliness, organization of written material, lucidity, conciseness and interest in oral presentation.

Eligibility:

Presenters of papers at the ECTC in the previous year.

Purpose:

To promote graduate-level study and research on electronic packaging.

Award:

Fellowship funded by Motorola, Inc.

Basis for judging:

Submission of paper abstract, and if accepted, full manuscript for presentation at the Electronic Components and Technology Conference, based on student's original work; application and proposal describing research topic to be covered by the Fellowship.

Eligibility:

Must have completed a minimum of four (4) years of college plus one year of graduate study in a recognized scientific or engineering curriculum; must be enrolled full-time in a graduate curriculum leading to a Ph.D., with electronics packaging as a major field of interest.

Administered by:

the CPMT Vice President - Education.

Purpose:

To recognize outstanding contributions to the fields encompassed by the CPMT Society through executive or managerial directions.

Award:

US$2,500 and Certificate

Basis for judging:

Contributions to the organization or enterprises connected with the field, to CPMT Chapter, Section or Board of Governors activities, and to the fields encompassed by the CPMT Society.

Eligibility:

Recipient must have been a member of IEEE and CPMT for at least five years.

          RECIPIENTS OF THE "CHMT CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD"

     Year                Recipient                AWARD 
     1962           Paul S. Darnell               Plaque        
     1965           A. W. Rogers                  Plaque 
     1967           F. E. Wenger                  Plaque 
     1968           P. K. McElroy                 Plaque 
     1969           R. Holm                       Plaque 
     1972           Gus Shapiro                   Plaque 
     1973           Louis Kahn                    Plaque 
     1975           Rudolf Thun                   Plaque  
     1976           David A. McLean               Plaque 
     1977           David Feldman                 Plaque 
     1978           Ralph E. Armington            Plaque 
     1983           John H. Powers Jr.            Plaque 
     1986           Paul B. Wesling               Plaque 
     1988           Nicholas T. Panousis          Plaque 
     1989           George H. Donaldson           Plaque  
     1990           Morton Antler                 Plaque 
     1991           David W. Palmer         $1,000 + Certificate
     
  [NAME CHANGE TO "CHMT OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD"]
     1992           George G. Harman        $1,000 + Certificate
     1993           Leo G. Feinstein        $1,000 + Certificate
     1994           Les Fox                 $1,000 + Certificate
     
  [NAME CHANGE TO "CPMT OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD"]
     1995           Iwona Turlik            $1000 + Certificate
     1996           Karel Kurzweil          $1000 + Certificate
     1998           Dr. Koji Nehei          $1000 + Certificate

  [NAME CHANGE TO "DAVID FELDMAN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD"]
     1999           Ron Gedney              $1000 + Certificate
     2000           John H. Lau             $1000 + Certificate
     2001           John Stafford           $1000 + Certificate
     2002           Herbert Reichl          $2500 + Certificate
     2003           Dennis Olsen            $2500 + Certificate
               for his exceptional service to the IEEE CPMT Society 
               and its conferences for over twenty years.
     2004           Dr. Ralph W. Wyndrum    $2500 + Certificate
               for his exceptional service to IEEE and the CPMT Society 
               in various leadership roles for over forty five years.
     2005           Dr. James Morris        $2500 + Certificate
               for his exceptional service to IEEE and CPMT Society 
               in various leadership roles and for his pioneering 
               work in electrically conductive adhesives.

Purpose:

To recognize an individual, or group of individuals (no more than three), for exceptional technical achievement in the fields encompassed by the CPMT Society.

Award:

US$2,500 and Certificate

Basis for judging:

Technical contributions of the nominee(s) must be such that they are considered to be exceptional, not achieved by most members. A single major contribution will qualify for this award. The contribution could be a significant invention, introduction of a significantly new and important technology or product (in which case, the nominee may be a team leader), or significant work that advances the state-of-the-art in CPMT's field of interest. The technical contributions must be documented by open literature publications such as papers, patents, books, and reports (available to the public). Technical recognition and awards from the organization employing the individual as well as awards from other IEEE and non-IEEE technical societies may also be contributory.

Eligibility

Recipient(s) must have been a member of IEEE and CPMT for at least three (3) years. There are no requirements for service to the IEEE or CPMT Society.

    RECIPIENTS OF HE "CPMT EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD"
    
     Year           Recipients                    Award
     2002           C.P. Wong                $2,500 + Certificate  
     2003           Michael McShane, Paul Lin
                    and Howard Wilson        $2,500 + Certificate  
                Motorola Austin, TX USA, for co-inventing the PBGA package 
                that resulted in new and revolutionary applications for 
                existing electronics packaging technologies.
     2004           Dr. Johan Liu            $2,500 + Certificate 
                for his major research contributions in the area of conductive
                adhesives for electronic interconnect applications for a wide
                variety of industrial and consumer products.
     2005           Dr. Tseung-Yuen Tseng   $2,500 + Certificate 
                for his contributions to the applied technology and basic 
                science in electronic ceramics, in particular to ceramic 
                capacitors.

Purpose:

To recognize major contributions to Electronic Manufacturing Technology in fields encompassed by the CPMT Society.

Award:

US$2,500 and Certificate

Basis for judging:

Contributions may include technical development of, or management (directing) of major new electronic manufacturing processes; significantly increasing yield and/or reliability of established manufacturing processes, etc. Work in the management of CPMT conferences or its BoG may be contributory but not sufficient to receive the award.

Eligibility

No need to be a member of IEEE or the CPMT Society.

         RECIPIENTS OF CHMT SPECIAL ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AWARD

     Year           Recipients                    Award
     1988           John H. Powers                Plaque    
     1989           Mauro J. Walker               Plaque
     1990           Diana J. Bendz                Plaque

    [NAME CHANGE TO "CHMT ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AWARD"]
     1992           Steven D. Prough         $1,000 + Certificate 
     1993           William M. Beckenbaugh   $1,000 + Certificate
     1994           John Lau                 $1,000 + Certificate

    [NAME CHANGE TO "CPMT ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AWARD"]
     1995           Not awarded
     1996           Michael Cassidy          $1,000 + Certificate
     1998           Dr. Paul Totta           $1,000 + Certificate     
     1999           Dimitry Grabbe           $1,000 + Certificate 
     2000           Rama Shukla              $1,000 + Certificate    
     2001           Walt Trybula             $1,000 + Certificate
     2002           Scott Kulicke            $2,500 + Certificate  
     2003           Bruce Freyman            $2,500 + Certificate 
                 for his pioneering work in developing the PBGA package and
                 for his vision and drive in making the PBGA package and its
                 format commercially successful.
     2004           Michael J. Varnau        $2,500 + Certificate
                 for his major contributions in automotive electronic 
                 packaging, printed solder flip chip technology development
                 and high volume implementation.
     2005           Dr. Robert C. Pfahl, Jr. $2,500 + Certificate
                 for developing new manufacturing processes, reducing the 
                 environmental impact of electronic manufacturing processes, 
                 and fostering collaboration within the manufacturing 
                 technology community.

Purpose:

To recognize outstanding sustained and continuing contributions to the technology in fields encompassed by the CPMT Society.

Award:

US$2,500 and Certficate

Basis for Judging:

Technical contributions must be sustained and continuing over a period of at least five (5) and preferably 10 years. One major contribution will not qualify. Must be documented by open literature publications such as papers, patents, books and reports (available to the public).

Eligibility:

Must have been a member of the IEEE and CPMT Society for at least three (3) years.

    RECIPIENTS OF "CHMT OUTSTANDING SUSTAINED TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD"
    
     Year           Recipients                    Award
     1992           Peter M. Hall            $1,000 + Certificate
     1993           Rao R. Tummala           $1,000 + Certificate
     1994           Takaaki Ohsaki           $1,000 + Certificate

    [NAME CHANGE TO "CPMT OUTSTANDING SUSTAINED TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD"]
     1995           C.P. Wong                $1,000 + Certificate
     1996           Leonard Schaper          $1,000 + Certificate       
     1998           Prof. Kanji Otsuka       $1,000 + Certificate
     1999           Toshi Watari             $1,000 + Certificate
     2000           Ephraim Suhir            $1,000 + Certificate
     2001           George Harman            $1,000 + Certificate
     2002           Avram Bar-Cohen          $2,500 + Certificate
     2003           Thiam Beng Lim           $2,500 + Certificate 
                for his leading edge research in advanced packaging technologies,
                and for managing and transferring the electronic packaging 
                research and development to industry and other research 
                organizations worldwide. 
     2004           Dr. Luu T. Nguyen        $2,500 + Certificate
                for his major contributions in wafer level packaging, lead-free
                packaging, and for research collaboration and technology 
                transfer in the area of electronic packaging.
     2005           Dr. I. Charles Ume      $2,500 + Certificate
                for his contributions to thermomechanical reliability 
                in electronic packaging.  

Description:

To recognize outstanding contributions to the fields encompassed by the CPMT Society through invention, technical development, publications, or new product implementation.

Prize:

US$1,500 and Certificate plus one year free membership in CPMT with all CPMT Transactions.

Funding:

Funded by the CPMT Society.

Eligibility:

Must have been a member of the IEEE (member grade or above) for at least three (3) years, and must be less than 35 years of age at the time of nomination.

Basis of Judging:

Technical contributions through patent invention, contributions to technology or product development within the CPMT Field of Interest. May encompass management (directing) of significant new product introduction or implementation of major new electronic manufacturing processes; significantly increasing yield and/or reliability of established manufacturing processes. Contributions to the Society, through the BoG, Conferences, Chapters, etc., will also be considered. Proof of contributions may consist of open literature publications (preferred) such as papers, patents, books, and reports (available to the public). At least three (3) letters from peers and management at the nominee's place of employment attesting to the accomplishment(s) can be accepted in lieu of publications.

Presentations:

Must have been a member of the IEEE (member grade or above) for at least three (3) years, and must be less than 35 years of age at the time of nomination.

       RECIPIENTS OF "CPMT OUTSTANDING YOUNG ENGINEER AWARD"
       
     Year           Recipients                    Award
     1996           Michael S. Lebby         $500 + Certificate 
     1998           Thomas Swirbel           $500 + Certificate                             
     1999           Corey Koehler            $500 + Certificate                             
     2000           Matt Schwiebert          $500 + Certificate
     2001           Charles Wee Ming Lee     $500 + Certificate
     2002 (two awards)  Christine Kallmayer $1500 + Certificate
                        Li Li               $1500 + Certificate
     2003           Emmanouil Tentzeris     $1500 + Certificate
                Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA, for his 
                contributions to RF circuit design of high performance IC 
                devices and to IEEE and CPMT Society sponsored conferences 
                and activities.
     2004           Dr. Daoqiang Lu          $500 + Certificate
                for his outstanding contributions to electrically conductive
                adhesives and advanced interconnect technologies and for 
                supporting CPMT Society activities. 
             and    Dr. Shijian Luo          $500 + Certificate
                for his outstanding contributions to underfills for flip chip
                packaging, and materials and processes for wafer level packaging
                and for supporting CPMT Society activities. 
             and    Dr. Lei L. Mercado       $500 + Certificate
                for her outstanding contributions to the development of 
                industry standards for electronic package reliability 
                assessment, RF MEMS designs and copper low-k packaging and
                for supporting CPMT Society activities.
     2005           Lara J. Martin          $1500 + Certificate
                for her contributions to electronic product development,
                manufacturing, and reliability and for supporting CPMT 
                Society activities and conferences.