Edward Adler [2016]
Boeing Company
Citation: For significant scientific advancement in the application of plasma-based electronic systems to advanced space communications, and for the advancement of systems and processes necessary to transition novel physics into technical innovation, both in government and private sector capacities.
Nominated by: FIAP
Robert G.W. Brown [2016]
American Institute of Physics
Citation: For leadership and pioneering contributions in research, development, and technology transfer of many commercially important optoelectronic concepts, devices, and applications.
Nominated by: FIAP
Michael S. Gordon [2016]
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Citation: For excellence in the application of concepts from nuclear physics in lithography, soft-error physics, metrology, and materials characterization.
Nominated by: FIAP
Muhammad M. Hussain [2016]
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Citation: For contributions to exploration, evaluation, and transition of planar and nonplanar high-k/metal gate complementary metal oxide semiconductor electronics, silicon/silicon-germanium/III-V nanotube devices, and flexible, stretchable, reconfigurable complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor electronic systems.
Nominated by: FIAP
Subramanian Iyer [2016]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For the commercialization of semiconductor and packaging technology products.
Nominated by: FIAP
Steven Lambert [2016]
American Physical Society
Citation: For developing innovations in hard disk drive heads and disks which helped sustain the dramatic increases in capacity delivered by the magnetic recording industry.
Nominated by: FIAP
Francois Leonard [2016]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For fundamental studies of the physics of nanoscale electronic devices.
Nominated by: FIAP
Mathias B. Steiner [2016]
IBM Research Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding contributions to industrial and applied physics, especially in the development of novel methods for the experimental investigation and technological application of nanometer scale materials.
Nominated by: FIAP
Handong Sun [2016]
Nanyang Technological University
Citation: For outstanding contributions to optoelectronics with novel characterization and deep understanding of photonic materials and structures, leading to practical high-performance devices.
Nominated by: FIAP
Peide Peter Ye [2016]
Purdue University
Citation: For contributions to scientific understanding and technical development of transistor technology on novel channel materials.
Nominated by: FIAP