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Election of FIAP Officers for 2012-2015
The Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics is electing one Vice-Chair, one APS Councillor, and two Members-at-Large for the 2012-2015 term. The candidates are listed below.
Please carefully review the candidate information. When you are ready, vote electronically using the personal URL provided in the email sent to you by APS. FIAP members without a valid email address registered with APS will instead be mailed a paper ballot.
Candidates for Vice-Chair (vote for one)- Mohsen Yeganeh, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Laboratories
- John Rumble, R&R Data Services
- Xi-Cheng Zhang, University of Rochester
- David Seiler, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Greg Meisner, General Motors Global Research & Development
- Vijay Narayanan, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
- Bill Atkinson, Boeing
- Carl Meinhart, SpectraFluidics, Inc.
- Jason Cleveland, Asylum Research
- Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
- Cha-Mei Tang, Creatv MicroTech, Inc.
Candidates for Vice-Chair
Mohsen Yeganeh, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Laboratories
Biography:
Mohsen Yeganeh received his B.S. in Physics, Summa Cum Laude,from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Exxon Research and Engineering Co. as a postdoctoral fellow in 1993 and has been a Member of the Technical Staff at ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Laboratories in NJ since 1995 where he focuses on interfacial science and leads the nonlinear optical spectroscopy laboratory for fundamental studies of interfaces that are of commercial importance.
In an industrial setting, Mohsen Yeganeh has applied fundamentals of physics for close to two decades to energy and related fields advancing both fundamentals and applications. He received the Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of the ExxonMobil Production Research Innovator of the Year Award and the author of numerous publications and patents. He has served on the APS Task Force for Industrial and Applied Physics, FIAP (Secretary/Treasurer 2005-2011), the Fellowship committee, the APS Industrial Physics Prize committee (Chair 2011-2013), the Materials Science of NY (Treasurer and a Member of the Board of Directors), and various other seminar organizing and award committees. Mohsen has close interactions with students and applied physicists in academia and served as a thesis advisor for many PhD students.
Statement:
It is now critical that advances in physics within the industrial community be highly recognized and supported. FIAP has initiated this task and has made tremendous progress toward this goal. FIAP’s effort must be continued, strengthened and widened to include industrial physicists who are involved in non-traditional physics fields. FIAP must also be able to facilitate and guide students interested in pursuing industrial careers.
I am committed to encouraging a wide array of industrial physicists, particularly those who are working in chemical companies and national labs, to support FIAP’s efforts. Toward this goal, I will facilitate a closer collaboration between FIAP and other appropriate APS units, establish clear guidelines for recognition of industrial physicists in APS, and work with APS to further encourage non-APS member industrial physicists to join APS and FIAP.
In addition, as a member of the executive committee, I will actively enable broader interactions between industries and universities, as well as facilitate interactions between physics students and industries for better career planning. My six years of experience as the Secretary/Treasurer of FIAP, two decades of experience in an industrial lab and close interactions with students and universities will serve me well in fulfilling this position.
John Rumble, R&R Data Services
Biography:
For 36 years, Dr. John Rumble has been a leader in scientific and technical (S&T) data, including physics, materials, and engineering. For 24 years, he worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, serving as Director of the NIST Standard Reference Data Program and Chief of the NIST Measurement Services Division. From 2004 to 2011, Dr. Rumble was Executive VP of Information International Associates, a company in Oak Ridge TN. He is now President of R&R Data Services, in Gaithersburg MD.
Dr. Rumble was among the first to build online, PC, and web-based S&T databases, in physics, materials science, and other fields. In 1982, he began efforts to build and deliver large-scale materials databases, working with industry, professional societies, and government agencies. Rumble also started a number of physics data projects, including the first e-Book of physics data. In 2008, he organized the first U.S. workshop on nanomaterials data.
Dr. Rumble has considerable industrial physics and materials science experience. In 1979-1980, he worked at the IAEA in Vienna Austria. During his time at NIST, he worked with many industry organizations and professional societies to develop industry-related data programs in materials science and engineering, as well as standards for industrial data.
Dr. Rumble has written three books and many articles on S&T data. He has published papers on atomic and molecular physics. Rumble received a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University, a M.A. in Chemistry from the City University of New York, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Indiana University. He spent four years at the JILA in Boulder CO and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Quantum Chemistry Institute in Uppsala, Sweden.
Dr. Rumble has been named Fellow of several professional societies including the IUPAC, AAAS, ASTM International, and ASM International, as well as a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Metrology. In 1998-2002, Rumble was President of CODATA, the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology, which oversees the approval of the CODATA Set of Fundamental Constants. He was awarded the CODATA 2006 Prize for achievements in S&T data.
Statement:
The majority of my professional career has been working in areas directly related to the needs of industry, especially physics, materials science, and engineering. Today, the importance of industrial and applied physics cannot be overemphasized. With the development of nanoscale technologies and materials, the approach of the limits of Moore’s law, and the growing realization that physics research is critical to areas as diverse as climate change, biomedical engineering, energy, and advanced manufacturing, APS and FIAP must do everything possible to support physics, especially in industry. I have successfully worked with a broad set of industry groups, professional societies, and research institutions to build multi-disciplinary programs involving many areas of applied physics, including materials science, scientific and technical data for industry, and fundamental A&M data for advanced energy technologies. I will bring my experience as an industry executive, my knowledge of science in general and physics in particular, and my skills as a facilitator to FIAP to enhance and grow the use of physics as a vital part of our industrial future.
Xi-Cheng Zhang, University of Rochester
Biography:
Xi-Cheng Zhang assumes Directorship of The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, NY, a foremost institution in optics and optical physics research and education, on 1/1/2012. Prior to joining UR, he pioneered world-leading research in the field of ultrafast laser-based terahertz technology and optical physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY (1992-2012). At RPI, he is the Eric Josson Professor of Science; Acting Head at the Department of Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy; Professor of Electrical, Computer & System; and Founding Director of the Center for THz Research. He is co-founder of Zomega Terahertz Corp. With a BS (‘82) from Peking University, he earned the MS (‘83) and PhD degree (‘85) in Physics from Brown University, RI. Previous positions included visiting scientist at MIT (‘85), Physical Tech. Division of Amoco Research Center (1987), EE Dept. at Columbia University (‘87 –‘91); Distinguished Visiting Scientist at Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech (2006). He holds 26 US patents, and is a prolific author and speaker. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Optical Society of America (lifetime), the American Physics Society (lifetime), and a K.C. Wong Fellow, Hong Kong. Dr. Zhang served as the Chairman of NATO Sensor & Electronics Technology Task Group (2007-10) and the Chairman of NATO Exploratory Team (2005-06). His honors and awards include: IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award (2011); Rensselaer William H. Wiley 1866 Award (2009); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship & NRC-CIAR Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Ottawa, Canada (2004); International Commission for Optics Traveling Lecturer Award, OSA representative for LASER EXPO, & First Heinrich Rudolf Hertz Lecturer, RWTH, Aachen, Germany (2003), and OSA Fellow Lecturer in 2002. He also served two years as a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE/LEOS. He received Rensselaer Early Career Award (‘96), Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award (1995), NSF Early Career Award (‘95), K.C. Wong Prize, K.C. Wong Foundation, Hong Kong (1995), NSF Research Initiation Award (‘92). In 1993-94, he was an AFOSR-SRPF Fellow at Hanscom Air Force Base.
Statement:
My interest in serving as the vice chair for the Forum for Industrial and Applied Physics is the following: I feel it is the optimum time, and it would be an honor to provide my experience (30+ years of combined research and education experience in both industry and academia) and leadership (academic, industrial, and government) to the FIAP community. I am ready to serve for FIAP.
An applied physicist by training, I have worked with companies and universities for the past 30 years. I actively participate in leadership and governance, both in the U.S and internationally. Serving as the chairman of NATO Task Group (5 years), and Acting Department Head of the Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, are just two of many examples.
I believe Industrial physicists should play a more important role in APS. By serving as President of Zomega THz Corp and consultant for more than 15 companies, I have gained invaluable first-hand experience that could impact that need. FIAP has recognized the alarming issue regarding the low participation by industrial physicists in APS (about 20% in 2006), especially in comparison with the other professional societies. My recent study showed that only one member out of eleven APS fellows nominated by FIAP in 2010 is from a company. This indicates that industrial representation and recognition should be continuously addressed.
I have reviewed past reports, evaluations and assessments; and met with former FIAP chairs and members to determine my direction, priority and leadership role. If elected to serve, one of my goals is to represent industrial physicists, which is essential in the current economic situation. I believe:
[1] Among 14 divisions and 7 forums at APS, our FIAP needs to collaborate with others to create enhanced relevant offerings and services to industrial physicists;
[2] In addition to a newly established prize for industrial physicists, which would continue to get the proportional share of fellowship among the 30 APS prizes and 18 awards, we will aggressively nominate our industrial and applied physicists.
As vice chair, I will bring key expertise to advance the future success of FIAP.
Candidates for APS Councillor
David Seiler, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Biography:
David G. Seiler is the Chief of the Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Under his leadership, the Division provides measurement research to both industry and academia in the areas of dimensional, nanometer-scale, surface, and acoustic pressure measurement science; accelerometry; silicon technology; MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS); power electronics; nanoelectronics; and flexible/printed electronics. He has an extensive background in many areas of semiconductor physics such as the characterization of the electrical, optical, and nonlinear optical properties of numerous semiconductors and artificially structured materials with an emphasis on quantum transport effects, two-photon absorption spectroscopy, and magneto-optical effects. His current focus is on understanding and advancing the measurements, characterization, and standards needed by the semiconductor industry. The results of his research have been disseminated in over 200 publications and 100 talks throughout the world. He has been chairperson and proceedings editor of 11 international conferences or workshops on semiconductors. Currently, he is the Chair of AIP’s Corporate Associates and serves on the Governing Counsel of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative. Prior to becoming Division Chief, he served as the Materials Technology Group Leader in the Division and as a Program Analyst in the Program Office for the Director of NIST. Before joining NIST in 1988, Dr. Seiler served as a Solid State Physics Program Director in the Materials Research Division at the National Science Foundation, spent a year's sabbatical at the MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, and was a Regents Professor of Physics at the University of North Texas. Dr. Seiler received his Ph. D. and M.S. Degrees in Physics from Purdue University and a B.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University. He is a fellow of the APS and the IEEE. He also received a Purdue Distinguished Alumnus Award for Semiconductor Physics Leadership (April 2000).
Statement:
FIAP serves as a vital link within APS to the industrial and applied physics community, involving members from industry, academia, and government. As members of FIAP, each of us can make important contributions to ensure that FIAP is successful and can have a strong professional impact on the APS. My extensive experience of over 40 years with industry, academia, and government enables me to provide the critical foundation for advancing and representing the interests of FIAP. I have worked directly with industry and through industrial and academic consortia such as SEMATECH, Semiconductor Research Corporation, and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative. I have had a wide variety of current and prior interactions with both AIP and APS units: Chair and Vice Chair of GIMS, executive committee of FIAP, organizing and chairing meeting sessions, chairing and serving on award and fellowship committees of both FIAP and GIMS, chairing AIP’s Corporate Associates, and working closely with the APS and AIP College Park Departments. I hope to use this relevant experience to establish closer relationships with their staff to help FIAP make better use of the services there. My close geographical proximity to them (30 miles) is also a big plus as I am able to meet face to face with them. My goal is to promote the visibility and importance of FIAP within the APS and AIP communities,as well as enabling better communications and collaborations among industry, academia, and government. As current chair of the AIP’s Corporate Associates, I am in a position to help establish mutually beneficial interactions that can help advance FIAP’s impact on industry and the APS. The mission of the Corporate Associates is to serve the industrial physics community by improving the effectiveness of people and organizations in advancing corporate goals through the use of physics and associated sciences. I welcome the opportunity to explore innovative ways to serve FIAP by advancing its objectives and representing its membership well.
Greg Meisner, General Motors Global Research & Development
Biography:
Dr. Gregory P. Meisner is a Staff Researcher at General Motors Global Research & Development. He received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of California, San Diego, where his research focused on the superconductivity and magnetism of new ternary compounds. Following a post doc at Los Alamos National Lab, where he studied heavy fermion systems, he joined GM and has been conducting industrial research there for over 28 years. His physics research interests have included superconductivity, magnetism and high performance permanent magnets, hydrogen storage measurements and materials for fuel cell vehicles, and advanced thermoelectrics materials and devices for automotive waste heat recovery. He has published over 90 refereed publications and has 10 patents. He received two John M. Campbell Awards from General Motors Global Research & Development for “An Outstanding Contribution to Filled Skutterudites: High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials” (1997), and “Accurate Measurements of Hydrogen Storage” (2004), and he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has served as Member of the APS Committee on Careers & Professional Development (2011- 2013), Chair of the Selection Committee for the APS Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics (2007-2011), Member of the APS Selection Committee for the George E. Pake Prize (2009-2010), Member of the Executive Committee of the APS Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) (2004-2007) and has served as APS Focus Session Organizer for FIAP. He is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society, Sigma Xi, American Vacuum Society, and American Chemical Society. His is currently the Principle Investigator for GM’s research projects on thermoelectric technology for automotive waste heat recovery.
Statement:
One of the most pressing needs faced by APS is to more successfully cultivate students’ interest in physics, encourage them to pursue careers in physics, and retain them as active members of APS. Many physics students, however, follow professional careers that are not in academic institutions, and consequently they tend to not remain connected to APS. This is because the perceived benefit of APS membership and attending APS meetings is too small. This is particularly true for industrial physicists, and it is also true for applied physicists working in other fields. An important role for FIAP is to further APS’s ability to meet the physics career development needs of industrial and applied physicists by, for example, providing linkage between the somewhat diverse physics communities of industrial research, national labs, and academia. The goal is to create and take advantage of opportunities designed to enhance and extend the participation of physics students in the application and practice of physics as they become professional industrial or applied physicists. One way to do this is to increase the presence of applied physics topics relevant to industry, government, and universities in the Symposia and Focused Sessions held at APS Meetings. Equally important is enhancing the way APS recognizes significant physics accomplishments by industrial and applied physicists via fellowships, awards, and prizes. My previous participation on the FIAP Executive Committee, FIAP’s Fellowship Committee and two APS Prize Selection Committees qualifies me to help FIAP and APS address these matters. As FIAP Councillor, I will serve as liaison between the FIAP Executive Committee and the APS Council, and I will work within FIAP and the APS Council to support efforts to appeal to and retain involvement of all physicists in APS.
Candidates for Member-at-Large
Vijay Narayanan, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Biography:
Vijay Narayanan received his B.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1995), and his M.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University where his dissertation concentrated on understanding the origins of line and planar defects during the epitaxial growth of Gallium Phosphide on different orientations of Si. In 1999, Dr. Narayanan joined the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Arizona State University as a Post Doctoral Research Associate where his research focus was on the initial stages of nucleation and growth of III-V nitrides on Sapphire and Si substrates grown by MOCVD. Dr. Narayanan joined IBM in 2001, where he conducted research on the growth and characterization of epitaxial rare-earth oxides on Si, and led the development of High-κ/Metal gate materials for advanced CMOS logic at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. These High-κ/Metal Gate processes are slated to be in production for 32/28 nm CMOS logic nodes for both low power and high performance technologies. He was awarded an IBM Research Division Award for contributions to High-κ/Metal Gates in 2006 and was recognized as an IBM Master Inventor in 2007. He became an IEEE Senior Member in 2011. Currently, Dr. Narayanan is the Manager of High κ /Metal Gate Process Development within the Silicon Technology Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center where his research interests range from advanced High-κ/Metal Gate materials for non-planar and alternate channel architectures and Ferroelectric field effect transistors for low voltage applications. He is an author or co-author of over 35 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and holds 54 US patents.
Statement:
I am an experimental materials scientist and have spent my short industrial career at IBM Research in the multidisciplinary area of high-κ/metal gate materials development for Si CMOS transistors which involved electrical engineers, physicists, chemists and materials scientists. It is clear to me that many of the fundamental breakthroughs in this field were a result of multidisciplinary industry-academic collaborations via customized projects funded by industry or through intermediaries such as the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Perhaps the most important aspect of such collaborations was the direct contact between industrial researchers and graduate students resulting in mutually beneficial outcomes for both. In my opinion the next decade is going to require revolutionary changes to current paradigms of technology development. This would require a forum for interdisciplinary research that FIAP is uniquely positioned to help foster. As a member at large within FIAP, I would leverage my background in multidisciplinary research to encourage participation in APS meetings by researchers from a variety of different backgrounds while keeping the focus on three key topics: (a) understanding the fundamental underpinnings of industrial problems, (b) providing real life solutions to industrial problems, and (c) providing a standard forum for graduate students, academics and industrial researchers to discuss ideas.
Bill Atkinson, BoeingBiography:
William J Atkinson has a MS in experimental nuclear physics and a PhD in computational nuclear physics with medical applications from University of Alabama in Birmingham. During his employment as senior scientist at Boeing, Dr. Atkinson made advances in understanding the disruptions radiations in space has on materials in electrical systems and methods to mitigate the disruptions. He also developed pattern recognition algorithms in long range optical sensors applications that are utilized throughout Boeing. He has over 40 publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals in applied physics related to radiation effects on biological and electronic systems as well as mathematical and theoretical physics. He was awarded the title of Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) AIAA for "his original contributions on the impact of space radiation on electronics in aerospace systems". Bill is also a Fellow in the Boeing Technical Excellence program. Before coming to Boeing, Bill was a radiation physicist at the University of Alabama in Birmingham Cancer Center for ten years. In that time, he advanced in medical physics in the areas of hyperthermia and methods to provide uniform radiation dose in Interstitial Brachytherapy. His research led to a number of seminal publications in medical physics and bioengineering journals and an award from Stanford University to continue his research. His spectrum of applications in physics is thus quite broad.
Statement:
As FIAP Member-at-large member, I believe that my broad spectrum of applications in physics ranging from medical physics, aerospace applications, and 30 years in computational physics provides me with the necessary experiences in educating the general public of the impact of physics in developing cutting-edge technologies needed in today’s world and in informing new graduates in physics of areas of physics where their potential can be actualized. I can see many challenging and attractive areas in applied physics that would have attracted me when I first joined industry: nanotechnology, meta-materials, and space radiation physics to name a few.
Carl Meinhart, SpectraFluidics, Inc.
Biography:
Dr. Carl Meinhart is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California – Santa Barbara, and CTO of SpectraFluidics, Inc. He received his PhD in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois in 1994. His dissertation research was focused on the experimental investigation of turbulence in wall-bounded flows using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).
Through his career, he has made scientific and technical contributions to both academia and industry. From 1995 - 1996, Dr. Meinhart took a position at Ford Motor Company’s Scientific Research Center. His work at Ford involved developing 3-dimensional particle tracking techniques for analysis of fluid motion inside engine cylinders. This information was then used to understand the influence of intake port geometry and valving for combustion modeling.
In 1996, Dr. Meinhart joined the faculty in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB. He was promoted to full professor in 2007. He is well known for his work in co-developing micron-resolution Particle Image Velocimetry. This technique is widely used in the research community for measuring detailed fluid motion in microfluidic devices. The Micro-PIV technique has been patented, and successfully licensed and commercialized by TSI, Inc., St. Paul, MN.
In collaboration with Prof. Martin Moskovits’ group in Chemistry at UCSB, Dr. Meinhart and one of his PhD students co-invented a Free-surface microfluidics / SERS technique for detection of certain gas-phase molecules with ultra high sensitivity and specificity. The technique is applicable to the detection of vapors emanating from explosives and narcotics, among others. This research has led to several publications, an issued patent, and eight pending patent applications.
In 2008, Dr. Meinhart co-founded SpectraFluidics, Inc. to commercialize the Free-Surface Microfluidics/SERS technology. He is currently on a leave of absence from UCSB, to serve fulltime as the Chief Technology Officer. The company has attracted government and venture capital funding. SpectraFluidics currently has eight fulltime employees, and plans to have its first product on the market in the Q4 of 2011.
Statement:
Since receiving my PhD in 1994, my career has been focused between academia and industry. I have been on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC – Santa Barbara for the past 15 years, held fulltime positions at Ford Motor Co, and co-founded SpectraFluidics, Inc. In these challenging economic times, it is imperative that academia and industry evolve to work more closely together. It is only through high-level interactions that both types of institutions can best thrive during the next 10 – 20 years.
From an industrial perspective, a flat world makes it difficult for US manufacturing to compete in the global marketplace. The best way, and perhaps the only way, for US industry to compete is through innovation. It is by this innovation that US industry can retake its leadership role.
FIAP must continue to work to improve vehicles that facilitate the transition of technology, ideas, and students from universities to industry. As a Member at Large for FIAP, I plan to continue my efforts to bridge ties between these institutions.
Jason Cleveland, Asylum Research
Biography:
Jason Cleveland is currently CEO of Asylum Research, an atomic force microscope company he co-founded 12 years ago. In 1990, he obtained a B.A. in Math and Physics from the University of Minnesota where he was a Goldwater scholar. At Minnesota, he worked in the lab of Dan Dahlberg in low temperature physics and magnetism. Cleveland received his Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from UCSB in 1995. There, in the lab of Paul Hansma, he studied interaction forces on the atomic scale as well as building a new generation of AFMs enabling the use of ultra-small cantilevers. From 1996 through 1999 he was a research scientist at Digital Instruments. His research there included understanding the physics of AFM phase imaging. He co-founded Asylum Research in 1999 and has served as Chairman and CEO. He is an author on more than 40 scientific publications and a co-inventor on over 20 patents.
Statement:
As a physicist who has left the academic fold, one of the most striking things to me about graduate physics education is that it is largely aimed at the subset of Ph.D.’s who remain in academia while the majority of graduates, in fact, leave academia. Since the education occurs in academia, graduate students are naturally exposed to academic career paths, but often not to the alternatives. One of my major goals as a member-at-large of the FIAP committee would be to broaden exposure to alternative physics career paths including industrial research, “non-traditional” technical roles (e.g. patent attorneys), and especially, entrepreneurship. The best way to do this is to simply put successful people who have chosen these other paths in front of students. We can do this through FIAP session choices and also working with physics educators to broaden their curricula to include forums where students get a chance to meet these “alternative” physicists. Given most of these physicists don’t publish into a common literature like academic physicists do, finding them can also be difficult, so an additional goal of mine would be to improve tools to both locate members of this community, and to keep them better connected.
Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
Biography:
Ichiro Takeuchi is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Maryland. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials in the Department of Physics at Maryland. His research interests include combinatorial materials science, novel multilayer thin-film devices, and scanning probe microscopes. Takeuchi received his BS in Physics from California Institute of Technology (1987) and PhD in Physics from the University of Maryland (1996). Prior to joining the Maryland faculty, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1996-1999), where he was on the Associated Western Universities Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. From 1987-1991, Takeuchi held a technical staff position in the Microelectronics and Fundamental Research Laboratories at NEC Corporation in Japan. Dr. Takeuchi is a recipient of the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award (2000), the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2000), and the NSF CAREER Award (2001). He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and holds 6 U.S. patents. Takeuchi has previously held visiting professor positions at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ruhr University Bochum, and Tokyo University of Science. Dr. Takeuchi served as a Fellow of the Japan Science and Technology Agency by special appointment during 2007-2008. He has been a guest researcher at NIST since 2004. Takeuchi was elected a Fellow of APS through FIAP in 2010. He currently serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal ACS Combinatorial Science.
Statement:
As we face global challenges of the 21st century, FIAP is in a unique position to lead the world in addressing how basic physics can be applied to everyday industrial and engineering solutions of the modern world. There is a compelling need to continually re-evaluate and advance the stage for the next generation of industrial physicists who will have to navigate rapidly evolving technological terrains. I have always enjoyed working in cross-disciplinary environments where seeds of innovations are driven by underlying industrial and societal needs. Most recently, as an advocate of high-throughput methodologies in materials science, I have worked extensively to bring together scientists and engineers engaged in a diverse range of technological topics in industry and academia alike. I see that immediate challenges of FIAP include how to more effectively engage the large membership of the forum to actively take part in APS. Given that a large fraction of physicists join the industrial workforce in the long run, FIAP should be able to offer wide-ranging venues in the forms of invited sessions broadly attracting the international community of industrial physicists. For example, I believe there should be a series of sessions addressing questions and needs of graduate students and postdocs transitioning from academia to industry. There should also be more invited sessions showcasing the most exciting and up-to-date developments from the commercial end of the high-tech industry. Such sessions should be well attended by students and industrial members alike. My goal as a Member at Large is to help promote such ideas. I believe my background from having worked in a national lab, industry (in Japan), and academia can help guide this process with a unique perspective.
Cha-Mei Tang, Creatv MicroTech, Inc.
Biography:
Cha-Mei Tang received B.S. (’71), M.S. and E.E. (’71) and Sc.D. (’77) from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT. She worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) before founding Creatv MicroTech, Inc. She was in the Plasma Physics Laboratory of NRL from 1978-1993 and served as Head, Radiation and Accelerator Physics Section for seven years. She performed research on free-electron lasers, charged particle beams, accelerator physics, and field emission cathodes. She was a visiting scientist at the Physics Laboratory at NIST from 1993-1996 performing research on x-ray physics and applications. She founded Creatv MicroTech in 1996 initially focusing on developing novel x-ray anti-scatter grids and nuclear collimators to improve image quality. In 2000, she led the company into the field of medical diagnostics developing sensitive detection instruments and assays, making products requiring combined experience of microfabrication, instrumentation and assay development.
She received numerous awards, including Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1990 and the most outstanding woman scientist in the Federal Government by Women in Science and Engineering in 1992, senior member of IEEE in 1995, and R&D 100 Award for Anti-scatter Grids for X-ray Imaging and Collimators for Nuclear Imaging made by LIGA in 2006.
She served on many activities at American Physical Society, such as member of FIAP Nomination Committee of APS in 2007, member of working group to setup a new American Physical Society Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics, 2007, and APS Society Membership Committee (2004-2006).
Statement:
There are two areas that she would like to contribute to FIAP: (1) promote the integration of physical science, engineering and biomedical science to develop novel products and solve outstanding needs; (2) encourage and promote women physicists. She served on Women in Plasma Science Subcommittee (2000-2005) and Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (2000-2002).