IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal Recipients
2008 - WOLFGANG HELFRICH
Professor
Institut fur The Theoretische Physik, Freie University
Berlin, Germany
and
MARTIN SCHADT
MS High-Tech Consulting, Managing Director
Seltisberg, Switzerland
and
JAMES FERGASON
Fergason Patent Properties LLC, Founder and Member
Menlo Park, CA, USA
"For pioneering development of twisted-nematic liquid crystal technology."
2007 - NICOLAAS FRANS DE ROOIJ
Professor and Director Institute of Microtechnology
University of Neuchatel
Neuchatel, Switzerland
"For pioneering contributions to microsystem technology and effective transfer into industrial products and applications."
2006 - HIDEO SUNAMI
Professor
Hiroshima University, Research Center
Hiroshima, Japan
and
MITSUMASA KOYANAGI
Professor
Tohoku University
Department of Bioengineering and Robotics
Sendai, Japan
and
KIYOO ITOH
Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.
Central Research Laboratory
Tokyo, Japan
“For pioneering contributions to dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell structures and architecture.”
2005 - JERRY M. WOODALL
C. Baldwin Sawyer Professor of Electrical Engineering
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
"For pioneering contributions to the liquid-phase epitaxy in the GaAs/AIGaAs systems, including applications to photonic and electronic devices."
2004 - FREDERICK H. DILL
Distinguished Engineer
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
San Jose, CA, USA
"For lifetime contributions to microelectronics processing, including lithographic simulation, semiconductor lasers and magnetic recording."
