Thomas Kenny, Chairman
Thomas W. Kenny received the B.S. degree in physics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1983 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987 and 1989, respectively. From 1989 to 1993, he worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where his research focused on the development of electron-tunneling high-resolution microsensors. In 1994, he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and directs MEMS-based research in a variety of areas including resonators, wafer-scale packaging, cantilever beam force sensors, microfluidics, and novel fabrication techniques for micromechanical structures. Professor Kenny is a founder of Cooligy, Inc., a microfluidics chip cooling components manufacturer. He is presently the Stanford Bosch Faculty Development Scholar and the General Chairman of the 2006 Hilton Head Solid State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop. Professor Kenny has authored and co-authored over 200 scientific papers and holds 40 patents.
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Bernhard Boser, Chief Scientist
Bernhard E. Boser (S'79–M'83–F'03) received the Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, in 1984 and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. From 1988 to 1992, he was a Member of Technical Staff in the Adaptive Systems Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories. In 1992, he joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley where he is also a Director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center. His research is in the area of analog and mixed-signal circuits, with special emphasis on sensor interfaces. Dr. Boser has served on the program committees of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the Transducers Conference, and the VLSI Symposium. He is an IEEE Fellow and past Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Dr. Boser has authored and co-authored over 100 scientific papers and books and holds 6 patents.
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Masayoshi Esashi
Masayoshi Esashi received the B.E. degree in electronic engineering in 1971 and the Doctor of Engineering degree in 1976 at Tohoku University. From 1976 to 1981, he served as a research associate at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University and he was an associate professor from 1981 to 1990. He was a professor at the Department of Mechatronics and Precision Engineering from 1990 to 1998 and a professor at the New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe) from 1998 to 2005. Since 2005, he has been a professor at the Department of Nanomechanics, Graduate School of Engineering in Tohoku University. From 1995 to 1998, he was a director of the Venture Business Laboratory in Tohoku University. He is an associate director of the Semiconductor Research Institute. From 2002 to 2003, he was a President of Sensor-Micromachine Society in Institute of Electrical Engineers in Japan. He has been a collaboration coordinator for Sendai city since 2004. He served as a general co-chairman of the 4th IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Workshop in 1991 held in Nara, Japan and also as a general chairman of the 10th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers 99) in 1999 held in Sendai, Japan. Professor Esashi has authored and co-authored over 500 scientific papers and holds 50 patents.
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Chenming Hu
Chenming Hu received the B.S. degree from Taiwan University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 and 1973 respectively, all in electrical engineering. Dr. Hu is the TSMC Distinguished Chair Professor of Microelectronics in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He was an assistant professor at MIT before joining UC Berkeley in 1976. From 2001 to 2004, he was the Chief Technology Officer of TSMC, world's largest dedicated integrated circuits manufacturing company. He founded Celestry Design Technologies, an IC design software company that was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2003. He was the board chairman of the non-profit East Bay Chinese School, Oakland, CA. In 1997, Dr. Hu received the IEEE Jack A. Morton Award for contributions to MOSFET reliability physics. In 1999, he received the DARPA Most Significant Technological Accomplishment Award for the FinFET that has set the record of the smallest transistor several times down to 5nm gate length. In 2002, he received the IEEE Solid State Circuits Award for the BSIM transistor model. He has also received UC Berkeley's highest honor for teaching, the Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Hu is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica; a fellow of the IEEE and the Institute of Physics; and an Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Science Microelectronics Institute, and National Chiao Tung University. Professor Hu is the author or co-author of five books and 800 research papers.
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Kevin Negus
Kevin J. Negus received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada in 1988. From 1988 to 1998, he held various R&D management positions with the Hewlett-Packard Company where he led the development of RF chipset solutions for systems such as GPS, GSM, IS-54, IS-95, DECT and 802.11. From 1998 to 2002, Kevin was the Chief Technology Officer of Proxim Corporation in Sunnyvale, CA where he was responsible for core technology strategy including silicon development, acquisitions, standards participation and intellectual property licensing. Kevin’s base office is in Hyattville, Wyoming where he and his wife Eva run a working cattle ranch. He is currently a General Partner with Camp Ventures in Los Altos, CA (a venture capital investment firm specializing in early-stage technology startup companies), Chairman of WiDeFi, Inc., a management advisor to SiTime and Quorum, and a consultant on IP litigation matters to multiple clients. Kevin was also formerly a member of the FCC’s Technical Advisory Committee, a member of the Wyoming State Telecommunications Council, and a management advisor to Resonext Communications – a company acquired by RF Micro Devices in 12/02. Dr. Negus has published over 40 technical papers and holds several patents.
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Gabriel Rebeiz
Gabriel Rebeiz received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering with distinction from the American University in Beirut, Lebanon in 1982, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology in 1983 and 1988, respectively. He is currently a professor at University of California, San Diego. Prior to UCSD, he was a professor at University of Michigan's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Ann Arbor. In 1991, he was the recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, and the 1993 URSI Isaac Koga Gold Medal Award for outstanding international research. The IEEE gave Rebeiz its IEEE Microwave Prize in 2000 and its Outstanding Young Engineer Award in 2003. A Fellow of the IEEE and a consultant to Intel, Agilent, Hitachi, and Samsung, Rebeiz has published extensively in the fields of microwave technology, planar antennas, and RF MEMS. His book, RF MEMS: Theory, Design, and Technology, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003, has received wide acclaim. Rebeiz has won a variety of teaching awards at the University of Michigan, including the university's Amoco Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1998, and the Eta Kappa Nu 1998 Professor of the Year Award. Professor Rebeiz has published 350 technical papers.
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John Vig
John Vig received the B.S. degree from the City College of New York and the Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in 1964 and 1969, respectively; both in physics. He has spent his professional career performing and leading R&D programs in government research laboratories developing high stability frequency control devices, mostly quartz crystal resonators and oscillators. From 1980 to 1997 he led the US Department of Defense's R&D programs in frequency control technologies. Since 1997 he has been a technical advisor to DARPA on programs ranging from micro- and nanoresonators to chip-scale atomic clocks and radioactive isotope based power sources. He is an IEEE Fellow, and is the recipient of the IEEE Cady and the IEEE Sawyer Awards. He was the Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC) Society in 1992-93, served as the president of the UFFC Society, and was the founding president of the IEEE Sensors Council. He has served on the IEEE Board of Directors for three years, and in 2005 was IEEE Vice President for Technical Activities. He is currently one of two candidates for IEEE President. He has been awarded 55 patents and is the author of more than 100 publications, including nine book chapters.
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Kofi Makinwa
Kofi Makinwa received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, the M.E.E. degree from the Philips International Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2004. From 1989 to 1999, he worked at Philips Research Laboratories, where he designed sensor systems for interactive displays and analog front-ends for optical and magnetic recording systems. In 1999, he joined Delft University of Technology, where he is currently an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics. His main research interests are in the design of precision analog circuitry, sigma-delta modulators and sensor interfaces. His work has resulted in 13 patents and over 70 technical papers. Dr. Makinwa is a co-recipient of JSSC (2005), ISSCC (2006, 2005), ESSCIRC (2006) and ISCAS (2008) best paper awards. In 2005, he received the Veni Award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the Simon Stevin Gezel Award from the Dutch Technology Foundation. He is a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and a fellow of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Stephen Zadig
Stephen Zadig has 30 years of Semiconductor Manufacturing Operations expertise with an extensive background in the start-up through IPO phase. From 1996-2001, Steve was the founding VP of Operations at Marvell Semiconductor, a leading edge mixed signal processing company. From 1995-1996, Steve was VP Operations at Paradigm Technology where he was retained to lead the company through IPO. From 1990-1995, Steve was the founding VP of Operations at C-Cube Microsystems where he took the company from founding through a successful IPO. While at C-Cube, Steve was a principal founder of the Fabless Semiconductor Association, where he served as Chairman of the Forecast Committee. Steve brings extensive knowledge of high volume subcontractor management, team building, and infrastructure development to support SiTime’s Management Team.
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