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2008 Simon Karecki Award
Presented to Yasa Sampurno |
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Anna Karecki presented the 2008 Simon Karecki Award to Yasa Sampurno at
the CEBSM Review at the University of Arizona |
The 2008 Simon Karecki Award was presented to Yasa
Sampurno, University or Arizona, at the CEBSM Review at the University of
Arizona on February 29, 2008. This is the seventh presentation of the Simon
Karecki Award. This Award is given in memory of Dr. Simon Karecki who was a
student in this Center and an SRC Fellow. Friends and colleagues of Simon
have come together to create the Simon Karecki Fellowship Fund in memory of
an outstanding young man and researcher and as a way to encourage other
talented young researchers in the pursuit of environmental research.
Yasa is pursuing his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University or
Arizona under the direction of Professor Ara Philipossian. His thesis
project focuses on the fundamental consumables characterization of advanced
dielectric and metal chemical mechanical planarization processes. He has
made numerous important contributions in understanding fundamental CMP
phenomena and applying scientific approaches for more environmentally benign
processes. Internships at Intel and IBM as well as his work at the
University of Arizona have already helped the semiconductor industry achieve
more environmentally benign processes, using less energy and discarding
fewer materials and chemicals while maintaining equivalent or higher process
yields.
Yasa has also been diligent about sharing his research.
He has a long list of publications and conference presentations and is named
on three patent disclosures. In addition, he has mentored younger students
from junior high school to beginning participants in related research. He is
currently working with research involving multiple sponsoring companies in
the US, Germany and Japan and universities in the US and Germany.
Yasa's
talent for research, leadership skills and strong interest in environmental
issues make him an ideal recipient of the Simon Karecki Award. It is the
decision of the Advisory Board that Yasa Sampurno is eminently well
qualified to receive the 2008 Simon Karecki Award. We are very fortunate to
once again have Mrs. Karecki, Simon's mother, with us today; it is a
distinct honor for us to have her here, and we would like to ask her to
present the 2008 Simon Karecki Award.
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The SRC and the SRC/SEMATECH
Engineering Research Center
for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing
SIMON KARECKI FELLOWSHIP FUND
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Karecki Award Presentation. From the left, Dr.
Muscat, Mr. Karecki, Casey Finstad, Mrs. Karecki and Dr. Shadman.
Karecki Award Presentation. From the left, Dr. Reif, Mrs Karecki,
Nikhil Krishnan, Mr. Karecki, and Dr. Aitchison
Karecki Award Presentation. From left, Mrs. Karecki, Hyoungsub Kim, April
Ross and Mr. Karecki.
Karecki Award Presentation. Yasa Sampurno and Mrs.
Karecki
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The Simon Karecki Award Fund was created by the Semiconductor Research
Corporation and the SRC/SEMATECH Engineering Research Center for
Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing (Center) in memory of Simon
Karecki to recognize his outstanding contributions to the research performed as
a SRC Graduate Fellow at the Center, and to encourage other talented young
researchers in the pursuit of environmental research.
Selection criteria include: academic excellence; demonstrated concern for
the earth's environment; demonstrated ability for technical communication; and
demonstrated ability to work with others and foster cooperation.
RECIPIENTS:
2002
Simon Karecki Award Recipient:
Casey Finstad, University of Arizona
2003 Simon Karecki Award Recipient:
Nikhil
Krishnan, University of California-Berkeley
2004 Simon Karecki Award Recipients:
Hyoungsub Kim, Stanford
University
April Ross, MIT
2005 Simon Karecki Award Recipient:
Subramanian
Tamilmani, University of Arizona
2006 Simon Karecki Award Recipient:
Rong Chen, Stanford University
Finalist recognition:
Jun Yan, University of Arizona and Felix
Nelson, Cornell University
2007 Simon
Karecki Award Recipient:
Nelson Felix, Cornell University
Finalist recognition: Ashok Muthukumaran and Yasa Adi Sampurno,
University of Arizona
2008 Simon
Karecki Award Recipient:
Yasa Adi Sampurno, University of Arizona
For more information about the Fund, contact: Karen McClure
(kmcclure@erc.arizona.edu)
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Kudos to ERC PIs,
Students & Mentors |
ERC PI Professor Karen Gleason, Alexander and I. Michael Kassner
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as
been appointed MIT's Associate Dean of Engineering for Research, effective April
16, 2008.
Kedar Dhane, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical & Environmental Engineering,
University of Arizona received SRC TECHON 2007's Best In Session: NMS
Environment, Safety and Health
Hsi-An Kwong, ERC Mentor, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Chandler AZ)
received a 2007 Mahboob Khan Outstanding Mentor Award at SRC TECHON 2007.
The Mahboob Khan award recognizes individuals who, in serving as SRC GRC
Industrial Liaisons, have had significant impact on the technical contributions
of the research, have been instrumental in transferring the research results to
industry, and are deeply committed to the education of graduate students.
ERC PI Professor Krishna Saraswat, Stanford University, received the
Tencho-Visionary Award from the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) for
lifetime achievement in the field of electronics; August 1, 2007.
ERC PI Professor Ara Philipossian, Chemical & Environmental Engineering,
University of Arizona is the recipient of the Koshiyama Chair of Planarization;
2006.
ERC PI
Professor Christopher Ober, Francis Bard Professor of Materials
Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University, has been
named Dean of Research in Cornell's Engineering College.
ERC PI Professor David Mathine, Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences and
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Arizona, "....brings home more than a t-shirt" from the Photonics North
Convention. (Link
to Inside Tucson Business article)
Professor Anthony Muscat , Associate Professor of Chemical
Engineering, University of Arizona, was awarded $1.2 million to develop a
sustainable process for electronics manufacturing. The award is part of nearly
$10 million in grants handed out by Science Foundation Arizona this month.
(Link
to Arizona Daily Star article)
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