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News (cont’d)Lewis Termanreceived a Ph.D. inEE from Stanford in1961. He recentlyretired from IBMfollowing a 45 yearcareer in semiconductordevices andLewis M. Termantechnology, digitaland analog circuits, and processor andmemory design. He received 9 majorIBM technical awards including threeCorporate Awards, and was involvedwith a number of product programs.He did two tours of duty on theResearch Division Technical PlanningStaff. He was elected to the IBMAcademy of Technology in 1991 andserved as its president 2001-2003. Heis an IEEE Life Fellow, received theIEEE Solid-State Circuits TechnicalField Award, and is a member of theUS National Academy of Engineering.He was a member of the IEEEBoard of Directors for three years asTAB VP (2001) and Division IDirector (2004-2005). He has been onTAB almost continuously 1990-2005as TAB VP, Division I Director, presidentof the IEEE Electron DevicesSociety and the IEEE Solid-StateCircuits Society, Chair of the TechnicalMeetings Committee, and two termsas TAB Treasurer; he was off TAB in2003 serving as PSPB Treasurer. Hewas editor-in-chief of the IEEE Journalof Solid-State Circuits, and has beenchair of numerous conferences, includingthe ISSCC.John Vig was bornin Hungary. Heimmigrated to theUSA in 1957, andreceived the B.S.degree from theCity College ofJohn R. Vig New York and thePh.D. from Rutgers– The State University, in 1964 and1969, respectively. He has spent hisprofessional career performing andleading R&D in government researchlaboratories – developing high stabilityquartz crystal resonators, oscillators,and sensors.He has been awarded 55 patentsand is the author of more than 100publications, including nine bookchapters.Since 1997, he has been a technicaladvisor to program managers at the USDefense Advanced Research ProjectsAgency (DARPA) for programs rangingfrom micro- and nanoresonators tochip-scale atomic clocks. He is anIEEE Fellow, and is the recipient of theIEEE Cady Award and the IEEESawyer Award. He has been theDistinguished Lecturer of the IEEEUltrasonics, Ferroelectrics, andFrequency Control (UFFC) Society,and he has served as the president ofthis Society.He founded the IEEE SensorsCouncil – which now has a successfuljournal, the IEEE Sensors Journal, anda successful conference. He has servedon the IEEE Board of Directors forthree years. In 2005, he was IEEE VicePresident for Technical Activities.Call for Nominations:IEEE Nanotechnology Council AwardsThe IEEE Nanotechnology Councilis calling for nominations for 3awards to be presented at IEEENANO 2007 in Hong Kong. Allnomination material including referenceletters should reach the NTCawards committee by October 152006. Call for Nominations,Nomination Form and AwardsCommittee Roster can be foundonline at the ARCNN web pagehttp://www.ausnano.net/content/IEEE-NCA. Please send nominations(electronic and one hard copy) withsupporting material to ProfChennupati Jagadish, IEEE NTCAwards Committee, Research Schoolof Physical Sciences and Engineering,The Australian National University,Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia,Email: c.jagadish ieee.orgCall for Nominations:The IEEE LEOS Young Investigator AwardAndrew M. Weiner (LEOS Awards Chair)The LEOS Board of Governors hasapproved a new award – the IEEE LEOSYoung Investigator Award. The intentof this award, which will be given annually,is to honor an individual who hasmade outstanding technical contributionsto photonics (broadly defined)prior to his or her 35th birthday.The award shall consist of a certificateof recognition and an honorariumof $1,000. The funding forthis award is being sponsored by18 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER August 2006
News (cont’d)General Photonics Corporation.Nomination packages will be dueat the LEOS executive office by 30September. Nominees must be under35 years of age on Sept. 30th of theyear in which the nomination ismade. The award may be presentedeither at the Optical FiberCommunications Conference (OFC)or the Conference on Lasers andElectro-Optics (CLEO), to be selectedby the recipient. The first award willbe presented at OFC or CLEO, 2007.Nomination packages consist of anomination cover page, a statement ofthe nominee’s research achievementsin photonics, the nominee’s curriculumvitae, and three to five referenceletters (to be received at the LEOSoffice prior to the deadline).Please consider nominating anunder-age-35 colleague for the inauguralcycle of this award!For full information about theLEOS awards program look under the“Awards” tab on the LEOS web site(http://www.i-leos.org/)August 2006 IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER 19
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