CPMT Luncheon at ECTC

The CPMT Luncheon was held on Wednesday May 31 at the Wyndham Palace Resort. While hundreds of engineers enjoyed the Chicken Marsala, CPMT President Rao Tummala described the successes of CPMT and recognized our many overachievers.

In particular, Rao introduced the audience to 3 of CPMT's new Fellows of the Institute: Chin Chung Lee, Herbert Reichl, and Evan Davidson. This year eight of our Society earned this recognition.

The front table of the luncheon seated the core of your volunteer officers: Philip Garrou (Technical VP), Anthony Chan (Administration VP), James Morris (Conference VP), Paul Wesling (Publication VP), Albert Puttlitz (Education VP), Ron Gedney (Secretary), Merrill Palmer (Treasurer), Ralph Wyndrum (IEEE Director), and John Stafford (Past President).

John W. Stafford, formerly of Motorola, was presented with the CPMT Society David Feldman Outstanding Contribution Award.

George Harman of NIST was recognized with the CPMT Society Outstanding Technical Contributions Award.

The CPMT Society Electronic Manufacturing Technology Award was earned by Walter J. Trybula.

Charles Wee Ming Lee was announced as the CPMT Society Outstanding Yound Engineer Award.

Two Chapters tied for the CPMT Award of the Year: Hong Kong and Singapore.

Vice President of publications Paul Wesling reviewed for the audience the nature of the Three CPMT Transactions. Then he awarded the Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies. The winning article was "Development of Virtual Reliability Methodology for Area-Array Devices Used in Implantable and Automotive Applications" by Suresh K. Sitaraman, Rajiv Raghunathan, and Carlton E. Hanna. This article first appeared September 2000.

Next he announced the Best Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging. "Ultra-Thin Electronics Device Package" by Kevin Y. Chen, Robert L. D. Zenner, Michael Arneson, and David Mountain had been published in February 2000. Certificates and a cash award are given for these paper awards.

Lastly Dr. Iwona Turlik, Corporate Vice President and Director of Motorola Advanced Technology, then gave her presentation, "Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Roles in the Future."

Figure: John Lau receiving award from President Rao Tummala for all his contributions to ECTC over the years.