MNE journal-award: Prof. Junsuk Rho from the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea “for outstanding contributions to nanofabrication for nanooptics and –photonics”
MEE journal -award: Dr. Rosa Cordoba from the Institute of Molecular Science, University of Valencia, Paterna, Spain “for outstanding contributions to the fabrication and characterization of advanced nanomaterials by means of focused electron and ion beam induced deposition”.Micro Electronic Engineering (MEE) is proud to continue its long contribution (1983-2020) in the field of processing for Micro- and Nano-scale Device and System fabrication. In the past 37 years MEE has expanded from the field of microelectronics to the fields of Nanotechnology and Microsystems following the rapid proliferation of microelectronics into many new areas and applications.
Beyond electronics, the new open access journal Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE) is a multidisciplinary journal which crosses boundaries from nano to micro to bio, and from science to technologies. The journal focuses on micro-/nano engineering, fabrication and integration of functional nanostructures and surfaces towards intelligent nanomanufacturing; devices and bio-microsystems for medicine, life sciences, chemistry, environmental sciences, and agrofood; and devices and microsystems for physical applications. MNE places an emphasis on the "method to make and characterize" the structure, functional surface, device, or system and provide a demonstration of its application. The main publishing criteria are novelty, potential usefulness and impact.
MEE/MNE is also proud to continue the series of Young Investigator Awards and MEE/MNE Lectureships for a fifth year. Following the call for applications, a panel of 9 international experts, including the award winner from last year, supported by the Journal Publisher Ms. Jimeng Li from Elsevier, took on the task of selecting this year’s winner. The ranking criteria included:
• The originality of the work presented in the application
• The relevance of the work in the respective field
• The degree of independence attained by the applicant
• The overall accomplishment and contribution
Due to the high level of achievements of the candidates and the fact that two journals with differing topical focus are involved, the committee decided to present two awards:
-MNE journal-award: Prof. Junsuk Rho from the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea “for outstanding contributions to nanofabrication for nanooptics and –photonics”
-MEE journal -award: Dr. Rosa Cordoba from the Institute of Molecular Science, University of Valencia, Paterna, Spain“for outstanding contributions to the fabrication and characterization of advanced nanomaterials by means of focused electron and ion beam induced deposition”.
The Lectureship was supposed to be presented at the MNE2020 Conference in September 2020 in Leuven, Belgium (www.mne2020.org). Since the conference had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, the presentation will take place at MNE2021 in Torino, Italy (www.mne2021.org). The winners will be invited to prepare topical review articles in the respective journals.
Members of the Award Committee
- Chair: Prof. Dieter KERN, University of Tuebingen, Germany,
Members
- Dr. Evangelos GOGOLIDES, NCSR Demokritos, Greece,
- Prof. Francesc PÉREZ-MURANO, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona, Spain,
- Prof. Maan ALKAISI, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Prof. Jin-Woo CHOI, Louisiana State University, USA
- Dr. Hubert BRUECKL, Danube University Krems, Austria
- Prof. Guido GROESENEKEN, IMEC / KU Leuven Belgium
- Prof. Urs STAUFER, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Dr. Yuksel Temiz, IBM Research, Rueschlikon, Switzerland (award winner 2019)
- with the coordination of the Journal Publisher, Ms. Jimeng LI, Elsevier