A special Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesday evening at the LEOS Annual Meeting. The following awards will be presented during the ceremony:
The IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award will be presented to Shun-Lien Chuang, “for contributions to the development of the fundamental theories of strained quantum-well lasers and the physics of optoelectronics devices.”
The Aron Kressel Award will be presented to Rodney S. Tucker, “for contributions to the modeling and analysis and applications of high-speed semiconductor lasers.” Andreas Umbach, Gunter Unterborsch and Dirk Trommer will be presented with the Engineering Achievement Award, “for the research, development and fabrication of advanced ultra-high speed photodetectors.” This year’s LEOS Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Mary Y. Lanzerotti, “for dedicated service as Editor of the LEOS Newsletter from 2001 through 2006, resulting in outstanding changes in this publication.”
The 2006-2007 Distinguished Lecturers Servio D. Cova, Bishnu P. Pal, David V. Plant, and M. Selim Unlu will be recognized for their service to the Society. Recognition as elected members of the LEOS Board of Governors will be given to Filbert J. Bartoli, Christopher R. Doerr, Silvano Donati, and Diana Huffaker. Recognition as Vice President of Publications will be given to Jens Buus and Nan M. Jokerst.
Our congratulations to all the recipients!