Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Award
| ASME Unit: | Electronic & Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) |
| Date Established: | 1999 |
| Achievement: | Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Award is given to a single individual once every year at the ASME InterPACK Conference. Candidates should have demonstrated excellence and international recognition in the area of research and development related to electronic packaging, as well as service to the technical community at large. The scientific and technical leadership is demonstrated by the refereed publications (quality and number), patents awarded, products developed, students advised, etc. candidates must also have a demonstrated leadership role in InterPACK over the years, such as organizational leadership, track leadership, session chairing, paper presentations and reviews, and so forth. As a general guideline, scientific and technical contributions count for two-thirds of the evaluation score and service counts to one-third of the score. |
| Nomination Deadline: | September 14 |
| Form of Award: | Award Plaque |
| Frequency of Award: | Annual |
| Administrative: | EPPD |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | EPPD Award Committee |
| Selecting Process: | The Nomination Package should include: 1. Cover letter from nominator(s), 2. One-page justification of the candidacy from the nominator(s) and 3. Two-page summary resume including the candidate's career highlights as well as complete contact information. |
| Funding: | Custodial Account |
| Date Created: | 11/1/2019 |
| Date Modified: | |
| Contact Name: | Amy Spencer Fleischer |
| Contact Email: | afleisch@calpoly.edu |
Winners of the Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Award
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pradeep Lall | Auburn University |
| 2021 | Prof. Shi-Wei Ricky Lee | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Winners of the InterPACK Achievement Award
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cristina H. Amon | University of Toronto |
| 2019 | Abhijit Dasgupta | University of Maryland |
| 2018 | Ravi Mahajan | Intel |
| 2017 | Ken Goodson | Stanford University |
| 2015 | Bahgat G. Sammakia | Binghamton University |
| 2013 | Y.C. Lee | University of Colorado |
| 2011 | Yogendra Joshi | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | William Chen and Dereje Agonafer | ASE and University of Texas at Arlington |
| 2007 | Avram Bar-Cohen | University of Maryland |
| 2005 | Not Awarded | |
| 2003 | Richard Chu | IBM Corporation |
| 2001 | Wataru Nakayama | ThermTech International & Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 1999 | Alan Kraus (Dedicated Conference) | Naval Postgraduate School |