IEEE Awards Booklet - 2015 - 5

2015 ieee serVice award

2015 ieee corPorate recognition

IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial
Leadership Award

IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award
Sponsored by the IEEE Technical
Activities Board

Sponsored by IEEE

shang-yi Chiang

raymond sverre larsen

For visionary leadership in research
and development establishing foundry,
System-on-Chip, and 3-Dimensional
Integrated Circuit technologies that
transformed the industry

For inspiring locally owned businesses
to provide sustainable humanitarian
benefits in underprivileged communities

Shang-yi Chiang's insight and expertise have transformed Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) from a technology follower to a driving force with one of the most advanced
research and development (R&D) teams, helping it become the
world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry.
Known for taking well-calculated risks and making bold decisions, Dr. Chiang created an environment at TSMC for developing innovations that have made digital technology commonplace
in society, profoundly impacting productivity, education, entertainment, and healthcare. Under Dr. Chiang's direction, TSMC's
R&D organization grew from 148 people to 5,500 and has set
milestones in semiconductor technology scaling at nodes from
0.25 micrometers (µm) all the way down to 28 nanometers (nm).
Game-changing initiatives implemented under Dr. Chiang's leadership include a dedicated full/half node R&D roadmap, allowing customers to further reduce wafer cost. He also developed a
strong lithography and electron-beam mask technology team that
has advanced lithography, patterning, resist, and mask technologies
for industry-leading high-density application-specific integrated
circuit (ASIC)/system-on-chip (SoC) technologies for foundry
customers and the logic semiconductor industry. Also important
to ASIC/SoC applications has been TSMC's high-density and
energy-efficient interconnect efforts, where Dr. Chiang led his
team to the industry's first high-volume development of copper low-dielectric constant interconnects at 0.13 µm and subsequent nodes. Dr. Chiang also initiated a major direction change in
three-dimensional (3D) IC technology to focus on "chip on wafer on substrate" (CoWoS) as a stepping stone to full-scale 3D-IC.
This established TSMC as the leader in 3D-IC technology with
industry-first high-volume production of CoWoS.This paved the
way for system-level scaling for many emerging applications and
has driven semiconductor industry growth.
An IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of Business Week magazine's
Star of Asia award (2001), Dr. Chiang is currently advisor to the
chairman at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company,
Los Gatos, CA, USA.

A true advocate of using technology as an aid to improving the
human condition, Raymond Sverre Larsen's community service
initiatives have impacted the lives of needy people in impoverished countries around the world. The founder and current cochair of the IEEE Community Solutions Initiative, Mr. Larsen's
concept for bettering disadvantaged communities goes beyond
just providing supplies or finances. His method involves assisting local communities both financially and technically in creating small business opportunities that have growth potential within
the communities that need the help. The goal of his team's program is to demonstrate sustainable development of solar electricity
through seed pilot projects run by community entrepreneurs who
franchise mobile community charging stations with home light
and portable battery kits. Mr. Larsen secured funding from the
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. With co-chair Robin
Podmore from the IEEE Power & Energy Society, he formed a
team of volunteers and industry professionals and set up corporate
partnerships to engineer, design, develop, and deliver six SunBlazer mobile generator stations to an in-country nongovernmental
organization partner who deployed them in six communities in
earthquake-devastated Haiti in 2011. Each station uses solar cells
to charge 80 or more portable battery kits to power lights for two
rooms for 3-4 days, charge cell phones, and run small appliances
at lower cost than kerosene lamps and candles. Since that initial
deployment, nine additional stations have been delivered to Haiti.
The next-generation SunBlazer II has been delivered to Cameroon.The program has also been implemented in four countries in
Africa, and startups are planned for India, South America, and Asia.
The program, now expanding to include a unique communitybased education model and global classroom delivery system, was
recently adopted by the IEEE Foundation as a Signature Project and rebranded IEEE Smart Village. Mr. Larsen's dedication has
been integral to the program's success in creating models of collaboration that will impact more and more people in need, and
he has gained world-wide recognition of what IEEE can achieve.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Mr. Larsen is currently special projects
engineering manager at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

Scope: For exceptional managerial leadership in the fields of interest of IEEE

Scope: For distinguished service to the development, viability, advancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of IEEE

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