The IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
A Science Foundation Ireland-funded researcher (and recipient of the 2010 SFI Researcher of the Year accolade), Professor Colinge has been awarded the 2012 IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award, which is given “for outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology” for his “contributions to silicon-on-insulator devices and technology.”.
The award was established in 1999 and is named in memory of Andrew Stephen Grove, the Hungarian-born science pioneer and co-founder of the Intel Corporation. The award is judged on criteria such as field leadership, contribution, originality, breadth, inventive value, publications and other achievements.
Professor Colinge has generated exceptional scientific research outputs in the field of semiconductors, both in mainland Europe and here in Ireland. In 2010, he was published in the renowned international journal ‘Nature Nanotechnology’ for his work on fabricating the world's first ever junctionless transistor at Tyndall National Institute.
Professor Roger Whatmore, CEO at Tyndall National Institute said, “we are delighted that Professor Jean-Pierre Colinge has been recognised for his outstanding contribution over many years to the important field of silicon-on-insulator devices and technology. In his latest work at Tyndall, Jean-Pierre invented the ‘junctionless transistor’, which is a dramatic simplification of the transistor structure compared with current designs. Transistor dimensions continue to shrink as the semi-conductor industry follows Moore’s Law and we believe that Jean-Pierre’s invention will become a key design for the industry as it moves towards sub-10nm gate lengths. Tyndall is licensing this technology to world leading semiconductor companies and the Micronanoeletronics team at Tyndall continues to advance the technology, particularly through the application of novel materials employing Jean-Pierre’s concepts.”
Picture: Professor Jean Pierre Colinge, Head of the Micro-Nano Electronics Centre at Tyndall National Institute, UCC
<<Previous ItemNext Item>>
« Back to 2012 Press Releases
