Voting is now underway for MEMS Industry Group (MIG)’s second annual Best in MEMS and Sensors Innovation Awards (MEMsies) — a celebration of innovation in the MEMS and sensors industry. MEMsies are granted to individuals, organizations and businesses that have made a positive and substantive impact on the world through their MEMS and sensors technology. Vote: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MEMSAwards2014
Winners in each category will be announced November 7 at MEMS Executive Congress US 2014, MIG’s tenth annual executive conference and networking event.
MEMS/Sensors Device of the Year
Analog Devices - ADXRS645 MEMS gyroscope
Bosch Sensortec - BMI160 inertial measurement unit (IMU)
Bosch Sensortec GmbH - BMP280
Cambridge CMOS Sensor - CCS801 multi-gas sensor
DelfMEMS - FreeFlex Switch
Freescale Semiconductor - MMA9555LR1 motion sensing platform pedometer
Freescale Semiconductor - FXTH87 tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
InvenSense - ICM-20728 integrated 7-axis (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer + pressure sensor) single-chip platform solution
mCube - Accelerometers
Merit Sensor Systems - TR Series for high-pressure, high-volume OEM applications
Microgen Systems - BOLT Piezo-MEMS energy harvesters and power cells
Omron Electronic Components - 2SMPB-0101 absolute pressure sensor
STMicroelectronics - LSM6DS3 – 6-axis accelerometer-gyro combo
Texas Instruments - DLP NIRscan evaluation model for design of near-infrared spectrometers
MEMS/Sensors Engineer of the Year
Irina Stateikina of C2Mi for MIDIS process
Yonghui Yang of Freescale Semiconductor for MMA9555LR1
Mike Stanley of Freescale Semiconductor for sensor fusion
Chuck Gritton of Hillcrest Labs for MEMS-based technology development, including strategy, product architectures and research
Ken Foust of Intel for MEMS/sensors standards
Joe Seeger of InvenSense, Inc. for ICM-20728 (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer + pressure sensor) single-chip platform solution
Robert G. Andosca of MicroGen Systems, Inc. for BOLT piezo-MEMS energy harvesters and power cells
MEMS/Sensors Foundry of the Year
C2Mi
CEA-Leti
Silex Microsystems
Synkera
X-FAB MEMS Foundry
MEMS/Sensor Start-up of the Year
Cambridge CMOS Sensors - Launching the CCS800 family of gas sensors
Delfmems - FreeFlex multi-throw RF MEMS switch technology
mCube - Fast time to market with new product
MicroGen Systems, Inc. - First MEMS-based energy harvester products
uBeam - Demonstration of wireless charging using an ultrasonic transducer not in silicon
Vesper - New company, closed financing, hired executive team developing with piezo-MEMS microphones
VirtualBeam - Real-time Human Activity Recognition (HAR) Engine
ZMDI - Sensor signal conditioning ASICs
MEMS/Sensors Supplier of the Year
EVG - Gemini bonder
Lam Research - 9400DSiE – Deep Silicon Etch
SPTS Technologies - LPCVD for cost-effective low stress nitride for MEMS applications
SSEC - Metal Lift-Off
X-FAB - MEMS, piezo-MEMS, wafer-level packaging
MEMS/Sensors Designer of the Year
AM Fitzgerald & Associates – RocketMEMS
Freescale Semiconductor - MMA9555LR1 – Xtrinsic motion sensing platform pedometer
InvenSense, Inc. - ICM-20728 – integrated 7-axis (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer + pressure sensor) single-chip platform solution
MicroGen Systems, Inc. - BOLT piezo-MEMS energy harvesters and power cells
MEMS/Sensors Consultant of the Year
Alissa Fitzgerald (AM Fitzgerald & Associates)
David Doyle (SemiTec Ltd.)
Jeremie Bouchaud (IHS)
Roger Grace (Roger Grace & Associates)
Mary Ann Maher (SoftMEMS)
MEMS/Sensors Integrator
Freescale Semiconductor - FXTH87xxxx 7×7 TPMS product
Freescale Semiconductor - Sensor Fusion Toolbox
Hillcrest Labs - Freespace SH-1 Sensor Hub
Melexis – Triaxis
MEMS Vision - Humidity sensing
Open Engineering - OOFELIE::Multiphysics
Sensor Platforms/Audience - FreeMotion
MEMS/Sensors Executive of the Year
Stefan Finkbeiner, Bosch Sensortec
Babak Taheri, Freescale Semiconductor
Chuck Gritton, Hillcrest Labs
Behrooz Abdi, InvenSense, Inc.
Mourad El-Gamal, MEMS Vision
Rick Russell, Merit Sensor Systems Inc.
Mike Ciprick, Micralyne
Kevin Crofton, SPTS Technologies
Siamak Salimy, Teledyne DALSA Inc.
Peter Merz, X-FAB
Rudi De Winter, X-FAB Semiconductor & MEMS Foundries AG
Lifetime Achievement Award
Udo Gomez, Bosch Sensortec
Babak Taheri, Freescale Semiconductor
Daniel Simpkins, Hillcrest Labs
Heikki Kuisma, Murata Finland
Jiri Marek, Robert Bosch GmBH
Roger Grace, Roger Grace & Associates
Susumu Kaminaga, Sumitomo Precision Products
Bruno Murari, STMicroelectronics
Luc Ouellet, Teledyne DALSA Inc.
Kentaro Totsu, Tohoku University
MEMS/Sensors Company of the Year
Apple - iPhone 6, iWatch, etc.
Bosch Sensortec - Full MEMS/sensors portfolio
Delfmems - FreeFLEX
Freescale Semiconductor - Sensor Fusion
InvenSense, Inc. - new 7-axis, new low power wearable chip, new top port microphone
MicroGen Systems, Inc. – BOLT piezo-MEMS energy harvesters and power cells
SPTS Technologies
STMicroelectronics - Broadline MEMS and sensors supplier
Vote by October 20 by visiting: http://us2014.memscongress.com/2014-mems-and-sensors-innovation-awards-the-memsies/
Winners Announced
MIG will announce MEMsies winners at MEMS Executive Congress, Friday, November 7, 2014, 11:30 a.m.
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