Each year since 1989, the SEMI European Award is presented to a person or team who has made a significant contribution to the European semiconductor, micro-systems, photovoltaic, and display industries.
The call for nomination is now open!
We encourage you to nominate an eligible candidate. This award, which demonstrates the industry's high esteem for the recipient, will be presented at the Industry Strategy Symposium Europe 2024.
If you know of a person or a group who has made a significant contribution to the semiconductor equipment and/or materials industry, please submit your nominations by December 5, 2023.
SEMI European Award Guidelines (including Eligibility, Selection Criteria, and Areas for Consideration)
To nominate a person or a team for the SEMI European Award 2023, please use this Nomination Form.
Contact:
SEMI Europe Programs Team at programseu@semi.org
ANNOUNCEMENT:
SEMI Europe Honors Melexis and Warsaw University of Technology and CENTERA Labs Leaders for Contributions to Semiconductor Industry
VIENNA, Austria ─ February 15, 2023 ─ SEMI Europe today announced the recipients of the European SEMI Award and Special Service Award for 2022 at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe 2023). Melexis chairwoman Françoise Chombar was honored with the European SEMI Award and professor Thomas Skotnicki of Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of High Pressure Physics (CENTERA Labs) with the Special Service Award.
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SEMI Europe Honors Luc Van den hove of imec and Paul Boudre of Soitec for Outstanding Leadership in Microelectronics
Brussels, Belgium ─ May 30, 2022 ─ Imec President and CEO Luc Van den hove today received the 2021 European SEMI Award and Soitec CEO Paul Boudre the 2021 Special Service Award at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe 2022). Established more than 30 years ago, the European SEMI Award recognizes key players in the global manufacturing supply chain, highlighting their leadership excellence and strategic contributions that led to critical advances in the semiconductor industry.
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SEMI European Award Recipients
- 2022: Françoise Chombar, Melexis
- 2022: Special Service Award: Thomas Skotnicki, Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of High Pressure Physics (CENTERA Labs)
- 2021: Luc Van den hove, imec
- 2021: Special Service Award: Paul Boudre, Soitec
- 2019: Willy Sansen, the Catholic University of Leuven
- 2019: Gerhard Fettweis, the Technische Universität Dresden, and Barkhausen Institut
- 2019: Special Service Award: Jean-Frédéric Clerc, CEA-Leti
- 2018: Joël Hartmann, Executive VP of STMicroelectronics, Digital & Smart Power Technology and Digital Front-End Manufacturing
- 2018: Special Service Award: Mart Graef, Strategic Program Manager on the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
- 2017: Bernard Aspar, Soitec; Jean-Pierre Raskin, UCL
- 2017: Special Service Award: Dr. Andreas Wild, executive director, ECSEL
- 2016: Rolf Aschenbrenner, Fraunhofer IZM, Eric Beyne, imec and Gilles Poupon, CEA-LETI
- 2015: Paul Lindner, EV Group
- 2014: Albert Theuwissen, CEO, Harvest Imaging
- 2013: Benedetto Vigna, STMicroelectronics
- 2012: Dr. Franz Auerbach, Dr. Gerald Deboy, Dr. Hans Weber und Dr. Reinhard Ploss, Infineon
- 2011: Tibor Pavelka, Semilab
- 2010: Herbert Reichl, Fraunhofer Institut IZM
- 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Woditsch, Deutsche Solar
- 2009: Holger Juergensen, Aixtron
- 2009 Special Service Award: Enrico Villa, STMicroelectronics
- 2008: Gilbert Declerck, IMEC
- 2007: Michael Toepper, Fraunhofer IZM
- 2006: Martin van den Brink, ASML and Winfried Kaiser, Carl Zeiss.
- 2006 Special Service Award: Sir Robin Saxby, ARM
- 2005: Dr Horst Reichardt, DAS
- 2004: Dr Tuomo Suntola
- 2003: Dr Carola Bläsing, Leica.
- 2003 Special Service Award: Joël Monnier, STMicroelectronics
- 2002: Franz Sumnitsch, SEZ
- 2001: Robert Falster, MEMC
- 2000: Dr. Peter Kücher and Horia Grecu, Semiconductor 300
- 2000 Special Service Award: Willem Maris, ASML
- 1999: Dr.André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé, Soitec. Michel Bruel, CEA-LETI
- 1998: Karl Nicklaus, ESEC
- 1997 Hans-Georg Betz, STEAG. Diethard Huber, Wacker Siltronic
- 1996: Dr Peter Eichinger, GeMeTec.
- 1996 Special Service Award: Eric Kamerbeek, ASMI
- 1995: Bruno Murari, ST Microelectronics
- 1994: Prof. Dr. Roger Van Overstraeten, IMEC
- 1993: Heinrich Walk, AST
- 1992: Dr Winfried Süss, Karl Süss
- 1992 Special Service Award: Guilio Grata, European Commission
- 1991: Jacques Trotel, Elisa
- 1990: Dr. Steve Wittekoek, ASML
- 1989: Prof. Dr Jürgen Warnecke, Fraunhofer Institut