Fellow awards acknowledge individuals who go above and beyond to push FHE development toward manufacturability and commercialization.
In addition to recognizing these all-stars’ accomplishments, the NextFlex Fellows awards acknowledge that working together alongside fellow NextFlex members will greatly increase the rate of innovation in the FHE space. From left: Suresh Sitaraman, Georgia Tech; Joe Kunze, SI2 Technologies; Malcolm Thompson, NextFlex; Terri Sandu, Lorain County Community College; Michael Durstock, AFRL (on behalf of Rich Vaia) and Eric Forsythe, ARL (on behalf of Geoff Slipher).
MONTEREY, Calif. – Six individuals who are at the forefront of the flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) mission were acknowledged for their efforts at this year’s FLEX conference during the second annual awarding of the NextFlex Fellow Award. The winners were hand-selected by NextFlex for their work in advancing the use of FHE in manufacturing, research, government, education and military applications, as well as workforce development.
This year’s NextFlex Fellow Award winners are:
- Jim Huang, Research Scientist, HPE Labs
- Joseph M. Kunze, President and CEO, SI2 Technologies
- Terri Sandu, Director, Talent and Business Innovation, Lorain County Community College
- Suresh Sitaraman, Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech
- Geoffrey A. Slipher, Research Scientist, US Army Research Laboratory
Richard Vaia, Director, Functional Materials Division, AFRL