Greenville, SC — KEMET Corporation announced today that a paper presented at the Capacitor and Resistor Technology Symposium (CARTS) USA in March 2007 by Dr. Mike Randall, Director, Advanced Technology, was awarded The John D. Moynihan Best Paper Award at CARTS USA 2008, held March 17-20 in Newport Beach, California. The paper, entitled Thin Film MLCC, was co-authored by Dr. Randall, Dr. Dan Skamser, Tony Kinard, Dr. Javaid Qazi, and Aziz Tajuddin of KEMET, and Dr. Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Dr. Clive Randall, Dr. Song Won Ko, and Tanawadee Dechakupt of Pennsylvania State University. The Best Paper is selected each year by the attendees and the Program Committee.
In addition, Dr. Yuri Freeman, Principal Scientist, Tantalum, was awarded one of two Outstanding Paper awards for a paper he presented at CARTS Europe 2006, entitled Effects of Thermal Oxide of Ta on Anodic Oxide of Ta. Winning papers were selected by the 2006 CARTS Delegates and Program Committee, and awards were presented at CARTS Europe held 29 October – 1 November 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
“It gives me great pleasure to congratulate our scientists for this recognition of their success and continued pursuit of excellence in capacitance technology,” said Dr. Philip Lessner, KEMET’s Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientist. “Quality work such as this helps ensure that KEMET remains a technology leader as we continue on our journey toward becoming ‘The Capacitance Company.’”
CARTS is an annual forum featuring the latest developments in passive technology solutions, test and measurement methods, and applications via symposium presentations, seminars, and exhibits to a network of raw material suppliers, manufacturers, design engineers, and academia. It is sponsored by the Electronic Components Association (ECA) and co-sponsored by the European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association and the European Passive Components Industry Association. KEMET is one of three Corporate Sponsors.
KEMET has been an active contributor to CARTS, winning awards for technical submissions numerous times during the symposium’s history. Of the 37 papers presented during CARTS USA 2008, eight were presented by KEMET scientists. In addition, KEMET’s John Prymak, Director, Advanced Applications, and Dr. Erik Reed, Director, Electrical Characterization, were members of the CARTS USA 2008 Program Committee, and Dr. Reed chaired a conference session on New Technology and Manufacturing Processes.
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