Outstanding Alumni Award 2007
Dr. Mario Paniccia (MS 1990, PhD 1994)
Dr. Mario Paniccia is an Intel Fellow and director of the Photonics Technology Lab. Joining Intel in 1995, Paniccia was a lead researcher for the development of a novel optical testing technology for probing transistor timing in microprocessors that is today’s industry standard. Scientific American named Paniccia one of 2004’s top 50 researchers for his work in the area of silicon photonics. Dr. Paniccia’s advisor at Purdue University was Professor Ron Reifenberger.
Presentation given October 5th, 2007 (pdf)
