IEC Presents Fellow Award to Dr. Manijeh Razeghi.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) presented the IEC Fellow Award to Dr. Manijeh Razeghi, Walter P. Murphy Professor, and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northwestern University, in a ceremony at the IEC's annual Executive ComForum gathering, held last week in Palm Beach, Florida.

The IEC Fellow Award was established in 1994 to recognize individuals who have provided the information industry with a superior level of sustained and significant service. Areas of service considered for the award include education, technology, and industry leadership.

Dr. Razeghi is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology. She is a pioneer in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques such as MOCVD, VPE, MBE GasMBE, and MOMBE for the growth of entire compositional range of III-V compound semiconductors, heterostructures, quantum wells and superlattices for quantum photonics and electronic devices (from deep UV "200 nm" up to Terahertz "100 micrometer"). She has made prolific and far-ranging contributions to the field of Nanotechnology,optoelectronic,and Quantum Devices.. Most recently, she has been involved in research on Quantum Dots Infra Red Camera, quantum well infrared detectors, quantum cascade lasers, Sb-based type I and type II infrared high-power lasers ,uncooled Infra Red Photon detectors; and Focal Plane Arrays(Night Vision Camera), as well as GaN-GaAlN visible and UV emitters and detectors.

Prior to joining the Center for Quantum Devices at Northwestern, Dr. Razeghi was Head of the Exploratory Materials Lab at Thomson-CSF (now Thales), in Orsay, France; and Visiting Professor, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Adjunct Professor in Optical Center of University of Arizona in Tucson.

Dr. Razeghi's achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, among them the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize, the 1995 Achievement Award from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and she has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), a Fellow and Life Member of the Society of Women Engineers, and a Fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA). She is the author of 8 books, 15 book chapters, and author of more than 1,000 scientific papers. Dr. Razeghi has given more than 500 invited and plenary talks in International conferences, and holds 50 patents.

Dr. Razeghi received the Docteur d'Etat es Sciences Physiques, Universite de Paris, France in 1980, the Docteur 3eme Cycle, Solid State Physics, Universite de Paris, France in 1977, and DEA, Science des Materiaux, Universite de Paris, France in 1976.

In receiving the IEC Fellow Award, Dr. Razeghi joins more than 80 communications and technology trailblazers, including Gordon Moore, former CEO of Intel; David Packard, founder of Hewlett-Packard; Robert Galvin, former Motorola CEO; Vinton Cerf, senior vice president of MCI; Jack S. Kilby, Nobel Laureate and a pioneer in the development of the integrated circuit; and John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems. Dr Razeghi is the first woman to receive IEC Fellow.

More information about the IEC Fellow Award may be obtained by calling the International Engineering Consortium at [phone].

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a cooperative public-service organization dedicated to positive change in the information industry and university communities. For nearly 60 years, IEC has provided educational opportunities for industry professionals, university professors and promising students. Executives from throughout the industry continue to build strong business and technical foundations for the future through knowledge gained from IEC Forums and publications.