JMAR Technologies Announces Hiring of Dr. Yuli Vladimirsky.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1999-- JMAR JMAR Joint Medical Asset Repository Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:JMAR) -- Leading Expert in X-ray Lithography and X-ray Instrumentation -- Will Help Commercialize JMAR's Advanced X-ray Technology JMAR Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:JMAR), a provider of precision micro-technology systems and products announced today that Dr. Yuli Vladimirsky, Ph.D., a recognized leader in the field of X-ray lithography and X-ray instrumentation, has joined JMAR Research Inc. (JRI JRI Journaliste Reporter d'Images (French: Image Reporter Journaliste) JRI John Ray Initiative JRI James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness (Los Angeles, CA) ) as Senior X-ray Research Scientist. JRI is the advanced laser and X-ray research and development arm of JMAR Technologies. Prior to joining JMAR, Dr. Vladimirsky participated in establishing synchrotron-based X-ray lithography processing facilities at the Singapore Synchrotron Light
SSLS St. Stephen Lutheran School (various locations) ) at the National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS) is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered. where he also provided student guidance and supervised the technical and engineering staffs. Previously, he served as a Senior Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for X-ray Lithography (CXRL), where he played a key role in X-ray, EUV EUV Extreme Ultraviolet EUV Exclusive Use Vehicle EUV Extreme Ultra Violet and e-beam lithography development programs for next-generation integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and micromachining. During his tenure at CXRL, Dr. Vladimirsky received a lifetime appointment as Honorary Fellow of the Center for Nanotechnology. Prior to CXRL, he was an Associate Professor in Research at Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. (LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit ), where for five years he led the Advanced Lithography and Microfabrication Program at the LSU Center of Advanced Microstructures and Devices. In that capacity, he performed leading-edge research and development in both optical and X-ray lithography for advanced semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing. His ground-breaking work included development and implementation of advanced micro-lithography processes; evaluation of advanced lithography photoresists and X-ray masks; and design, development and evaluation of proximity X-ray lithography steppers and aligners. From 1981 to 1991 Dr. Vladimirsky was a research scientist at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) where he divided his X-ray research efforts between the X-ray Lithography Development Department at East Fishkill, N.Y. and the Center for X-ray Optics X-ray optics By analogy with the science of optics, those aspects of x-ray physics in which x-rays exhibit properties similar to those of light waves. in Berkeley, Calif. He received both his MS in Physics of Metals in 1964 and his Ph.D. in Physics in 1970 from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, USSR USSR: see Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. . He has authored or co-authored chapters in several textbooks on lithography, micromachining and advanced spectroscopy, and has published more than 90 papers on advanced lithography and X-ray technology in leading scientific journals throughout the world. In addition, Dr. Vladimirsky is the co-holder of several patents, mostly related to X-ray lithography technology. Lithography is the basic process in the manufacture of semiconductor products. It is a photographic technique using advanced light sources to transfer electronic circuit designs onto the semiconductor wafers and is the key to the industry's ability to produce ever-smaller and faster-operating integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. . The annual market for semiconductor lithography equipment is several billion dollars. As semiconductor circuit sizes shrink, the cost of the more advanced lithography system light sources increase, making them an ever-greater portion of the total lithography system market. JMAR is developing laser and X-ray technologies to produce cutting-edge light sources to meet the needs of this growing market for next generation lithography equipment as well as other important new products. Edmond Turcu, Ph.D., JMAR's chief scientist and noted authority on advanced X-ray light sources commented, "With Dr. Vladimirsky on our team we will be able to accelerate the pace of development of high-value commercial products, based on JMAR's leading-edge X-ray source technology, for a wide range of applications, including semiconductor lithography, nano-tomography, nano-size particle detection, low energy X-ray fluorescence analysis, and more." John S. Martinez, Ph.D., JMAR chairman and chief executive officer commented, "We are very pleased to have a scientist of Dr. Vladimirsky's unquestioned prominence join JMAR's staff of world-class X-ray and advanced light technologists. With his extensive hands-on, practical advanced lithography experience at several of the world's leading X-ray lithography centers, we expect Yuli to play a leading role in JMAR's ongoing programs aimed at transitioning our current X-ray source technology to practical, commercially viable X-ray lithography and advanced metrology products." He continued, "Because the semiconductor industry currently purchases several billion dollars worth of lithography and metrology systems annually, JMAR believes that there are significant future market opportunities for its X-ray sources." JMAR Technologies Inc. develops, manufactures and markets precision measurement, positioning and custom manufacturing systems and provides specialty semiconductor products for the microelectronics industry. It also is a leading developer of proprietary advanced light sources for lithography and other high value manufacturing and metrology applications for the semiconductor and related industries. The statements regarding JMAR's future sales expectations, the timing of technological developments, the ability to successfully introduce new products into the commercial marketplace and potential business opportunities are forward-looking statements based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These risks include the failure of future orders to materialize as expected, delays in shipment or cancellation of orders, failure of acceptance of existing or new products and new technology, including the risks that its X-ray technology will not be adopted by the semiconductor industry, failure of its other advanced technology to be developed or perform as expected and the other risks detailed in the company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and other reports filed with the SEC. For more details on JMAR's X-ray lithography program and its relationship to other advanced lithography programs, please refer to JMAR's Web site at www.jmar.com. |
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