Intel Corporation’s Silicon Photonics Group Receives OSA’s 2014 Paul F Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award
The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to announce that the Intel Silicon Photonics Solutions Group from Intel Corporation is the winner of the 2014 Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award. The group is acclaimed for “12+ years of innovation in the research and development of a revolutionary 4x25G silicon photonics, fully integrated, optical transceiver that is designed to help change the way data centers are architected.” The project was started and is led by Mario Paniccia, Intel Fellow and general manager of the Silicon Photonics Solutions Group. The group will accept the award during the plenary session at OSA’s Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO), taking place Oct 19-23, in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
“Contributions made by the Intel group to the field of optical engineering is truly remarkable,” said OSA President Philip Bucksbaum. “Intel is a world leader in advanced technology creation. Its Silicon Photonics Solutions Group continues to redefine how optical communications enables high-speed data transmission in today’s interconnected world. OSA is delighted to acknowledge their accomplishments with this award and congratulates the Intel team on their success.”
Intel Corporation created the Silicon Photonics Solutions Group in 2012 to bring silicon-based optical devices into production. Since its inception, the group has achieved a number of milestones, which includes creating the world’s first silicon-based optical data interconnect with integrated lasers and the foremost electrically-driven Hybrid Silicon Laser.
“We are humbled and honored to be recognized by OSA for such a prestigious award,” said Paniccia. “It is the result of many years of hard work from a talented team."
The Silicon Photonics Solutions Group team includes:
Andrew Alduino, optical architect
Assia Barkai, process engineer
Yoel Chetrit, process engineer
Rami Cohen, process engineer
Femi Dosunmu, component design engineer
John Heck, process engineer
Richard Jones, principal engineer and optical architect
Yimin Kang, component design engineer
Ling Liao, engineering manager
Ansheng Liu, principal engineer and optical architect
Hai-Feng Liu, system architect
David Nelson, principal engineer, integrated circuit design
Mario Paniccia, Intel Fellow and general manager
Haisheng Rong, manager of photonics lab
Kevin Sullivan, director of product development
Matt Sysak, product development lead
The Paul F Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award was established by OSA in 1989 and has since been bestowed on dozens of outstanding researchers and engineers. Named in remembrance of Paul F Forman, whose approach admirably exemplified team accomplishments, this team award recognizes technical achievements such as product engineering, process, software and patent development, as well as contributions to society such as engineering education, publication and management, and furthering public appreciation of optical engineering. For more information on the award or the nomination process, visit OSA’s Awards & Honors page.
