{"638956":{"#nid":"638956","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Remembering the Career of Microelectronics Pioneer James D. Meindl","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENote:\u0026nbsp;This article, celebrating the life of ECE Professor Emeritus James D. Meindl, was published on the IEEE Spectrum website on September 8, 2020.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJames D. Meindl, a treasured friend, colleague, and mentor, died on 7 June at his home in Greensboro, Ga., at the age of 87. Meindl was a giant in the world of semiconductors, a gentleman, and a leader of the highest magnitude.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeindl served as the Joseph M. Pettit Chair Professor in Microsystems at the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1993-2013. He served as the director of the Microelectronics Research Center and the Interconnect Focus Center. Meindl was also\u0026nbsp;the founding director of the Nanotechnology Research Center. Prior to his career at Georgia Tech, he had distinguished and groundbreaking tenures at both Stanford University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.\u0026nbsp;He can be said to be among the founding fathers of Silicon Valley.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/the-institute\/ieee-member-news\/remembering-the-career-of-microelectronics-pioneer-james-d-meindl\u0022\u003ERead more about Meindl in the \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Spectrum\u003C\/em\u003E article\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis article, celebrating the life of ECE Professor James D. Meindl, was published on the \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Spectrum\u003C\/em\u003E website on September 8, 2020.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This article, celebrating the life of ECE Professor Emeritus James D. Meindl, was published on the IEEE Spectrum website on September 8, 2020. "}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2020-09-10 17:30:10","changed_gmt":"2020-09-10 17:32:35","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"636141":{"id":"636141","type":"image","title":"Jim Meindl","body":null,"created":"1591813893","gmt_created":"2020-06-10 18:31:33","changed":"1591813893","gmt_changed":"2020-06-10 18:31:33","alt":"photograph of Jim Meindl","file":{"fid":"242046","name":"Jim Meindl portrait.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jim%20Meindl%20portrait.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jim%20Meindl%20portrait.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1179120,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jim%20Meindl%20portrait.jpg?itok=ZBI2jFox"}}},"media_ids":["636141"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/the-institute\/ieee-member-news\/remembering-the-career-of-microelectronics-pioneer-james-d-meindl","title":"IEEE Spectrum article link"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"420","name":"James D. Meindl"},{"id":"2785","name":"Jim Meindl"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"2832","name":"microelectronics"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"5519","name":"Microelectronics Research Center"},{"id":"2784","name":"Nanotechnology Research Center"},{"id":"185825","name":"Interconnect Focus Center"},{"id":"174325","name":"silicon valley"},{"id":"90941","name":"IEEE Spectrum"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}