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JAMES W. MAYER
Pages 244-247

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... Subsequently, he started his career in academia as a professor of electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology in 1967, where in addition to research and teaching he became Master of Student Houses. From Caltech he moved in 1980 to Cornell University's College of Engineering as the Francis Norwood Bard Professor of Materials Engineering before becoming director of the Microscience and Technology Program in 1989.
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... He was a key contributor to the development of ion implantation to dope semiconductors, discovering methods of annealing that removed the disorder created by the implantation and making that technique a practical fabrication tool for integrated circuits. In recognition of his achievements and contributions to the field, he was selected for the Materials Research Society's Von Hippel Award in 1981, for having done "research on implantation that identified the damage and the epitaxial regrowth p ­ henomena crucial to the semiconductor industry, and pioneered the use of ion beam techniques for materials analysis." He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and he was a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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... , four children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren, as well as many colleagues and students who are better scientists, engineers, and human beings because they knew him and were influenced by him.
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