IEEE SISC

In 2021, the SISC added an award for the best student poster in honor of Professor T. P. Ma, Yale University. Professor Ma was an internationally recognized pioneer for his contributions to semiconductor science and technology—in particular, breakthroughs in advanced gate dielectrics, which paved the path for highk dielectrics and extended the scaling of CMOS technology. His research also generated fundamental and lasting impacts on many other applied physics fields, notably ferroelectrics and ionizing radiation sciences. The SISC T. P. Ma Award will be presented to the lead student author for a poster presentation. The winner will be chosen by members of the technical program committee at the end of the SISC. The award will consist of a plaque, an honorarium, and a permanent mention on the conference web site.

Past Winners of the SISC T. P. Ma Award

2024 Cristian Ruano Arens Stanford U. “Thickness Scaling Effects on Device Performance and Structural Transformations in Flash Annealed HZO-based Capacitors via Time-resolved Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction” with B. Saini, V. Thampy (SLAC), D. Van Campen (SLAC), P. C. McIntyre, J. D. Baniecki (SLAC)	2023 Shreyam Natani UC San Diego “Conformal, ultrathin top gate oxide for monolayer MoS₂” with M. Passlack (TSMC), I. Radu (TSMC), A. C. Kummel, and P. Bandaru
2022 Joy Roy University of Texas at Dallas “Bi Contact Interface and Band Alignment Study on W-based Transition Metal Dichalcogenides” with S.Y. Kim, X. Wang, and R.M. Wallace	2021 Simon Mellaerts University of Leuven, Belgium “A dimensional crossover to a Mott insulator in V₂O₃ ultrathin films” with C. Bellani, W. F. Hsu, K. Schouteden, M. Recaman Payo, J. W. Seo, and J.-P. Locquet