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SMTA Names Hutchins Grant Award Winner
December 3, 2015 | SMTAEstimated reading time: 1 minute
During the 2015 Annual Meeting at SMTA International, the SMTA announced that Hanju Oh, a graduate student at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant. The SMTA Grant Committee selected his project entitled "A Three-Dimensional Packaging Platform with Integrated Microfluidic Cooling."
In the Fall of 2016, Hanju will receive his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from Georgia Institute of Technology. Hanju earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea in 2010.
The Charles Hutchins Educational Grant, co-sponsored by the SMTA and Circuits Assembly magazine, was established in memory of past SMTA president, educator, mentor, and industry colleague, Dr. Charles Hutchins. The $5000 grant has been presented annually since 1998 to a full time graduate-level student pursuing a degree and working on thesis research in electronics assembly, electronics packaging, or a related field.
The award was presented at the SMTA Annual Meeting during the SMTA International Conference in Rosemont, IL, September 27 - October 1. The 2016 grant will be presented at SMTAI in Rosemont, IL, September 25 - 29, 2016.
View details at the website. Please contact Tanya Martin, tanya@smta.org or 952-920-7682, with questions.
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