[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E359]
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                       HONORING DR. MARK KUSHNER

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 12, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Mark 
Kushner, a distinguished professor and Dean of the College of 
Engineering at Iowa State University on winning the Semiconductor 
Industry Association annual award for outstanding work and exemplary 
leadership by university researchers.
  Dr. Kushner received his BA in Astronomy and BS in Engineering from 
the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976 and earned his MS 
and PhD in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology 
in 1977 and 1979. From 1986 to 2005, Dr. Kushner was the Founder 
Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer 
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2005, 
Dr. Kushner became the Dean of Engineering and the James Melsa 
Professor at Iowa State University with appointments in the departments 
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and 
Engineering, and Chemical Engineering.
  For 18 years, Dr. Kushner has worked with the Semiconductor Research 
Corporation, and his work is widely recognized as the ``Gold Standard'' 
for the semiconductor industry. He has published more than 210 journal 
articles and delivered more than 170 invited symposia presentations on 
topics related to plasma and thermal materials processing, gas and 
solid state lasers, pulse power plasmas, chemical lasers, and laser 
spectroscopy. Dr. Kushner has also trained dozens of Ph.D.s who 
continue to drive innovation and progress in microelectronics.
  Dr. Kushner's efforts in research and training play a crucial role in 
expanding horizons in semiconductors and the field of engineering for 
the benefit of society. I consider it an honor to represent Dr. Kushner 
in Congress, and I wish him continued success in his groundbreaking 
efforts in the semiconductor industry and his academic work in the 
field of engineering.

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