Asymtek Corp. Promotes Canny, Curran Carlsbad, Calif.-Asymtek has promoted David Canny to technical process manager and Joe Curran to technical support manager for western North America. Canny was promoted from technical support manager for North America. Curran was given his new post after five years as an applications engineer for the company. [asymtek.com] Morgan Joins Laurier as VP-Ops Londonderry, N.H.-David S. Morgan has joined Laurier Inc. as vice president of operations. Most recently, Morgan held a similar title with Bostomatic Corp., Milford, Mass., a manufacturer of high-performance machining centers. Earlier, he held key engineering and manufacturing management posts at several New England companies. Morgan is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire's Executive MBA program. [laurierinc.com] Marcoux Heads for Tru-Si Job Sunnyvale, Calif.-Phil Marcoux has joined Tru-Si Technologies as vice president of sales and marketing, from packaging foundry IPAC, San Jose. At IPAC, now owned by OSE, Marcoux was most recently vice president of business development. [trusi.com] Semiconductor Industry Doubles Academic R&D Washington-The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is doubling the size of its Focus Center Research Program, a collaborative R&D effort involving a number of the nation's top universities. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will lead research into advanced materials, structures and devices, while Carnegie Mellon University will spearhead a study of circuits, systems and software design. The Focus Center is designed to channel over a half-billion dollars into the nation's leading research universities over 10 years. The Focus Center research is jointly funded by the U.S. semiconductor industry (50%), the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry (25%) and the Department of Defense (25%). [semichips.org] |
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