NextFlex®, America's Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute,
presented the annual NextFlex Fellow Awards to five deserving
individuals in recognition of their exceptional commitment to
advanced manufacturing and the additive hybrid electronics member
community. A NextFlex Fellow demonstrates leadership and subject
matter expertise in support of the NextFlex mission.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240328483614/en/
Left photo: 2024 Fellows Award recipients
are presented with plaques by the NextFlex Co-Executive Directors.
(L to R) Erick King, Dr. Art Wall, David Sabanosh, Dr. Kenneth
Church, Andrew Kwas, and Dr. Scott Miller. Right photo: (L to R)
Madhu Stemmermann receives her plaque from Dr. Art Wall. (Photo:
Business Wire)
This year’s Fellows include:
Kenneth Church, Ph.D., nScrypt Dr. Church is the founder and CEO
of Sciperio, a research and development firm and of nScrypt, a
capital equipment company that creates precision 3D manufacturing
systems. Dr. Church has Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and
Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in
Electrical Engineering. He is a pioneer in 3D printed electronics
and printed circuit structures. His research interests include
lasers and optics and the various ways they interact with a variety
of materials, novel antenna designs and optimizations, conformal
electronics and tissue engineering. He has more than 80 technical
publications and more than a 20 patents or patents pending.
Andrew Kwas, Northrop Grumman Mr. Kwas has 45 years with NGC/TRW
and a total of 47 years working in advanced space programs
specializing in, advanced manufacturing, spacecraft design,
micro-electronics, nuclear products, space logistics, and
astrophysics projects. As a NG Fellow 2, he supports NGC’s key
space customers including NASA, AFRL, NRO, DARPA, Army/SMDC, Space
RCO, USMC, and the Navy. He is considered one of the prominent
advanced manufacturing (AM) experts in the country and has produced
over fifty papers in AM, in-space manufacturing, lunar and
planetary sciences, hypersonics, and miniaturization of spacecraft
components. He brings his innovative approach to problems and has
won several corporate awards for innovation.
Erick King, Capital Youth Empowerment Program Mr. King is the
Co-Founder in Executive Director of the Capital Youth Empowerment
Program which provides social and economic empowerment programs
including fatherhood, workforce development, STEM, and teen sexual
health. His unique approach of using evidence-based programming and
culturally competent staff was shaped by his work with Fairfax
County and Arlington County Court Services Units. In addition, Mr.
King recently founded King Consulting and Development Group, Inc.
to support diversity and inclusion within university and corporate
environments.
David Sabanosh, US Army DEVCOM Armament Center Mr. Sabanosh
serves as the Senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Senior
Technical Lead for Advanced Manufacturing and Printed Electronics
within the Printed Electronics, Energetics, Materials and Sensors
(PEEMS) Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. Prior to his
current position, Mr. Sabanosh was a Quality, Reliability, and
Safety Technical Lead for IED Defeat and Robotic Weapons. He was
responsible for providing guidance and direction to various
Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to develop new and novel armament
and munition systems.
Madhu Stemmermann, SunRay Scientific, Inc. Ms. Stemmermann has
over 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles across
sales, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and product
management. Her focus areas include environmental health &
safety, customer focus, quality, and lean six sigma. She has worked
across various industries such as medical devices, lighting and
electronics with Becton Dickinson, Air Products, Honeywell and
General Electric
“As with all our previous Fellows, we cannot overstate the
positive impact that this year’s recipients have had on the hybrid
electronics community and beyond,” said NextFlex Co-Executive
Director Dr. Art Wall. “The positive impact of each of these
awardees has had on the member community is immeasurable and much
appreciated. As a consortium, we cannot be effective without
standout leaders, and we’re pleased to welcome these illustrious
individuals as NextFlex Fellows.”
Each of the recipients is a leader in the NextFlex member
community; providing technical guidance on future-leaning roadmaps,
contributing to successful hybrid electronics development projects,
promoting the benefit of STEM education to underserved communities,
delivering outstanding workshop content and representing NextFlex
to DoD, industry, and academic audiences. These outstanding
trailblazers exemplify what’s best about our member community as
they help drive the NextFlex mission forward.
About NextFlex
NextFlex is a DoD sponsored Manufacturing Innovation Institute
funded by Air Force Research Laboratory Cooperative Agreement
numbers FA8650-15-2-5402 and FA8650-20-2-5506. NextFlex is a
consortium of companies, academic institutions, non-profits and
state, local and federal governments with a shared goal of
advancing U.S. manufacturing hybrid electronics. Since its
formation in 2015, NextFlex's elite team of thought leaders,
educators, problem solvers and manufacturers have come together to
collectively facilitate innovation, narrow the manufacturing
workforce gap and promote sustainable manufacturing ecosystems. For
more information, visit www.nextflex.us and follow NextFlex on
LinkedIn.
About Hybrid Electronics
Hybrid Electronics give everyday products the power of silicon
ICs by combining them with new and unique low-cost and
environmentally friendly additive printing processes and new
materials, including structural electronics and additive packaging
solutions using novel materials. The result is fast time to market,
lightweight, low-cost, and highly efficient smart products that can
be flexible, conformable, and stretchable with innumerable uses for
consumer, commercial and military applications.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240328483614/en/
NextFlex Karen Savala, 408-797-2219 ksavala@nextflex.us