George Vakanas

George Vakanas Years of service 1991 - 1996 Service type Board Member Current Post Intel Degree(s) Phd Field(s) of Study Aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering University(ies) University of Arizona, Stanford Notable Achievements Founding Member of MISnTED Ltd., CYBER KIDS, The Multimedia Factory, and Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute. External Links https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/George-Vakanas-2046925323

Dr. George Vakanas was a Founding Member of MISnTED Ltd., CYBER KIDS, The Multimedia Factory, and Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute.

Brief History

George and Yiannis met in Tucson, where Yiannis was an Assistant Professor at the medical school, and George was in a double-major program studying mechanics and aerospace engineering on a Fulbright scholarship. Together they envisioned the founding of CYBER KIDS and Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute. They interrupted their US careers to follow their vision, soon joined by Maria Symeonides and a year later by Dinos Georgiades. In a very short period of time, their team started with virtually zero capital and evolved into a team of 60+, 30+ branches, and dozens of educational and promotional multimedia productions.

George left the group in 1996, first to found a competitive company, CYBERnet, and subsequently to move to the United States to complete a PhD at Stanford University. He served as Head of a Lab for Intel. He died in December, 2021.

Key organizer of major pioneer events in Cyprus

• Cyprus - EU Parliament Video Conference 1995
• Cyprus Russia Video Conference 1995

Patents

1. Thin NiB or CoB capping layer for non-noble metal bond pads. BEYNE, ERIC | DE VOS, JOERI | DERAKHSHANDEH, JABER | ENGLAND, LUKE | VAKANAS, GEORGE. Patent Number: EP 2924727 (2020)
2. Thin NiB or CoB capping layer for non-noble metallic bonding landing pads. Beyne, Eric | De Vos, Joeri | Derakhshandeh, Jaber | England, Luke | Vakanas, George. Patent Number: US 10,066,303 (2018)
3. Laser-assisted chemical singulation of a wafer. Li, Eric | Chen, George | Vakanas, George | Voronov, Sergei | Greenzweig, Yuval. Patent Number: US 8,426,250 (2013)
4. Method of fabricating an identification mark utilizing a liquid film assisted by a laser. Vakanas, George P. | Voronov, Sergei L. | Ng, Luey Chon | Malouf, George E. Patent Number: US 8,173,552 (2012)
5. Clipless integrated heat spreader process and materials. Kostiew, George | Bahadur, Raj | Mellody, James | Vakanas, George | Arana, Leonel. Patent Number: US 8,163,598 (2012)
6. Clipless integrated heat spreader process and materials. Kostiew, George | Bahadur, Raj | Mellody, James | Vakanas, George | Arana, Leonel. Patent Number: US 7,892,883 (2011)
7. Method and apparatus for fabrication of passivated microfluidic structures in semiconductor substrates. Winer, Paul | Vakanas, George P.. Patent Number: US 7,446,382 (2008)
8. Method and apparatus for fabrication of passivated microfluidic structures in semiconductor substrates. Winer, Paul | Vakanas, George P.. Patent Number: US 6,878,567 (2005)