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|name= George Vakanas | |name= George Vakanas | ||
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|period=1991 - 1996 | |period=1991 - 1996 | ||
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|achievements= Founding Member of [[CYBER KIDS]], | |achievements= Founding Member of [[MISnTED Ltd.]], [[CYBER KIDS]], [[The Multimedia Factory]], and [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. | ||
|external_links= | |external_links= https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/George-Vakanas-2046925323 | ||
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Dr. '''George Vakanas''' was a Founding Member of [[MISnTED Ltd.]], [[CYBER KIDS]] and [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] | Dr. '''George Vakanas''' was a Founding Member of [[MISnTED Ltd.]], [[CYBER KIDS]], [[The Multimedia Factory]], and [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. | ||
==Key | ==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 - EU Parliament Video Conference 1995]] | ||
* [[Cyprus Russia Video Conference 1995]] | * [[Cyprus Russia Video Conference 1995]] | ||
==Patents== | ==Patents== | ||
# 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) | # 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) | ||
# 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) | # 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) | ||
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# Method and apparatus for fabrication of passivated microfluidic structures in semiconductor substrates. Winer, Paul | Vakanas, George P.. Patent Number: US 7,446,382 (2008) | # Method and apparatus for fabrication of passivated microfluidic structures in semiconductor substrates. Winer, Paul | Vakanas, George P.. Patent Number: US 7,446,382 (2008) | ||
# Method and apparatus for fabrication of passivated microfluidic structures in semiconductor substrates. Winer, Paul | Vakanas, George P.. Patent Number: US 6,878,567 (2005) | # Method and apparatus for fabrication of passivated microfluidic structures in semiconductor substrates. Winer, Paul | Vakanas, George P.. Patent Number: US 6,878,567 (2005) | ||
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[[Category:Member (past) of Board of Directors]] | |||