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|name= George Vakanas

|image=Vakanas_Prehist91.jpeg

|period=1991 - 1996

|service=Board Member<br>

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|current_post=Intel

|degrees=Phd

|fields=Aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering

|universities=University of Arizona, Stanford

|specializations=

|socioacademic=

|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

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

~~Founding Member~~ of [[CYBER KIDS]] 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.

~~[[Cyprus - EU Parliament Video Conference 1995]]~~

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.

~~[[Cyprus Russia Video Conference 1995]]~~

==Key organizer of major pioneer events in Cyprus==

* [[Cyprus - EU Parliament Video Conference 1995]]

* [[Cyprus Russia Video Conference 1995]]

==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 metallic bonding landing pads. Beyne, Eric | De Vos, Joeri | Derakhshandeh, Jaber | England, Luke | Vakanas, George. Patent Number: US 10,066,303 (2018)

# Laser-assisted chemical singulation of a wafer. Li, Eric | Chen, George | Vakanas, George | Voronov, Sergei | Greenzweig, Yuval. Patent Number: US 8,426,250 (2013)

# 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)

# Clipless integrated heat spreader process and materials. Kostiew, George | Bahadur, Raj | Mellody, James | Vakanas, George | Arana, Leonel. Patent Number: US 8,163,598 (2012)

# Clipless integrated heat spreader process and materials. Kostiew, George | Bahadur, Raj | Mellody, James | Vakanas, George | Arana, Leonel. Patent Number: US 7,892,883 (2011)

# 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)

[[Category:Founding Member]]

[[Category:Member (past) of Board of Directors]]