As we prepare for Thanksgiving here in the U.S., the ESD Alliance gives thanks to individuals like Dr. Mary Jane (Janie) Irwin, this year’s Phil Kaufman Award recipient, who have made this industry so great!

As Dr. Valeria Bertacco noted, Janie is a strategic and visionary leader, and mentor in the EDA and computer architecture communities.

Janie in conversation with Semiconductor Engineering’s Ed Sperling.

Janie accepting the award from (left to right) Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI, me and Shishpal Rawat, executive committee member and past president of IEEE CEDA, co-sponsor of the annual Phil Kaufman Award.

Janie with Sashi Obilisetty of Synopsys at the award dinner.

Janie with her husband standing in front of a photo display of previous recipients.

More photos of the evening are found on the ESD Alliance website.

Happy Thanksgiving! I’ll be back next week with another blog post.

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Dr. Mary Jane Irwin from Penn State was honored last week as the 2019 Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design by the ESD Alliance and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA). Here are just a few scenes from the festive evening with more to come.

Dr. Irwin (left) with Dr. Valeria Bertacco, Arthur F. Thurnau professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and associate dean for Physical Sciences and Engineering in the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan.

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