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<title>Congratulations to our Newest IMAPS Senior Members!</title>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans';"><span style="color: #0c0c0c;">Congratulations to our newest <strong>IMAPS Senior members</strong>, who have been recognized for their longstanding support of IMAPS as shown through their leadership, volunteer commitments, and technical contributions. Thank you for being a valued part of the IMAPS community and for your continued contributions to the microelectronics packaging industry!</span></span>
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                <p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Eric Huenger </span></strong>- IMAPS Member Since 2002</span></p>
                <p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;"><span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Key Contributions:</span></strong>&nbsp; E</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">ric has served as a Session Chair, Technical Chair, and General Chair at IMAPS DPC. He is also a past p</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">resenter at IMAPS DPC and Symposium and currently serves as I</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">MAPS Executive Council Secretary.</span>
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                <p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/imaps.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/headshots/larrywallmanhscropped.jpg" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #000000; font-size: medium; width: 81%; height: auto; left: 3.33333px; top: 887.333px;" /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                <p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Larry Wallman</strong> </span>-<span style="font-size: 16px;"> IMAPS Member Since 1984</span></span></p>
                <p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key Contributions:</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
                    </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">Larry is the current IMAPS Indiana President and has served in that role for the past 18 years.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">Larry remains a strong, local advocate supporting Indiana's high-tech industry with related publications in written and online sources.</span></p>
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                <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Sunny Agarwal</span></strong> - IMAPS Member Since 2001</span></p>
                <p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"><span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Key Contributions:</span></strong>&nbsp; Sunny has served as a T</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">echnical and Session Chair at IMAPS Symposium and </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">Technical Chair at&nbsp;</span>
                    <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">APPE/CICMT/HiTEC Conference. He is also a past presenter at IMAPS DPC. Sunny has also served as a&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">Guest Editor of Advancing Microelectronics Magazine and has authored numerous published articles in JMEP.</span></p>
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                <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Tarak Railkar</span></strong> - IMAPS Member Since 2017</span></p>
                <p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong></strong></span></span>
                    </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key Contributions:</strong></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">Tarak has served as a Session Chair, Track Chair, and General Chair at IMAPS Symposium. He is also a p</span>
                    <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">ast presenter at&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;">IMAPS MCM, Symposium, and&nbsp;Flip Chip Technology Workshop.</span></p>
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                <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; color: #0c0c0c;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Scott Hayes</span></strong> - IMAPS Member Since 2004</span></p>
                <p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key Contributions:</strong></span>&nbsp; Scott has served as&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">Track Chair, Session Chair, and General Chair at IMAPS DPC. He is a past speaker at&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">IMAPS Symposium and DPC. Scott is also currently an I</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: 16px; color: #0c0c0c;">MAPS Executive Council Director (Foundation) and is actively involved in the IMAPS Arizona Chapter.&nbsp;</span>
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    <tr><td style="width: 25%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="width: 60%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans';"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #0c0c0c;">Interested in joining this distinguished list of dedicated IMAPS members? Complete the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2NKTQ29" target="_blank">Senior Member application</a>&nbsp;to see if you qualify!</span></span></span><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 25%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td style="width: 60%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Apr 2026 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcing the 2025 IMAPS Society Award Winners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://imaps.org/resource/resmgr/images/award_win_history/awards_2025_header_10_10.png" style="width: 95%; height: auto;" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center;">A heartfelt congratulations to this year’s IMAPS Society Award recipients! Each year, IMAPS members honor fellow members whose outstanding contributions and dedication truly embody the spirit of the Society’s mission. We’re incredibly proud of this passionate and hardworking group — your achievements inspire us all!<br /><br />🏅Lifetime Achievement Award ~ John Lau<br />🏅Daniel C. Hughes, Jr. Memorial Award ~ Tim LeClair<br />🏅William D. Ashman-John A. Wagnon Technical Achievement Award ~ Michael Kelly<br />🏅Fellow of the Society Award ~ Alan Huffman<br />🏅Fellow of the Society Award ~ Sam Sadri&nbsp;<br />🏅Fellow of the Society Award ~ Mike Newton<br />🏅Sidney J. Stein International Award ~ Ivan Ndip<br />🏅Corporate Recognition Award ~ TechSearch International, Inc.&nbsp;<br />🏅Outstanding Educator Award ~ Dr. Patrick McCluskey<br />🏅Leadership Award ~ Casey Krawiec<br />🏅Emerging Leaders Award ~ Arsalan Alam<br />🏅Founders Award ~ Tim Going<br />🏅IMAPS Foundation‘s Steve Adamson Student Recognition Award ~ Andria Lemus<br />🏅President's Award ~ Françoise von Trapp&nbsp;<br />🏅President's Award ~ Chris Scanlan<br />🏅President's Award ~ James Haley<br /><br />The awards were presented at IMAPS Symposium 2025.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Visit the <a href="https://imaps.org/page/2025-Awardees" target="_blank">awards page</a> to learn more.<br /><br /></p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New IMAPS Website</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">IMAPS is excited to launch a new website platform.&nbsp; With a fresh look, this new website will
provide additional features and services to make IMAPS Membership an even
more valuable resource.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">Some of the new features include:</span></p>

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     background:white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">OPEN ACCESS platform for IMAPS publications to better serve our
     membership, and the broader global packaging industry!</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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     background:white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Member access to event history to track your continuing education.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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     background:white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">New IMAPS Academy will be launched in the coming months with access
     to online education.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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     background:white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ability to self-manage Corporate Memberships and assign additional
     professionals to the main Corporate Membership record.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">This updated site is a great source
for microelectronics packaging technical content, workforce development, news, events
and more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;"><strong>For details on logging in, new features and FAQs, click</strong> <a href="https://imaps.org/resource/resmgr/documents/website_access_and_changes.pdf">here</a>.</span></p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 May 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dan Krueger - Senior Member Recognition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hats off to Dan Krueger for receiving the IMAPS Senior Member recognition!&nbsp; &nbsp;Dan is an Engineer Fellow with Honeywell Federal Manufacturing &amp; Technologies and has been a member of IMAPS since 2007. During his tenure with IMAPS, he has been an incredibly active volunteer leader with the CICMT Conference, IMAPS Symposium (including General Chair), and as Director, Secretary of IMAPS Executive Council, currently serving as Treasurer.&nbsp; &nbsp;Please help us to congratulate Dan on his achievements.<br />&nbsp;<br />Are you qualified for Senior membership?<br />Members who have been in good standing for 7 years and meet the following criteria are eligible for the Senior Member award:&nbsp;<br />·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Technology: Papers presented at an ATW, Workshop, Conference, Symposium, or published in any IMAPS publication&nbsp;<br />·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Volunteer Involvement: Serving on any committee, local or global&nbsp;<br />·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Leadership: Any elected office, local or global&nbsp;<br />A minimum of 10 points are required, along with 2 letters of recommendation from members in good standing.&nbsp;]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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