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Silicon Valley Engineering Council Inducts Two Into Hall of Fame

SANTA CLARA &&num;8212&semi; The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) announces the induction of Andrea J&period; Goldsmith, PhD and R&period; Fabian Pease, PhD into the 2026 Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame&period; These distinguished engineering leaders will be honored at the 2026 SVEC Hall of Fame Ceremony and Banquet onFriday, March 6, 2026 at Delta Hotels in Santa Clara&period;&NewLine;The Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame recognizes individuals whose professional achievements, leadership, and lasting impact have significantly advanced engineering, technology, and innovation—both within Silicon Valley and around the world&period; Dr&period; Goldsmith and Dr&period; Pease exemplify these ideals through decades of pioneering contributions, mentorship, and service to the engineering community&period;&NewLine;Andrea J&period; Goldsmith, PhD, is an educator, academic leader and innovator&period; She began her service as the seventh president of Stony Brook University, New York State&&num;8217&semi;s number one public university, in August 2025&period; Previously, she served as Princeton&&num;8217&semi;s dean of engineering and on Stanford&&num;8217&semi;s engineering faculty&period; As a researcher and entrepreneur, she developed core technology underpinning WiFi and cellular communications, and co-founded two startups based on her academic research&period; She authored or co-authored four books, hundreds of research papers, and 38 patents, and proudly mentored generations of students and postdocs&period;&NewLine;R&period; Fabian Pease, PhD, started his professional career as a PhD student at Cambridge University by building a better scanning electron microscope which he demonstrated what we would now call nanoscale 3-D printing&period; His career, at U&period;C&period; Berkeley, Bell Labs and Stanford University, centered on making silicon chips denser, faster and more energy efficient&period; He fashioned new ways for ever smaller structures and methods to manage increased power density by exploiting the third (vertical) dimension&period; Dr&period; Pease was fortunate to have mentored gifted people in his Stanford research groups with more than 50 PhD&&num;8217&semi;s awarded&period;&NewLine;

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