SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Design News today announced the 2017 Golden Mousetrap Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Cees Links, along with top honors for the Gadget Freak of the Year, Rising Engineering Star, and additional category finalists.
Winners for all 17 categories will be announced live at the Golden Mousetrap Award ceremony on February 7th at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. The Awards were created by Design News to acknowledge and recognize American people, companies, and technologies driving innovation in the industry. The Golden Mousetrap Awards will be held alongside UBM's three-day Advanced Manufacturing show at the Anaheim Convention Center that features a dynamic expo floor along with diverse content and conference offerings.
To learn more about UBM's Advanced Design and Manufacturing event in Anaheim, please visit: pacdesignshow.designnews.com
"Each year the Golden Mousetrap Awards honor design and manufacturing excellence," said Suzanne Deffree, Content Director and Editor-in-Chief of Design News. "We received a record number of entries for this year's awards, all from stellar industry leaders and individuals who have driven a renaissance of manufacturing in North America. This year's finalists have truly excelled at advancing engineering and innovation, and we're thrilled to celebrate them with these prestigious awards."
Golden Mousetrap Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2017: Cees Links, General Manager of Qorvo's Low Power Business Unit
The prestigious Golden Mousetrap Lifetime Achievement Award, developed and presented by Design News, recognizes an individual who has devoted their work to the Advanced Design and Manufacturing industry, and has successfully pushed the industry forward through their personal contributions to innovation within their respective field.
The 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Cees Links, is known for being a pioneer of wireless data and the visionary who brought the worlds of mobile computing and continuous networking together. Links studied at the Twente University of Technology in the Netherlands where he earned a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. Known as one of the most important people in wireless computing, Links began his career at NCR computers where he managed the development and launch of the world's first wireless LAN product. Links continued his work in the wireless LAN area, where he secured a groundbreaking deal with Apple Computers in 1999 that sparked tremendous growth of the industry and culminated with wireless LAN as a standard notebook computer feature.
In 2004, Links founded GreenPeak Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company with a focus on wireless technology for ultra-low power sense and control networks for consumer electronics. GreenPeak was acquired by Qorvo in 2016 and, today, Links serves as General Manager of Qorvo's Low Power Business Unit.
Gadget Freak of the Year winner, Rising Engineering Star winner, and 2017 Category Finalists include:
Gadget Freak of the Year
Rising Engineering Star
Automation & Control: Sensors, Vision Systems, Feedback Devices, & Peripherals
Automation & Control: Controllers
Automation & Control: Drives
Automation & Control: Fluid Power Technologies
Automation & Control: Industrial Network Technologies (e.g. I/O, Ethernet, Wireless)
Automation & Control: Motors and Mechanical Motion Devices
Design Tools: Hardware & Software: Analysis & Calculation Software
Design Tools: Hardware & Software: CAD/PDM/PLM Software
Electronics & Test: Analog/Power Management/Control
Electronics & Test: Components, Hardware & Interconnects
Electronics & Test: Embedded Computing/Processing
Electronics & Test: Test & Measurement
Materials & Assembly: 3D-Printing & Rapid Prototyping, Materials, Tools & Services
Materials & Assembly: Adhesives
Materials & Assembly: Engineering Plastics & Composites
Materials & Assembly: Fastening, Joining & Assembly Components
Materials & Assembly: Metals & Alloys
To learn more about the Golden Mousetrap Awards, please visit: goldenmousetraps.designnews.com
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