NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, acknowledged nine dedicated individuals who have made remarkable contributions to advancing the flexible hybrid electronics ecosystem and industrializing the FHE manufacturing process at this year’s FLEX conference, during the third annual presentation of the NextFlex Fellow Award.

The winners received the Fellow Award for their work in accelerating the development of FHE in emerging technologies, manufacturing, defense, aerospace, and medical applications, as well as workforce development.

This year’s NextFlex Fellow Award winners are:

• Scott Anderson, Ph.D., research scientist senior staff, Lockheed Martin;
• Craig Herndon, director, Critical Technologies Innovation Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division;
• Bruce Hughes, lead FHE engineer, AMRDEC;
• Pradeep Lall, Ph.D., John and Anne MacFarlane endowed professor and director, Auburn University;
• Mike Mastropietro, VP engineering, ACI Materials;
• Chris Stoessel, Ph.D., senior manager, Process Development, Eastman Chemical;
• Nancy Stoffel, Ph.D., senior engineering professional/project manager, GE Global Research;
• Jeff Stuart, Ph.D., emerging technology external portfolio lead, Lockheed Martin;
• John Williams, Ph.D., associate technical fellow, Boeing Research and Technology

“The nine award recipients have been tirelessly working at the forefront of moving FHE development toward greater manufacturability and commercialization,” said Dr. Malcolm Thompson, executive director for NextFlex. “Partnering with NextFlex, these exceptional industry leaders are leading the charge to make ‘electronics on everything’ a reality in the near future, enabling innovative commercial and military applications that we couldn’t imagine today.”