Lubomyr Romankiw

Lubomyr Taras Romankiw (born 17 April 1931 in Zhovkva, Ukraine) is an IBM Fellow and researcher at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.[1]

Romankiw earned his B.S. from the University of Alberta in 1957, and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees (in metallurgy and materials) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. He is listed as an (co)inventor on over 65 U.S. patents, 150 papers and has edited 10 volumes of various technical symposia. [2]

Much of his work involves magnetic materials, reflective displays and copper plating. While working for the IBM, the inventor developed magnetic thin-film storage heads (co-invented with David Thompson in the 1970s), a revolutionary technology for recording and reading information on hard drives. He is an IBM Fellow, a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, an IEEE Fellow, and an Electrochemical Society Fellow. He received the 1993 Society of Chemical Industry Perkin Medal, the 1994 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Technical Field Award, and the 1994 Electrochemical Society Vittorio de Nora Award. [3]

He received the Perkin Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry (1993),[4] the Vittorio de Nora Medal from The Electrochemical Society (1994),[5] the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, the Inventor of the Year Award from the Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association (2000) and the Inventor of the Year Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (2001).

In March 2012, he was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame, one of ten inventors (including Steve Jobs) so honored.[6] In 2014, he was elected as a (foreign) member of National Academy of Engineering of the United States for his innovation of thin-film magnetic head structures and electrochemical process technologies for microelectronics device fabrication.[7]

He is active in various organizations, most notably serving as the Nachalniy Plastun (or Chief Scout) of the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. Dr. Romankiw is a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA.

Preceded by
 Chief Scout of Plast
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References
  1. Popovych, Orest (2004-01-04). "Shevchenko Society celebrates 130th anniversary with conference in N.Y." Ukrainian Weekly. Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  2. Storage Newsletter: Lubomyr Romankiw, David Thompson National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees
  3. Storage Newsletter: Lubomyr Romankiw, David Thompson National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees
  4. "Society of Chemical Industry: SCI Honours". Society of Chemical Industry Webs Site. Society of Chemical Industry. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  5. "Vittorio de Nora Award". The Electrochemical Society Web Site. The Electrochemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-03-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees
  7. https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/107902.aspx
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