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Professor James E. Morris has been elected to a three year term (2011-2013) on the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The IEEE is the world's largest professional society, with nearly 400,000 members world-wide, and the CPMT Society organizes its conferences and publications in electronics packaging and related areas worldwide. The BoG is responsible for CPMT finances, planning, and operational oversight.

Dr. Morris was previously elected to the CPMT BoG in 1996-1998. He first joined as Educational Liaison Chair in 1989, and subsequently served as CPMT Treasurer (1991-1997) and as Vice-President for Conferences (1998-2003), winning the CPMT David Feldman Outstanding Contribution Award in 2005. He is also a CPMT Distinguished Lecturer, an Associate-Editor for two of its journals, currently chairs the Oregon CPMT/CAS joint chapter, and continues to serve on multiple conference program and steering committees. He also represents the CPMT Society on the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC), and in this role founded the NTC Nanopackaging Technical Committee, serves as NTC Awards Chair, and contributes to the IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine. Dr. Morris will chair the NTC's annual IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology in Portland next year.