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The Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award is issued annually since 2000 by the
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(DAC) to honor the outstanding achievements of women in
Electronic Design Automation Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools wo ...
. It is named after the co-founder of DAC, Marie Pistilli. Originally named as the "Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award", it is named the "Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award" since 2016.


Recipients

*2000:
Penny Herscher Penny Herscher is an American executive in electronic design automation industry, formerly with Cadence Design Systems. She was Chairman and CEO of Simplex Solutions when the company IPO’d, subsequently acquired by Cadence in 2002 Within Cadenc ...
, then with
Cadence Design Systems Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (stylized as cādence)Investor's Business DailCEO Lip-Bu Tan Molds Troubled Cadence Into Long-Term LeaderRetrieved November 12, 2020 is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology and computational ...
*2001: Deirdre Hanford, Synopsys, Inc. *2002: Ann Rincon, then senior technical staff member at
IBM Microelectronics IBM Microelectronics Division was the semiconductor arm of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from 1966 to 2015. Two facilities in Burlington, Vermont, and East Fishkill, New York, housed the majority of the division. It was sold ...
,
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, "For her significant contributions in helping women advance in the field of DA technology""EDA Week in Review"
May 13, 2002
*2003: Karen Bartleson, Synopsis, Inc. *2004: Mary Jane Irwin,
Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...
*2005: Kathryn Kranen, Jasper Design Automation"MARIE R. PISTILLI WOMEN IN EDA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD"
& 47th DAC
*2006: Ellen J. Yoffa,
IBM International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...
*2007: Jan Willis, then with
Cadence Design Systems Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (stylized as cādence)Investor's Business DailCEO Lip-Bu Tan Molds Troubled Cadence Into Long-Term LeaderRetrieved November 12, 2020 is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology and computational ...
- "Jan's leadership and dedication in serving as a mentor and role model to women in EDA, and young girls and boys as they begin to consider career options, exemplifies what the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award is all about." *2008: Louise Trevillyan IBM Research Center *2009: Telle Whitney *2010: Mar Hershenson, Vice President of Product Development in the Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation *2011: Limor Fix, senior principal engineer and director of academic programs and research at
Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...
*2012: Belle Wei, then Dean of Engineering,
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*2013: Nanette Collins, a public relations consultant from Boston, active in EDA industry *2014: Diana Marculescu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
*2015: Margaret Martonosi,
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
*2016: Soha Hassoun,
Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...
*2017: Janet Olson, then with Synopsys, Inc. *2018: Anne Cirkel, Senior Director for Technology Marketing at Mentor, a Siemens Business *2019: R. Iris Bahar,
Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...
*2020: Alessandra Nardi,
Cadence Design Systems Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (stylized as cādence)Investor's Business DailCEO Lip-Bu Tan Molds Troubled Cadence Into Long-Term LeaderRetrieved November 12, 2020 is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology and computational ...
Software Engineering Group Director *2021: Renu Mehra, Vice President Engineering, Synopsys, Inc. *2022: Michelle Clancy, President and CEO, Cayenne Global *2023: Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame


See also

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List of engineering awards This list of engineering awards is an index to articles about notable awards for achievements in engineering. It includes aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, structural e ...


References

{{reflist Awards established in 2000 Electronic design automation people Electronic engineering awards Lists of award winners