Muhannad Bakir has been named the recipient of the 2011 IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award. Dr. Bakir is an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and serves as the associate director for the Interconnect and Packaging Center.

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding contributions to the fields encompassed by the Society through invention, technical development, publications, or new product implementation. Dr. Bakir will receive this award at the 2011 IEEE Electronic Components Technology Conference to be held in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on June 2.